School
: General Information and Academic Administration in MinSCAT Laboratory High
School Calapan City Campus.
MinSCAT (Mindoro State College
of Agriculture and Technology) Laboratory High School Calapan City Campus is
the high school laboratorium for practicum of student teacher that study in
MinSCAT Calapan City Campus .
Ø MinSCAT's
History :
The
Mindoro National Agricultural School (MINAS) was established as a secondary
agricultural school by virtue of R.A. 506 sponsored by then Congressman Raul T.
Lueterio of Oriental Mindoro. Students were first admitted on August 26, 1951.
The 26 pioneering students cleared the virgin forest and helped in the
construction of temporary structures, which served as cottages and classrooms.
During its early operations, students were provided with free meals at the mess
hall. MINAS then started serving the whole province of Oriental Mindoro and the
neighboring provinces with supervised farming as the core of the curriculum.
Students stayed in dormitories and cottages and were trained to work and earn
money through their projects during practicum hours in the field of crop and
animal production. The “earn while you learn” scheme was practiced.
In
1960 the first two years leading to Bachelor of Science in Agriculture was
offered to implement R. A. 3758. In 1973, the school offered the two-year
course leading to Associate in Agricultural Technology, a work - oriented
curriculum. However, this technician curriculum was revised in 1980 orienting
the subjects to the new Bachelor of Science in Agriculture (BSA) curriculum
developed by the Technical Panel for Agricultural Education based at UP, Los
Baños.
When
MINAS was transformed into Mindoro College of Agriculture and Technology(MCAT)
on July 10, 1976, it was categorized as a Higher Technical Institution offering
the BSA degree with the four areas of specialization; Crop Science, Animal Science,
Agricultural
Education and Agricultural Economics. It continued the offering of the
Agricultural Technician Curriculum. It served as the training ground in the
implementation of SEDP curriculum in the secondary department.
Under
R.A. 8007, MCAT was converted into the Mindoro State College of Agriculture and
Technology (MinSCAT) effective May 25, 1995. The former Congressman Renato R.
Leviste, filed a House Bill No. 2354 entitled “ An Act Converting MCAT into a
State College” was endorsed to the Senate under Senate Bill No. 1674 sponsored
by Senator Leticia Ramos Shahani submitted the proposal to President Fidel V.
Ramos for approval, making MinSCAT the first and only State College in Oriental
Mindoro.
February
7, 2001 marked another milestone in the history of MinSCAT with the integration
of the two (2) CHED supervised institutions in the province, namely, the
Bongabong College of Fisheries now MinSCAT- Bongabong Campus and the
Polytechnic College of Calapan now MinSCAT- Calapan City Campus.
The
MinSCAT- Bongabong Campus originally the Bongabong School of Fisheries (BSF)
was established on September 21, 1975 by virtue of R.A. 3306. In 1975, the
government approved the offering of the Revised Fishery Technical Education
Curriculum. It was converted into a full-fledge College, Bongabong College of
Fisheries (BCF) on July 5, 1995 by virtue of R.A. 8143. By virtue of R. A. 7722
otherwise known as Higher Education Act of 1994 and R. A. No. 8292 (Higher
Education Modernization Act of 1997 ) and R. A. No. 8760 otherwise known as
General Appropriations Act of Fiscal Year 2000.
The
MinSCAT-Calapan City Campus, on the other hand, was established as a government
secondary trade school known as Calapan School of Arts and Trades (CSAT) by
virtue of R. A. 3397 on June 1961 but only started operation five years later.
In 1972, CSAT merited by the Ministry of Education Culture and Sports (MECS)
the approval to offer Trade Technical Education Curriculum. Efforts to convert
into a College authorized to offer degree courses were realized with the
approval of R. A. 8076 in June 19, 1995 converting CSAT into Polytechnic
College of Calapan. With the integration the then PCC has evolved into being
the MinSCAT – City Campus.
The
Mindoro State College of Agriculture and Technology, with the three campuses
within the two congressional districts of the province is recognized as the
only public institution of higher learning in the Province of Oriental Mindoro.
The
MinSCAT – Calapan City Campus offers the following degree programs:
I.
Graduate Courses
Ed. D. Major in Educational Management
Ph. D. Crop Science
Ph. D. in Educational Leadership and
Transformation
Master of Arts in Education
Majors: Educational Management
Filipino Mathematics
English Biological Science
Master of Science in Agriculture
Majors: Crop Science
Animal Science
Master in Public Administration
Master in Business Administration
Master in Management
II.
Undergraduate Courses
Bachelor in Secondary Education
Majors in: Filipino Mathematics
English Biological Science
BS Criminology (Ladderized)
BS Information Technology
BS in Hotel & Tourism Management
(Ladderized)
Bachelor of Teacher Technical Education
Specializations: Electrical Garments
and Fashion Design
Automotive Food Services Management
Electronics Drafting
BS in Hotel and Restaurant Management
(Ladderized)
AB Psychology
Laboratory High School
Guided
by the tenets of commitment, productivity and competence, the three campuses
chart their development programs towards the direction of technological
discipline which leads to global competitiveness.
