1. Pursuant to Republic Act (RA) No. 12028, An Act Establishing an ARAL Program and Appropriating Funds Therefore, which is operationalized through DepEd Order (DO) No. 018, s. 2025 or the Implementing Guidelines of the ARAL Program, this Office, through the Curriculum Implementation Division (CID), announces the conduct of the Division Capacity Building titled “ARAL Connect: Enhancing Teachers’ Competence in Reading and Literacy Focusing on Storytelling for Key Stage 1 Learners” on March 3-6, 2026 at Bayleaf Hotel, General Trias City, Cavite.
2. This activity aims to:
a. strengthen their core instructional skills in teaching reading and literacy across various learning areas and addressing diverse learner needs;
b. enhance their repertoire of instructional strategies for reading and literacy development, aligned with the primary goal of the ARAL Program; and
c. demonstrate mastery of differentiated instruction to effectively cater to students with varied reading and literacy proficiencies as well as diverse literacy needs.
