General Information and Academic Administration in MinSCAT Laboratory High School Calapan City Campus.

School : General Information and Academic Administration in MinSCAT Laboratory High School Calapan City Campus. 

• ·       School Profile

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.