Man of the Month: The Giftedness and prowess of Dr. Crisanto E. Avila

SPECIAL FEATURE

CRISANTO E. AVILA, DCEd, EdD, PhD “The Mentor of Mentors in Campus Journalism” Dr. Crisanto E. Avila has been advocating on Campus Journalism Excellence since 2006 when he established the Center of the Promotion of Campus Journalism (CPCJ) Inc. and after winning the Most Outstanding School Paper Adviser of the Philippines. He finished his Bachelor’s Degree in Education at Philippine Normal University-Manila in 1994 with a specialization in Campus Journalism. He obtained his Master of Arts in Educational Management from De La Salle University and Covenant Global School in Oklahoma, USA.

Dr. Avila took a doctorate degree in Educational Management at Manuel L. Quezon University and Trece Martires City College. As an advocate on the explosion of Campus Journalism Excellence in the entire country, he has traveled l around the Philippines - Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao with his “Byaheng Dyormalismo” – bringing Campus Journalism training to the farthest and remotest part of the country. He is being referred to as the “Mentor of Mentor”s in Campus Journalism by the School Paper Advisers (SPA) with his mentoring lectures and critiquing sessions.

Dr. Avila won Catholic Mass Media Award (CMMA) for Best School Organ in 2006 and has been a finalist in 2012, 2013, and 2014 Metrobank Search for Outstanding Teachers. In 2013, he was lucky to represent the country in the World Newspaper Congress in Thailand. In 2014 and 2015, he received Dangal ng Bayan Award and Asia Pacific Award for Education and for Humanitarianism. He won as Best Research Oral Presenter in the 2018 Universal Academic Cluster (UAC) International Autumn Conference held in Tokyo, Japan with his doctoral dissertation entitled “Compliance with Campus Journalism Act Of 1991 (R.A. 7079) and The Quality of the Selected School Papers in the City Schools Division Of Dasmariñas: A Survey”. For benchmarking in newspapering and broadcasting, Dr. Avila has also traveled in the Asia Pacific Region such as Thailand, Korea, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, and the United States of America. Last February 2020, He was awarded Gawad Sulo for the Eminent Alumnus of the Philippine Normal University.

Presently, he is now a perennial and resident judge-lecturer of various divisions and regions of the Department of Education. He is a family-owned private school in Dasmariñas City, Cavite named St. Aloysius Academy of Dasmariñas offering complete preschool, elementary, and junior high school. He is currently enrolled at the University of the Philippines Open University taking up Master of Development Communication. He is presently working with his very first short film as an offshoot of the Filmmaking Masterclass he attended from GMA-7 resident director.

I. OBJECTIVES IN LIFE

1. To be a global leader in education, communication arts and humanitarian service

2. To impart quality education amongst local learners and the world

3. To establish global networks and linkages for business, brotherhood and humanitarian services

4. To be an agent of peace, growth and development, creating this world a better place to live

II KEY STRENGTHS

1. Proven educational leadership and management skills with the latest trends in education 2. Experienced in teaching Communications Arts in elementary, secondary and tertiary levels 3. Excellent written and oral communication skills 4. Knowledgeable in most computer applications and softwares 5. Able to organize community based and non government organizations 6. Capacitated to organize local and international seminar and trainings 7. Wide exposure on events management through local, national and international convention of campus media, media practitioners, corporate leaders, non-government leaders, and educational leaders

Kudos!