Twenty-nine school principals from across the country completed the second year of Security Bank Foundation, Inc.’s (SBFI) Mentoring Future Leaders for Nation-Building program, conducted in partnership with the Ateneo Center for Educational Development. The in-person training session was held at the Xavier School Nuvali in Calamba, Laguna on July 2-5, 2024.
During the training, titled “Transforming the School,” the principals were taught self-leadership, self-awareness, and how to use a growth mindset when interacting with students, parents, and faculty. There were also problem-solving workshops for the principals to design solutions for common school issues. The session was led by trainer Zhihan Lee, founder of Bagosphere—a skill development academy that has trained over 10,000 individuals and received multiple international accolades for its educational programs.
“Our aim for Year 2 is for our principals to invest in their people. No matter how competent our school principals are, if they cannot bring their teaching and non-teaching staff to be better, be committed, and work with them to transform the school, we will not make effective changes,” said Atty. Grace Ayson, Security Bank Assistant Corporate Secretary and SBFI Adviser for Training Programs.
The principals came up with a number of solutions such as a special coaching, mentoring, and resource-sharing platform for teachers, and a dedicated space to drive impactful collaboration among teachers.
“In terms of empowering the school heads, this is not the typical box type training. It really gave me ideas on how to actually lead a team in a school,” said Digna Falculan, a principal from Binan, Laguna and one of the participants.
It is anticipated that school principals will apply the skills acquired in Year 2 to guide both their teaching and non-teaching staff in examining and addressing significant school challenges, followed by the creation and execution of comprehensive action strategies for the entire school.
To learn more about SBFI’s programs and how you can contribute, visit www.securitybank.com/foundation.