The uber of education
CNN The Final Pitch’s The Dutiful Teachers is making homeschooling easier and more accessible to learners, parents, and teachers. Here’s how Teacher Sarah braved the pandemic and how she envisions a stronger, better educational system for all.
With the world in a pandemic, schools have quickly switched to remote learning. And this has posed quite a challenge to teachers, students, and parents. How do we make the transition easy for all? How do we get children to learn with a home setup? Sarah Alvarez Cortes saw this as an opportunity to turn her dream into reality.
As an educator, Teacher Sarah aspired to assist fellow Filipino teachers and parents in equipping children to learn better in the home setting. So, she created an educational platform, The Dutiful Teachers (TDT), to assist learners, parents, and educators all around the world by providing affordable, accessible, and quality educational support and assistance.
TDT not only supports homeschooled children, they also cater to kids with special needs and private school kids. But the program does not just benefit the learners, it also presents great opportunities to displaced Filipino private school teachers. This gives homeschooled children of busy Filipino OFWs from the Middle East, the professional support they need online.
With the fast-paced transition to digital education and the continuous struggle for Filipino OFWs to look for quality educational support abroad, TDT will be there to ensure that children will be able to adapt to the current situation despite the circumstances. In fact, Teacher Sarah envisions TDT to become “The Uber of Education.” Providing learners, parents, and educators access to education.
In CNN’s The Final Pitch, Teacher Sarah was given the chance to pitch the idea to potential investors, one of whom is FWD Insurance PH President and CEO Li Hao Zhuang. As an innovator of the new normal, she believes that a partnership between TDT and FWD will help learners, parents, and teachers understand the importance of financial planning, money management, and insurance protection. She feels that financial literacy is also an important lesson that everyone, young and old, should master.
Life Lessons
Like with every business, the beginning is always challenging. Teacher Sarah admits there were a few bumps along the way, but she realized those experiences were life lessons. In her journey, she learned to be brave—that in times of uncertainty you just have to step up and grab the opportunity. There will be challenges—seen and unforeseen—but they should not hinder you from achieving your goal. She mustered the courage to establish TDT and join The Final Pitch.
“Be flexible and adaptive to changes. Be a great listener to the demands of the customers because at the end of the day, having satisfied customers is like having your biggest group of advocates.”
The road ahead will have lots of twists and turns. That’s for sure. But Teacher Sarah is ready. “In every difficulty lies the opportunity to invent new possibilities.” The possibilities are endless. And she has only just begun.
For more information about The Dutiful Teachers, you may visit their social media accounts.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedutifulteachersph
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedutifulteachersph
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-dutiful-teachers-ph
Reach out to Sarah Alvarez Cortes through her social media handles.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sjcortes06
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sjalvarezcortes/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahalvarezcortes/
Watch CNN’s The Final Pitch every Sunday, 8 pm with replays every Tues 8 pm and Sat 11 am
Jenevieve Chua is a Content and Engagement Writer Intern from De La Salle University-Manila, with Applied Corporate Management as her degree. She loves baking all sorts of pastries during her free time. She also has a thing for KDrama, beauty, photography, and videography.
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