The Future Early Childhood and Special Needs Teachers’ Organization (FESTO) spearheaded the 2024 Indigenous People Convergence with the theme, “Celebrating Indigenous Wisdom, Heritage, and Resilience,” at the CTE Function Hall, November 15. 

Dr. Santiago Reolalas, as the resource speaker, educated the participants about the legal basis and mandates of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) that protects and maintains the rights of the indigenous peoples.

After the lecture, the FESTO members showcased the cultural dances of their selected indigenous groups, while the SEA Teacher participants from Thailand and Indonesia also performed their cultural dances.

The FESTO members and the SEA Teacher Participants danced together as they celebrated the exchange between cultures.

To unlock the potential leadership skills among future teachers, the College of Teacher Education (CTE) held a leadership camp at BALAI Ylocos Beach House.

This camp aimed to forge and hone the leadership skills of the student teachers through different activities that provided and tested leadership cognition and abilities. The team building highlighted each member's role to work in unison. The series of lectures emitted curiosity to learn more about leadership from the experiences of the lecturers who were also leaders. The engagement also went borderless as the SEA Teachers participated in this camp. 

With the theme, “Fostering Borderless Leadership in Education: SEA Innadal ken Linglingay para ti Ayat ken Wayawaya (SILAW),” the College of Teacher Education (CTE) and its mandated organization facilitated the second South East Asian (SEA) Leadership Camp at BALAI Ylocos Beach House, San Sebastian, San Vicente, Ilocos Sur, on November 21-22.