CHED launches teacher support website

MANILA, Philippines – The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) has launched an online portal that will provide support to teachers at the senior high school level.

Called Teach Together, the website – teachtogether.chedk12.com – contains senior high school teaching guides that educators can download for free to assist them in the development of their lesson plans.

The website allows online collaboration among teachers and academics through forums, as well as access to lecture videos and other materials developed by CHED, the Department of Education (DepEd), Philippine Normal University and other partner institutions.

The website is part of CHED’s efforts to ensure that educators are equipped with instructional materials for the senior high school program, chairman Patricia Licuanan said.

“The commission has been working with DepEd very closely in crafting and harmonizing the basic and tertiary education curriculums, in developing and conducting the teacher training and education program, and ultimately in ensuring a smooth and successful transition to K-12,” Licuanan said.

“This effort has allowed CHED to bring together teachers from basic and higher education institutions alike, combining pedagogical expertise and content knowledge from our best professors and teachers in the country so that many more teachers can use these materials in the coming days,” she added.

Aside from the launch of the website, CHED also held the ceremonial turnover of the printed teaching guides that will be distributed to different senior high schools across the country.

The teaching guides are for the core and specialized subjects developed by DepEd for Grades 11 and 12.

“Through the SHS support program, CHED fulfills its responsibility to Republic Act 10533 (K-12 law), in working with DepEd for the crafting of a harmonized basic and tertiary curricula and the development and conduct of teacher education and training programs,” CHED said.