Last November, 28, 2016, a group of six (6) PhD students under the instruction of Sr. Teresa Yasa, FI, PhD, one of DLSU’s premiere educators in the field of Educational Leadership and Management, paid a visit to Chiang Kai Shek College.  The aforementioned students are under the doctorate program of Educational Leadership and Management (ELMD) of Bro. Andrew Gonzalez FSC College of Education, De La Salle University.  As of press time, the group explained why it had chosen the school, and it is due to the prestige of the school in terms of its students’ academic performance.  Hence, the aim of the visit is to learn from CKS College in terms of how it manages its curriculum and its delivery of instruction.

“Specifically, great interest is felt in learning from the school’s experiences of success and meeting challenges in educational leadership and management in the context of 21^st Century basic and tertiary Filipino-Chinese education in the Philippines” explains Sr. Yasa, FI, PhD.

The dynamic nun adds that in view of the field study, the following learning objectives have been drawn to maximize the field study visit in Chang Kai Shek College’ best practices and learning experience:

a)      Learn the unique features of the school’s curriculum, and how such features meaningfully contribute to the welfare of the community or society;

b)      Learn how the curriculum and the school’s philosophy, values and goals statements trickle from its vision and mission statements; how the ideal graduate of Chang Kai Shek College is derived from the school’s vision and mission statements;

c)      Learn how Faculty contributes to the management of the curriculum in terms of daily and effective delivery of instruction.

The visit started with a conference in the Oracle Room of the Main Campus; Chiang Kai Shek College academic heads namely Mrs. Cynthia Yap, Junior High School Supervisor, together with her year-level coordinators and subject area coordinators; Mrs. Li-Ling Ma, directress for Chinese Academic Affairs; and Mrs. Cynthia Isidro, Head of the Guidance and Counseling answered in a detailed fashion all the questions given to them by the inquisitive group of PhD students.

Afterwards, a campus tour in the Main and Narra campuses immediately followed.

Indeed, such educative practice and collaboration is good and refreshing for both parties, for people involved in the science and art educating the youth should enact substantial and sustainable changes in efficiency and productivity, a new way of thinking or paradigm that builds efficiency and a desire for continual learning be integrated into institutional structures. The strategy of benchmarking is important both conceptually and practically, and can be used for improving administrative processes as well as instructional models at schools, colleges and universities by examining processes and models at other schools and adapting their techniques and approaches. 

Engaging in this scholarly endeavor is analogous to the human learning process, and it has been described by many scholars as a method of teaching an institution how to improve (Leibfried & McNair 1992). Hence, CKS College welcomes such collaborations to further respond to its academic obligation of fostering progress through education not just for its learners but also for those learners beyond its walls.