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Thursday, September 7, 2017 - 5:17pm
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CEM to hold its 39th Annual Anniversary Conference

 

Every September, it is a tradition for CEM to gather its member schools in an event that showcases the company’s innovations, extension services, and other efforts to support the Philippine education, especially in the field of assessment and research. This year, CEM is holding its 39th Annual Anniversary Conference in three venues: EDSA Shangri-La Hotel for Manila on September 8, Waterfront Cebu City Hotel and Casino for Cebu on September 15 and The Royal Mandaya Hotel for Davao on September 22.

The theme, “Leading Our Schools to Success”, will be elaborated by five distinguished keynote speakers: Sen.Francis Joseph G. Escudero, Senate Committee Chair for Education,Arts and Culture for the Manila venue; Dr. Christopher C. Bernido, School President, Central Visayan Institute Foundation and Dr. Juliet A. Jeruta, OIC-Office of the Regional Director, DepEd Regional Office VII for Cebu; and Rev. Fr. Joel E. Tabora, SJ, President, Ateneo de Davao University for Davao.   

Another highlight of the event is the awarding of school leaders who exhibited exemplary contributions in leading their respective institutions, improving instruction, developing teachers, leading research, and engaging the community with the CEM School Leadership Excellence (SLEx) Award. Click here for more details on SLEx.

The afternoon session will cover presentations on:

  1. performance trends in the CEM K-12 achievement tests and their implications for teaching and learning,
  2. web-based facility for supporting the use of CEM data in schools, and
  3. new developments in CEM’s assessment of senior high school competencies and readiness for college − all emphasizing the value of data in leading improvements in student learning.