Dr. ROSALINA J. ORA’A FUENTES’ educational background is an interesting mix of multi-disciplines. Her undergraduate preparation is a combined Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science in Education degrees, major in History (cum laude) – Ateneo de Naga. She obtained her Master of Arts degree in Education with specialization in Curriculum Development and Instructional Planning – Ateneo and was conferred the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Organization Development - SAIDI.

Her 28 years of traditional academic work (1967 –1995) was spent  at the Ateneo de Naga for 15 years and at the Ateneo de Manila University for 13 years where Dean Rose  served both as teacher of English (High School, undergraduate and graduate programs) and as administrator (as HS Vice-Principal, Director of the Ateneo Center for ELT and as Chair of the English Department). 

 

Her post-doctoral studies include TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, U.S.A.  thru a grant from Ruth Crymes Fellowship and Ford Foundation;  Special training in training trainors at the University of Reading, England and a research to do a 2nd volume of a teacher training book through  The British Council Grant; a training on  Appreciative Inquiry from the Taos Institute, New Mexico.  She has also been trained in PERSONALITY AND HUMAN RELATIONS (PRH) with Joanne Morin and Elsie Stitsen, both from Canada; a licensed TRAINOR in Seven Basic Habits of Highly Effective People (Stephen Covey framework; and a TRAINOR in the Use of Appreciative Inquiry (for teaching, planning and research).

            

She is a coach and a mentor in more ways than one: research work, program design, programs and interventions facilitation, programs evaluation, projects and interventions, projects management, proposal and report writing. 

Her various experiences have been shared with her country as well as in her travels to most parts of the world like South  Korea,  Japan,  Xiamen & Shanghai (China), and Taiwan, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Guam,  the  American  Samoa, key cities in the USA, key cities in Australia,  Italy, UK, Amsterdam,  Switzerland  and  Ghana, Africa.

As an Instructional Development Consultant, she has designed a Reading Program for High School learners. This program has been in place for over two decades now at the Ateneo de Naga. She has packaged learning materials in Business Writing, Problem-Solving and Decision-making, Internal Consulting and Community-building, Cultural Induction. She has authored books on teacher training and has co-authored a book in teaching English to High School students and some learning modules for DECS use.

Her past involvements include being Managing Partner/Senior Trainor & Facilitator at T.I.M.E.  Consulting;  and  CEO  of  SOPHIA  Consulting;  Training Teachers designing and facilitating   for     over   two decades now—through her Ateneo involvement and through non-Ateneo network like the Foundation for Up-grading the Standard of Education (FUSE) and the Bato-Balani Foundation (BBF). She has conducted teacher training workshops in various us school settings, both government & private, across the country and abroad.  

As an OD consultant,  Dr. Fuentes has  rendered Consulting Services to government agencies, like the DOH, GSIS, SSS, Dep-Ed, DPWH, (DPWH-MIS); to non-government offices, like MSAS Cargo & Forwarding,  PhilamLife & Splash; and multi-national firms, like Unilever, Alltell & Spex Shell, Malampaya-Shell-Project,Globe, LCT Group of Companies, SMART, AmKor, PerkinElmer, Enchanted  Kingdom, The  Clergy  of  the  Diocese  of  Cubao,  the  Revisiting  of  the  Vision-Mission  of  the  Society  of  our  Lady  (SOLT)  in  Corpus  Christi  leading  them  to Plan  using  the  AI  Platform; the  preparations  of  the  RVM  for  their  General  Assembly  about  4  years  ago  which  lasted  for  about  6  months  and  the  congregation  did  use AI  as  their  platform  for  the  General  assembly  acknowledged  as  a  milestone  in  the  congregation;  the  preparations  of  the  Catholic  Bishops'  Conference  of Thailand for  their  2009  Pastoral  Planning  using  AI; the  preparations  of  the  Brothers  of  Saint  Gabriel  for  their  2009  Congregational  Planning  Assembly; leading  the  Research  Project  of  the  following books:  AI  Experiences  -  Philippine  Setting,  TAIPAN -  Lucio  C.  Tan  and   BROTHER  MARTIN - A Man  of  Faith  and  Intuition; Orienting  all  the  OSB-Superiors  in  AI; among  others.   The OD programs she has been  involved include: training trainors, human resource management, reengineering, culture-building, advocacy work, consulting, organizational climate studies, applied planning, vision-mission and values setting, team- building, career development, conflict management, assertiveness training, project management and evaluation, values clarification and development,  cultural induction and training in Appreciative Inquiry  and  mentoring-coaching  of  a  Taipan. 

Furthermore, Dean Rose shares her expertise with the various organizations where she holds several key positions, such as :

 

Director- Rural Bank of  Aurora  (Quezon); Trustee Member/ Former President, Foundation for Integrated Education (FINE);    Chartered Member, Organization Development Association, Inc. (ODAI); Chartered Member and Corporate Secretary, Foundation   to   Upgrade   the   Standard  of  Education (FUSE); Chartered Member & President, Open Learning and Distance Education Foundation (ODLF); British Council Fellows’ Alumni; Chartered Member and President Association for Appreciative Inquiry (AAI); Member of Organization Development Philippine Network (ODPN)

 

Our Academic Dean and President was born on July 11, 1947 in Tarlac, Tarlac. She is a widow who enjoys the warmth of family life together with her four children and seven grandchildren.  

 

source: from SAIDI Newsletter - January 2010 issue