MinSCAT
has mandated four-fold functions on instruction, research, extension, and
production which would constructively harness the aspirations of the people of
Oriental Mindoro and neighboring provinces for its quality but affordable and
technological education which can compete to global aspirations, the leaders of
this institution is aiming for.
Under
the able leadership of the late President, Dr. Angelito A. Bacudo, who was
installed as the first president on July 8, 1996, MinSCAT hopes to continuously
sustain professional growth, unity, commitment, and unequalled support in the
attainment of its mission, goals and objectives
But
fate intervened this noble intentions, he succumbed to death on February 2,
2007. His untimely death leaves MinSCAT into the hands of a more dynamic, more
aggressive, more determined person, Dr. Jesse T. Zamora, who was then installed
president after a couple of months to serve the unexpired term of the demised
president, Dr. Angelito A. Bacudo, on August 2, 2007 up to July 9, 2010 and
then once again appointed as a full- fledged president to serve MinSCAT from
July 9, 2010 up to July 9, 2014.
Under
the new administration, the institution showed signs of unequalled growth due
to his untiring effort and determination to put MinSCAT on the pedestal of
Excellence in Higher Education not only in the province but also in the whole
MIMAROPA region.
Books
of latest edition and publication and other reading materials were purchased to
adapt to the growing needs of the clienteles. New courses were offered,
extension and researches were accelerated to cater to the clamors of the fast
growing population of sustainable agriculture for food production.
The
school library now with its new site and location far from flooding that
destroyed almost all the resources of the library is now fully air conditioned.
Additional units of computers were installed, lights and ventilation are good
and conducive for studies of the students and a new library system is going to
be introduced this first semester, school year 2012-2013, the bar coding
system, a project of the Korean volunteer with the able support of the dynamic
president, Dr. Jesse T. Zamora.
Ø The MinSCAT Mission Statement
VISION
A
self-reliant center of development in Oriental Mindoro that provides sustained
leadership in instruction, research and extension to produce globally
competitive professional and appropriate technologies crucial in helping
develop a productive, spiritually and more upright citizenry in a diverse yet
cohesive society.
MISSION
The
institution exists to promote quality professional and technological education
by intensifying instruction and training, conducting more viable and relevant
researches, utilizing knowledge and technology, sustaining income generation
through the adoption of feasible-state- of the art technologies, continuous
organizational development.
GOAL
Provide
and broaden the access to quality education responsive to an ever growing and
dynamic society.
OBJECTIVES
Strengthen
the capabilities of Instruction to;
1.
offer quality education
2.
provide opportunities for the youth to develop their potentials as human beings
and productive members of the society.
3.
expand financial assistance to the poor but deserving students toward greater
access to education.
4.
maximize productivity to sustain income generation, and
5.
intensify research and extension services which are relevant to the needs of
the community.
I took
a picture with Mr. Pricipal, his name is MR. PONCIANO S. ABDON
He
explained the MinSCAT profile very well. He said that Since this is a lab high
school, this school uses the MinSCAT Campus facility to provide their
activities in teaching. Like, computer laboratory, science laboratory, school
buildings, libraries and teachers.
There
are 3 science laboratories, 1 for biology, 1 for chemistry and 1 for physics.
There
are 4 classes of buildings, for grade 7, grade 8, grade 9 and grade 10. In the
classroom, we can see there is a blackboard using chalk and toilet for students
at the back. In one class, there are about 40-50 students. In addition to
classrooms, we can find principal offices and faculty offices for teachers.
place This is the place used by teacher teachers at MinSCAT to create their
lesson plans, or do some activities to prepare for their classes, or just take
a break.
Students
here use uniforms on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. And on
Wednesdays they have free uniforms.
· Academic Support System
computer
laboratories, science laboratories, school buildings and libraries
· Teaching system
In
this school, they will start studying at 07.30 to 05.00, each subject only has
1 hour a day but continue for 4 days. for example, science subjects in garde10 starting on Tuesday to Friday.
· Materials and Other Learning Resources
In
this school, students do not have their own books to learn, so they will borrow
books in the library when they need them. Teachers use the modules they get
from government websites, but some teachers only use the syllabus and the
internet for the material.
· Measurement and Evaluation System
To
evaluate students, the teacher will give the students some quizzes at the end
of the class. Students should do it and collect it to the teacher.
· Curriculum
SMA
Laboratories MinSCAT uses K 12 Curriculum as a basis for teaching students. So,
students have to do 4 years in junior high, that is grade 7, grade 8, grade 9
and class 10. and 2 years in high school that is class 11 and 12, teachers use
sillabus they download from government website as their direction to teach
students. In K 12 Curriculum, one year of study is divided into 4 quarters, ie
first quarter, second quarter, third quarter and fourth quarter.
· Teaching Plan
In
this school, the teaching plan is divided into three. That is, daily study
logs, Semi-detailed Learning Plans, and Detailed lesson plans. For new graduate
teachers up to the third academic year, they will use the Detail Learning Plan.
For expert teachers, they use the daily tutorial logs only.
Daily
lessons only record forms that fill in student material and objectives.
A
semi-detailed learning plan is a lesson plan that summarizes teacher activity
and evaluation for students.
Detailed
lesson plans are lesson plans that summarize teacher activity and student
activities.
