A Filipino is NY Times Teacher of the Year!

[johnny22aa]

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Guys, finally a positive note. Good news to all filipino professionals here & abroad especially the teachers and Ed students.





Filipino is New York Times teacher of the year


goodnewspilipinas.com
First Posted 11:07:00 05/03/2008

A FILIPINO teacher is The New York Times 2008 Teacher of the Year.

Feliciano Jaime Atienza, known to everyone as “Chito,� is a Filipino immigrant and a career (English as a Second Language) ESOL professional in New York City.

He has been an ESOL practitioner with the YMCA International, ELESAIR Project for 22 years and the Queens Library for 10 years.

He received his ESL/CO teacher training at the Southeast Asian Refugee Program in the Philippines, a joint project of the UNHCR, ICMC and funded by the US State Department.

Chito is a compassionate professional whose classroom is characterized by a healing and empowering concept of “skinship � and trust.

He possesses a cheerful “can-do� attitude and time-tested skills as a teacher, teacher trainer, mentor, test-giver and facilitator in the following areas: Diversity and Conflict Management in the ESOL Classroom; Literacy Teacher Training and Cultural Orientation; ESOL Testing and Evaluation; Language Program Development and Implementation; and UNHCR/ICMC Southeast Asian Refugee ESL/CO Program.


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What can u say?

[samsungster]

may his tribe increased...

[giddyboy]

Kudos to Mr. Atienza!!!

Something to note that most of us Pinoys don't have: "CAN-DO ATTITUDE"

Yes, may his tribe increase...

[inkubuz]

filipino teachers are the best in the universe!
that is why many filipinos excel around the world.. :mrgreen:

[Metz]

too bad we cant keep them in our country

but congrats to him

[radiostar]

payts maayo pud na.ay ing-ana dire sa pinas

[b|tcH_g0dd3sS]

Ironic.

The best teacher in NY is a Filipino while the Educational System of the country is steadily losing its quality.

[herzabarJR]

filipino teachers are the best in the universe!
that is why many filipinos excel around the world.. :mrgreen:

Really? Stop exaggerating... It's embarrassing...
Many Filipinos excel?? That may be true but compare that to the British, Chinese, Americans, Japanese, Germans etc... and see that WE ARE NOTHING SPECIAL....

[Metz]

Really? Stop exaggerating... It's embarrassing...
Many Filipinos excel?? That may be true but compare that to the British, Chinese, Americans, Japanese, Germans etc... and see that WE ARE NOTHING SPECIAL....

OT: You dont have to be too pessimistic about your own race.

[lunar_eclipse_82]

OT: You dont have to be too pessimistic about your own race.

YOu're right, that's why we filipinos never excel because we think so little of ourselves..

but others tend to exagerate the feelings of superiority that leads them to be arrogant..