Project ELSA - Education and Livelihood Skills Alliance

Education and Livelihood Skills Alliance (ELSA) 2 is a Mindanao-focused educational initiative that hopes to achieve the following Intermediate Results (IRs) in education:

IR No. 1 - Community-based learning opportunities

IR No. 2 - Improving teaching capacity for teaching Science, Math and English

IR No. 3 - Promoting the reintegration of out-of-school youth

IR No. 4 - Reforming education policy

The SEAMEO INNOTECH ELSA Projects involve the two IRs:

• Improving teaching capacity for teaching Science, Math and English, with focus on
  • increasing access to basic education using innovative technology; and
• Reforming education policy, with focus on
  • equivalency matrix policy research

IR No. 2 - Improving teaching capacity for teaching Science, Math and English

General Objective

Help expand access to, and quality of basic education in Mindanao, towards the attainment of economic productivity, peace and development

Specific Objectives

• Expand and enhance basic education learnings in Science, Math and English
• Train teachers on newer strategies, including ICT-based approaches
• Provide technical assistance in the content planning and development/production/testing of learning materials for both teachers/trainers and for learners
• Implement learner responsive and culturally-sensitive strategies, including ICT-based approaches, aimed at increasing access and improving quality
• Generate data that would serve as inputs to the scaling up and sustaining the said strategies

Project Sites

• Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)

- Maguindanao

• Region 12

- Cotabato and South Cotabato

Target Clients

• Grades 5 and 6 students in 120 selected schools

• Grades five and six teachers in Science, Math and English in 120 selected schools

Specifics of Target Clientele

Target Beneficiaries & Project Sites - Formal School (Grades 5 & 6)

Project Inputs

• Media Technology in 120 selected schools
  • Television Set
  • MediaMaster
  • Satellite dish
  • Cell phone
  • Other AV equipment
• Lesson Plans/Teachers’ Guides
• Teacher Training
• Community Orientation
• Linkages/Networks
• Technical Assistance during project cycle

Project Components

• Content Planning and Lesson Development
  • Review of BEC and contextualization of content
  • Inventory of available materials
  • Development of project content framework
  • Actual development/pre-test and validation of lesson plans
    
• Materials Development
  • Development and production of lesson plans/teachers’ guides
  • Development and production of appropriate learning packages in:
    • Video/VTR
    • Audio
    • Print modules
    • VCD/CD format
• Capability Building
  • Training of trainors
• Teachers training
• Community/Project Launches and Community Mobilization
• Actual Implementation of Project
• Monitoring
• Evaluation

ELSA Beyond the Formal School

Major Objectives

• Review/adaptation of existing accreditation and equivalency (A & E) materials in the context of Mindanao setting
• Development of new learning materials for beneficiaries of the alternative learning system (ALS)
• Conduct of ALS sessions among out-of-school youth and adult learners
• Harness project facilities & resources to reach ALS learners

Linkages and Network

• DepEd Bureau of Alternative Learning System (BALS)
• Technology and Livelihood Learning Resource Center (TLRC)
• Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA)
• World Ed
• Real World Productions

Project Components

• Content Review, Planning and Development
• Materials Development and Production of instructional managers’ guides and learning packages in video, audio/radio and print modules
• Capability-building
  • Training of instructional managers
• Actual Implementation
• Advocacy and social mobilization
• Monitoring
• Evaluation