Member Profile

Mardy Verano

Primary Discipline:: Education / TeacherEd / Teaching Methods / Reading and Language Arts

Other Disciplines:

Primary Affiliation:: Asian College of Technology, Cebu City (Education, 4 Year/4 Year + Grad, Philippines)

Doctor of Philosophy in Education Education (07/2013)
University of San Carlos, Cebu City Philippines
Master of Arts in Education Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) (03/1998)
University of San Carlos, Cebu City Philippines
Bachelor in Secondary Education English (10/1989)
University of San Jose-Recoletos, Cebu City

Doctor of Philosophy (major in Education) (Winter 2004)
- University of San Jose-Recoletos, Cebu City (USJ-R) – undergrad and graduate education subjects
- worked as a full time teacher educator for 11 years in USJ-R and handled all professional education courses in this span of years; at the same time, I taught related education courses in the graduate school; for 13 years now (since2000), I have been an active teacher-trainer in the public and private schools in basic, tertiary, and graduate levels
Master of Arts in Education (ESL) (Winter 2000)
- College of Education, University of San Jose-Recoletos – Teacher Ed subjects -- Child and Adolescent Development, Facilitating Learning, Principles and Methods of Teaching, Assessment of Learning (conventional and alternative), Curriculum Development, Developmental Reading
Bachelor in Secondary Education (Winter 1993)
- Child Development Center, Cebu (Global Foundation for International Education) – Elementary Level -- Integrated Language Arts and Reading (as a separate subject)
- worked as a grade school teacher for 7 years, teaching the primary graders English grammar, speech, composition,and reading; trained pupils in public speaking and creative writing

Award for Outstanding Classroom Management (10/1999)
given by the President of the Global Foundation for International Education, where I worked as a grade school teacher
Best Research Award (03/1998)
received upon graduation from MAED (ELT) for the thesis entitled "Optimizing Linguistic Competence Through Multiple Intelligences Strategies"
Cum Laude (10/1989)
received upon graduation from the BSE course

Consultant, Academics and Continuing Education (ACE) (07/2011 – Current) Asian College of Technology, Cebu City, Philippines
Chairperson, Department of Teacher Education (06/2000 – 05/2011) University of San Jose-Recoletos, Cebu City
Learning Area Chairperson (English) (06/1991 – 03/1993) St. James School of Quezon City, Philippines