PART I : General Information of School and Academic Administration
A. School Profile
1. St. Paul University Surigao
a. School Name : Saint Paul University Surigao
b. Former Names :
- Doctorina School Edcuela Catolica de San Nicolas (1906)
- San Nicolas School (1906 – 1949)
- Sa Nicolas College (1949 – 2004)
c. Acronym : SPUS
d. Type : Private Roman Catholic
e. Religius Affiliation :
Roman Catholic (Sisters of Charity of Saint Paul Chartres)
f. Academic Affiliation : PAASCU, ISO
g. Founded : 1906
h. Motto :
Caritas Veritas et Scientia (Love, Truth and Knowledge)
i. President : SR. ROSANNE MALLILLIN, SPC
j. VP - Academic Service : Dr. Antonio Talamayan
k. VP-Finance Services : Sr. Ma. Luisa Marcelino, SPC
l. VP-Christian Formation :
Sr. Maria Theresa Andrea Mallillin, SPC
m. Students : 5,000 plus
n. Location :
Cor. Rizal & San Nicolas Sts. Surigao City, Surigao del Norte, Philippines (Main campus, College and Graduate School)
o. Almamater Song : “The Paulinian Hymn”
p. Colors : Green and gold
q. Nickname : Paulinian
r. Website : https://www.spusedu.com
1) Grade School
a. School Name : Grade School St. Paul University Surigao
b. Principal : Sr. Teresita Baricaua, SPC
c. Grade School Assistant Principal :
Ms. Alejandra Jeanie H. Condontol
d. Location : Km. 4, Brgy. Luna 8400 Surigao City, Philippines
e. Vision :
St. Paul University Surigao, a Paulinian community of leaners and believers, impelled by the charism, of Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres, from Christ-centered, competent and responsible persons in the service of the Church and society.
f. Mission :
In union with Mary, our model and St. Paul, our Patron, we strive to become the preferred educational community marked by our commitments to:
- zealously proclaim Jesus Christ as the good news to all;
- consistently provide integral Catholic Formation, academic excellence, research and community sevice;
- proactively respond to the challeges of the changingtimes in a spirit of collaboration and resource sharing;
- responsibity manage resources in a spirit of Christian Stewardship and good governance.
g. Quality Policy :
St. Paul University Surigao provides Quality, Filipino, Catholic Paulinian Education that is learner-focused in a culture of compassionate caring through:
· Holistic formation;
· Development of human resources and upgrading of facilities;
· Commitment and involvement of all stakeholders.
h. Core values :
5 C’s
Christ-centeredness
Charity
Commission
Community
Charism
i. 5 Affirmation Statements :
1. As a Christ-centered Paulinian, I am a mindful, self-directed learner and role model, consciously expressing my Faith.
2. As a Christ-centered Paulinian, I am a courageous, resourceful explorer and problem solver, demonstrating my creativity and charism.
3. As a Christ-centered Paulinian, I am a credible, responsive communicator and team player, building community through active collaboration.
4. As a Christ-centered Paulinian, I am conscientious, adept performer and achiever, competently implementing my mission in life.
5. As a Christ-centered Paulinian, I am a caring, committed advocate, for peace and universal well-being, impelled by compassion and charity for all.
Academic support system
From the start we enter St. Paul University Surigao, we will see a big entrence with security guard. We will see a football field, parking lot, gym, multifunction field, Junior High School building right in front of Senior High School, another gate, canteen, and Grade School Building. Junior high school building is connected to grade school building, so if the students from grade school have to go to the gym for an activity or an event, it's easier and faster.
SPUS has modern infrastructur and complete facilities. The sport facilities include a football field, futsal court, volleyball court, basketball courts, and ping pong tables. This school has three floors, first floor mostly faculty rooms, boardroom and lower grades classes, second floor for grade 2 – 4 third floor for grade 5 and 6. This school has another facilities such as ICT room, science room, laboratories, libraries, clinic, pool, visual audio room, art room, prayer room, play room, guest rooms and etc.
SPUS has science section and regular sections for each grades. SPUS also has summer school program or summer bridge programs, so students can catch up or prepare for next grade. The school also provides the students with digital and online learning, with gadgets and applications such as Ipad for the textbook and Quipper (E-Learning, coaching, tutoring and assesment services for K – 12 curriculum). The school adopts Outcomes-Based Education Curriculum and it gives extended opportunities for the students.
Teaching system
Related to the teaching system, the first thing the teacher does before the class started is writing the subjectives for today, every subject is opened and closed by prayers. The teacher should recall the last activity the pupils have done and introduces the new topic for today. The teacher will discusses the topics and usually gives the class an activity such as imaginative talk, role-player, head number games and many others.
The teacher guide for the topics is curriculum map, there are grade level standards and subject prerequisite for one subject. This curriculum map is prepared by the teacher and reviewed and verified by the subject leader, validated by the assistant of principal and approved by the principal. So the curriculum map is made once in a year for every quarter. The curriculum map already has every topics with each meetings that going to be done for each quarter. There is also table of specifications for each subject for one quarter. This table of specification shows the compentencies that the pupils has to reach.
The teachers for each subject have to apply not only the lesson plan but also the curriculum map and table of specification for the subject and have to follow so many things until it’s approved by the principal. So that’s why there is Subject Team Leader (STL) for checking on each subjects so it can be done properly.
Material and other learning sources
The materials and learning sources are from the text books, e-books, or articles from the internet. The media that teacher usually needs in a class are laptop, projector, projector screen and another materials such as worksheets, pencils, or others. Since the school is using technology, but for lower grades, they still need books. Every pupils or students always bring so many books in a day. They also have their own materials if it’s needed.
The teacher also didn’t fixated by books, so not every topics has discussion in the books. The teacher The teacher prepares topics that are suitable for short and long term skills for children. Therefore, the learning sources must be more varied, but referenced from reliable articles.
Measurement and evaluation system
This is the measurement of the evaluation system in SPUS. The teacher also says that she always gives another opportunity for the pupils who haven’t meet the expections yet.
General Curriculum
