PROGRAMS // tondo area
Teacher Training Program
Ongoing
Haraya’s Teacher Training Program is a hands-on initiative that equips aspiring educators, youth leaders, and volunteers with the tools to teach literacy effectively in low-resource, high-need environments.
Teaching with purpose. Training through practice.
In the Philippines, we need more than curriculum, we need people. People who know how to teach not just reading, but recognition. Who can meet a child where they are, and walk with them toward who they might become. Haraya’s Teacher Training Program grows those people from the ground up, one classroom, one child, and one future teacher at a time.
Our Teacher Training Program offers an immersive, hands-on experience for aspiring educators who want to make a real impact in underserved communities.
Side by side with experienced mentors, trainees work with struggling readers in our literacy classrooms, gaining the skills, confidence, and mindset needed to support diverse learners.
Learning by Doing
Each trainee works directly with struggling readers through Haraya’s Project Literacy in the Tondo area. Trainees perform supervised teaching weekly inside the classroom, applying trauma-aware and phonics-based strategies under the mentorship of our Master Teacher, Teacher Alma.
Weekly Theory + Practice
On top of in-the-classroom training, our trainees must attend weekly reflective and theory sessions led by our Director of Education, Juan Genaro Santos. These sessions ground classroom experience in literacy theory, discuss case studies, and unpack teaching practices from the week, bridging research and reality.
What We Teach
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The Marungko Approach and foundational phonics
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Trauma-informed and play-based pedagogy
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Responsive teaching and child-led instruction
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Growth mindset and developmental scaffolding
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Real-world learning and values-driven classroom culture
Who It’s For
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Aspiring public school teachers
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NGO educators
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Youth leaders and college students in education-related fields
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Anyone passionate about literacy, equity, and child development
What Trainees Gain
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Real classroom experience with differentiated learners
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A deeper understanding of literacy development and pedagogy
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Weekly mentorship from expert educators
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A Certificate of Completion from Haraya Projects Foundation
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A network of like-minded changemakers committed to educational justice
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Want to Sign up?
Our teacher training program application period is currently closed for 2025. We thank everyone for applying and are excited to host next year’s changemakers in January.
If you would like to apply for our January 2026 session, please wait till applications open in November. Updates for when applications open can be found on our instagram and facebook. You can also subscribe to Haraya’s email updates. Our program is a free program.
Spots are limited and our acceptance rate this year was 15% of applicants. If you would like to position yourself as a better candidate for our program, consider getting a Haraya Teacher Training Certificate from one of our online workshops/courses on literacy or a related topic. Click here for more information about our online education initiatives. Those with previous experience in Haraya have a stronger chance of getting accepted to our in-person Teacher Training Program.
