The City College of Cagayan de Oro (CCCDO) closed out its Future-Ready Faculty In-Service Training on July 24, 2026, giving faculty members a full week of practical tools and fresh strategies to carry into the new school year. Organized by the Office of the Curriculum and Instruction (OCI), the five-day in-service training ran from July 20 to 24 and centered on building teaching capacity, sharpening research and extension work, and rolling out the College's CQA-OBE curriculum more effectively.
Dr. Maria Teresa M. Fajardo opened the training with a capacity-building session on practice-based research and SDG-aligned extension work, encouraging faculty to turn everyday classroom moments and community involvement into real research and outreach projects. By the end of the day, participants had drafted their own research concept notes and extension project canvases, concrete work grounded in the College's push for evidence-based teaching and stronger ties to the community.
Day two turned to inclusion and technology, with Dr. Lloyd Jhon B. Estampa walking faculty through inclusive pedagogy and how to build digital and AI-assisted learning materials. Teachers left with instructional resources designed for accessibility, along with new ideas for reaching diverse learners without losing academic rigor.
On day three, Dr. Maria Angeles D. Hinosolango took the lead with sessions on AI-responsive authentic assessment, rubric-building, and high-impact learning design. Faculty worked in small groups to put together assessment packages and learning sequences built around critical thinking and hands-on, student-centered tasks, the kind of work suited to where education is headed.
The last two days moved from discussion to application. Faculty rolled up their sleeves for hands-on workshops on syllabus alignment under CQA-OBE, guided drafting, peer review, and quality checks. Working alongside the OCI, deans, program chairs, and fellow faculty members, participants polished and finalized their syllabi for the First Semester of Academic Year 2026–2027, making sure everything lined up with institutional standards and learner-centered practices.
The week closed with faculty presenting their outputs, an OCI update, a session with the Registrar's Office on academic processes, and a closing program that recognized everyone's effort and participation. Certificates went out as the program wrapped, capping off a week built around one shared goal: pushing instructional quality and innovation forward.
