2011 Midyear National Convention

The Philippine Association for Teachers of Educational Foundations (PATEF) is pleased to invite you to its 2011 Midyear National Convention with the theme: Internationalization: Key to Global Competitiveness. This will be held on November 25 to 27, 2011 at the Palawan State University Performing Arts Center, Tiniguiban Campus, Puerto Prinsesa, Palawan.

This 3-day gathering of teacher educators, administrators of TEIs, basic education teachers, and other stakeholders in education aims to: 1) expose participants to trends, processes, and practices in internationalizing educational institutions for global competitiveness; 2) enable participants to plan research possible for international publication and other actions to help improve one's institution to reach its target level of internationalization; 3) provide a venue for discussing implications of internationalizing education to produce globally competitive citizens; and 4) to improve education across levels to be at par with international benchmarks. Please see attached program of activities for details.

The registration fee is three thousand five hundred pesos (Php3,500) inclusive of convention kit, snacks, and lunch. Participants from government institutions may charge this amount against their local funds, subject to availability and the usual auditing rules and regulations. The active members may avail of a 10% discount upon presentation of their membership ID.

For those who would want to register, please accomplish the downloadable registration form found in the PATEF website and pay registration fee through PATEF savings account no.1981-1348-49 LANDBANK, YMCA MANILA BRANCH. Then email the form with the scanned bank deposit slip to mubalagtas@yahoo.com or patef_org@yahoo.com. Deadline of registration is on November 18, 2011. On-site registrants are not assured of acceptance if the target number of participants has been reached. For further inquiries, please call us at telephone no. (02) 527-03-66 or mobile nos. 09209532926, 09174339591, 09278730315, 09228411569 or email us at patef_org@yahoo.com. Attached is the copy of the program. The CHED and DepEd Memo will be posted at www.patef.org.