Saleng Leadership Institute

23/04/2026

23/04/2026

Thank you Lord the chicks are healthy!

21/04/2026

Tuesday is T3 (Training the Trainors) training at the Saleng Leadership Institute.

At Saleng Leadership Institute to develop our T3 (training the trainors) we are serious in our learning objectives/goals that's why we are using Bloom's taxonomy, Jane Vella's Planning for Learning, Jack Mezirow's Transformational Learning, and Charles Madinger's Integrative Learning (Orality Strategies).

We have Level 1-4 teachers training for them. Our T3 are now being trained in Level 2.

Edwardneil Benavidez and I knew that the Mangyans themselves are the experts of their culture and for us to effectively implement the Saleng Leadership Institute context-rooted curriculum, we need to train the locals to identify the objectives, create and facilitate the learning tasks.

The T3 were trained to write lesson plans- achievement based objectives, create and facilitate learning tasks, create assessment activities and tests and manage a class.

The T3 were also trained to integrate orality strategies in their lessons like Bible Storying Dialogue, drama, music, arts, etc. We do this because our school is a learner centered school and the things mentioned above are the communication and learning preference of our learners and their communities.

In Saleng we emphasize knowledge creation and not just translation.

The lessons are not copied and translated but created using their own local language and local concepts and metaphors familiar to our learners.

20/04/2026

I just received this very good news from Mindoro!

We have been praying for rain in Mindoro since January and here it is!

Thank you Lord!

PS. Pinag uusapan nga namin kung di pa rin uulan ay mawawalan kami ng tubig sa Saleng at kailangan sa ilog na maligo at maglaba.

17/04/2026

All is well with the Saleng Chicken Poultry

Integrative Church Planting Model (ICPM)

Income Generating Activities (IGA). This is a local version of BUSINESS AS MISSION applied to church planting/discipleship and church growth.

The business supports the church planters' family, the church planting ministry and models wealth creation in the community.

5 Steps in the IGA
1. Training
-where the biblical and theological bases of wealth creation is taught. Financial management, book keeping, inventory etc are taught.

2. Writing and presenting their business proposal to a panel
-the students are trained to write a business proposal. They will present their proposals to a panel (a group composed of businessmen, finance advisor and anyone who has knowledge in business).

3. Inspection
-A team visits the place of the business and see if the recommendations of the panel are followed. This is also to evaluate if the place of business is ready. example if it is a chicken business, is the poultry ready? etc... if it is a sari-sari store, does the place have display racks etc.

4. Awarding of the fund to the students
-Products for their business will be given. We also help them source out the products they need.

5. Monitoring and Continuous Training and Coaching
-A bi-monthly monitoring of their business is in place.

The Transformational Leadership program of Saleng Leadership Institute (SLI), with its six pillars, trains Christian leaders and workers to plant churches using an Integrative Church Planting Model (ICPM) that emphasizes serving communities holistically and using culturally appropriate ways (orality method) of communicating the Gospel and teaching the scriptures for discipleship.

Our Saleng Students (Christian workers) are trained through SLI to plant churches, primarily in Mangyan communities. They are also trained to do lncome Generating Activities (IGA). These activities are intended to support their church planting work and provide additional income for the family of the church planter (who are themselves poor as well).

This will also serve as a model and the training area for the people in Mangyan communities they are trying to reach. The Christian workers will be introducing livelihood programs in their communities as well.

For the church to be truly a salt and light in the community, a church should not just be planted, the church help their people address the experience of poverty.

What we do in Saleng is something innovative. Pray for us. Support the Saleng Leadership Institute.

09/04/2026

3rd Term Day 2 Final Exams at the Saleng Leadership Institute.