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Philosophy of Education
We believe that our pupils & students should receive an education that develops their minds and nurtures their hearts to be academically excellent, spiritually exuberant, morally upright, and socially productive through curricular programs that emphasize the Catholic religion as the core, in order to give them opportunities to develop sound critical thinking and decision-making skills to be able to make enlightened life-choices.
Likewise, we believe that our pupils & students are the centre of our educational process, with the teachers as caring companions in the journey of faith and competent facilitators of knowledge, wisdom, skills, and values, in a safe and secure educational environment that actively promotes learning and provides adequate support services that ennoble and enable them to make creative responses to life-realities.
Vision
Good Shepherd Cathedral School is an agile Christ-centered institution engaged in inculcating excellence with a heart and competence with a soul in the ministry of education and evangelization.
Mission
- Leadership and Governance?. Advance a competent and inspiring leadership that practices and promotes ethicality, professionalism, collegiality, co-responsibility, and subsidiarity to create a happy community of disciples.
- Quality Assurance. Ensure excellence in one’s performance of duties/responsibilities and delivery of services by complying with the regulatory requirements of government agencies, meeting the standards of accrediting bodies, and observing the relevant internal policies and guidelines.
- Resource Management?. Exercise true spirit of stewardship in good governance of resources: human, financial, physical assets and facilities, for the sustainability and continuous improvement of RCBNES and member-schools..
- Teaching and Learningg. Sustain a curriculum, instruction, and assessment that are cognitively demanding, developmentally appropriate, holistic, and relevant to the needs of the learners through standards-based, data-driven supervision of competent and caring instructional leaders.
- Evangelization and Christian Formation?. Act as an evangelizing arm of the local Church in the study and living-out of the Catholic faith.
- External Relations. Engage stakeholders to build and maintain a responsible, positive, and fruitful partnership in the aspects of community engagement and advocacy, linkages and networks, and institutional branding and promotion.
- Student Servicess. Promote a caring, healthy, safe, and supportive environment for the stakeholders.
- Research. Ensure a progressive and relevant research program that provides continuous support to the areas of teaching-learning and community engagement in the pursuit of excellence.?
Institutional Goals
- To promote the spirit of good character through relative inquiry, critical thinking, and moral decision-making in the face of the ever-growing complexity of living in pluralistic society;
- To provide a wide range of opportunities in addressing the needs of every student through contemporary theories and research-based findings on effective teaching and learning;
- To sustain the holistic development of all stakeholders in its school offerings through appropriate programs rooted in Gospel values;
- To advocate cooperation and partnership through active involvement in upholding Catholic teaching pertinent to current educational and social, moral, and ethical issues.
- To encourage concern for others with Christian spirituality as its core through creativity and innovation in an environment where every experience is seen as a learning opportunity.
Core Values
“GOOD HEART”
GOOD – Mabait, Mabuti, Mahusay / Magaling
H – Humble / Humility
E – Exuberant / Exuberance
A – Amiable / Amiability
R – Respectful / Respect
T – Trustworthy / Trustworthiness
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