TTG Joins DepEd Advisory Committee for Education of Learners with Disabilities

TTG Joins DepEd Advisory Committee for Education of Learners with Disabilities

The Teacher’s Gallery is honored to share that we have been selected as one of the members of the Department of Education’s Advisory Committee for Education of Learners with Disabilities. This committee will guide the full implementation of Republic Act 11650, the law that ensures equitable access to quality education for learners with disabilities.

On June 4, 2025, our Co-Executive Director Liza Duyao, officially took the oath at the Bulwagan ng Karunungan, DepEd Central Office. The oath was administered by DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara.

 Advisory Committee Members

The Advisory Committee is chaired by Frances Magtoto of UP College of Education and vice-chaired by Romina Bautista of Centro Escolar University. It brings together 15 esteemed organizations.

Photo of Advisory Committee members taking their oath
  • Adaptive Technology for Rehabilitation, Integration, and Empowerment of the Visually Impaired
  • Autism Society of the Philippines
  • Best Buddies Philippines
  • Boundless Possibilities Foundation Inc.
  • Centro Escolar University
  • Ang Maykapansanang Bayani Inc.
  • Philippine Association for Citizens with Developmental and Learning Disabilities, Inc.
  • Philippine Association for Intellectual Disabilities
  • Philippine Association of Speech-Language Pathologists
  • Philippine Federation of the Deaf, Inc.
  • Philippine Society of Special Education Teachers
  • Resources for the Blind, Inc.
  • Save the Children Philippines
  • The Teacher’s Gallery
  • UP College of Education SPED Cluster

Our participation reflects our commitment to help build an inclusive, empowering, and barrier-free learning environment. Together with DepEd and partner organizations, we aim to turn inclusion into a lived reality for every Filipino learner.

✨ Inclusive education is not just a goal. It is a promise. Together, we can make that promise a reality.

📸 In the first photo: TTG Co-Executive Director Liza Duyao, 1st from right (seated). Seated with her are Committee Chair Frances Magtoto (7th from right) and Vice Chair Romina Bautista (6th from right), alongside fellow committee members.

Join us in making inclusive education a reality in BARMM!

Join us in making inclusive education a reality in BARMM!

The Teacher’s Gallery (TTG) is currently accepting applications for the following Job Posts for the anticipated Pathways Program supported activities in the Philippines. These positions will be part of the TTG Team in supporting the Ministry of Basic, Higher and Technical Education (MBHTE) project on inclusive education. Project is funded by DFAT. (Kindly click each job postion to get more details.)

Interested applicants may send their application letter and CV to mai.roble@theteachersgallery.com

FREE Webinar: Assistive Curriculum Sites and Sources for Parents with Diverse Learners

FREE Webinar: Assistive Curriculum Sites and Sources for Parents with Diverse Learners

The Teacher’s Gallery in partnership with Best Buddies Philippines and #TheLearningGallery invite you to join a FREE Webinar on Assistive Curriculum Sites and Sources for Parents with Diverse Learners happening this 27 March 2021, Saturday at 9AM.

Children with a learning difficulty and disability benefit from assistive technology tools and resources that play to their strengths and work around their challenges. This webinar will introduce parents and educators to assistive educational resources to accommodate their children’s natural variability in learning preferences.

Meet the Learning Specialists

The Learning Specialists Andrea and Christina Stavrakas will provide concrete tools, websites, tips, and tricks to help parents, teachers, and therapists with diverse learners as we are approaching summer in the Philippines.

Andrea Stavrakas, M.A.

Andrea is passionate about quality literacy instruction for students. She has a history of working in the primary and secondary education industry in general education and with students with mild to moderate disabilities. She is a certified Wilson Level I and II instructor and credentialed dyslexia specialist and therapist. Andrea is additionally experienced in interventions for students with math disabilities as well as curriculum development.

 

Christina Stavrakas, M.S., CCC-SLP

Christina is an ASHA Certified Speech-Language Pathologist working with young children, school age children, adolescents, and young adults. Her past clinical experiences include working in public schools, sub-separate special education programs, home-based settings, and clinic-based settings.

 

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Let’s Celebrate #ISWPH2020!

Let’s Celebrate #ISWPH2020!

Inclusion is an advocacy that is truly growing in today’s Philippine society, supported by the goal of quality education to be made accessible to all. This has opened our doors to diversity within the space where education thrives, pushing progress forward for students hindered by disability, gender, socioeconomic status, cultural heritage, language preference, and other factors. 

To commend and celebrate these efforts, The Teacher’s Gallery would like to spearhead the 3rd Inclusive Schools Week Celebration here in the Philippines on December 7 – 11, 2020 with the theme: “The Time for Inclusion is Now.”  

Inclusive Schools Week is an annual event in the USA sponsored by the Inclusive Schools Network (ISN) and Stetson & Associates, Inc. This time, the annual event will be spearheaded by The Teacher’s Gallery in the Philippine setting. This is a celebration of fostering inclusion for all students who come from all kinds of backgrounds. 

Principals, administrators, teachers, leaders, students, parents – everyone who plays a role in inclusive education is invited to join the celebration and encouraged to conduct simple activities at any time and day during the Inclusive Schools Week showing how they value and practice inclusion. You can organize your very own ISW with your school! It doesn’t have to be grand – it can be as simple as holding a sign language workshop, to holding a week-long forum series about Inclusive Education.

Through this, we hope to spark a meaningful discussion with educators, students, and parents on what inclusion means in education spaces. These may be a virtual classroom, school, and community-wide initiatives – all contributed by everyone who will participate. By joining together in this celebration, we hope that we would be able to unite as one in creating more inclusive environments within schools and the communities to which they belong, contributing to creating a more inclusive society.

If you’re interested in celebrating Inclusive Schools Week PH with us this December 7-11, 2020, click the button below for the application form.  You can download our celebration guide, publicity materials, and a flexible program template that you can use to help you get you started.

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Maximize Your Scope of Impact in this New Normal

Maximize Your Scope of Impact in this New Normal

Tune in to the last session of “The Power of the Teacher’s Heart: Living and Thriving Amidst Crisis” – A FREE Zoomference Series on Educator’s Guide to Holistic Wellbeing.

In this wellness webinar session, featuring Dr. Adam Saenz – a licensed psychologist, emotional expert, and author of the best-selling book “The Power of a Teacher”, we will talk about maximizing your scope of impact as an educator in the new normal.

NOTE: Our Zoom Account can only accommodate a limited number of participants, so we will follow a first come, first serve basis. Please know that this session is also available LIVE in our facebook page: www.facebook.com/ttgphil

Get a chance to win the best-selling book “The Power of a Teacher” and other giveaways!

But wait, there’s more!

Catch this great offer – exclusive to The Teacher’s Gallery Wellness Webinar Attendees. Get access to Dr. Adam Saenz’s Online Course “Strength Through Crisis: How to Identify and Nurture Wellness in Five Core Areas of Life” with a huge discounted price.

Originally priced at $99, TTG Wellness Webinar attendees can now get it for only $5!

So what are you waiting for? Sign up now to this wellness webinar session. Use this link to reserve your free slot.

See you virtually teacher friends!

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