Participation in activities during HRM and Tourism Week, Linggo ng Wika, Marian Prayer Camp, Foundation Week, Sportsfest and the like is usually done by sending a token delegation that represents the academic community of the satellite school. Faculty development activities and orientations are beginning to be attended to by the faculty upon timely invitation from the main campus.
The regular monthly Eucharistic celebration usually presided over by Fr. Jovi Sebastian, Parish Priest of St. Martin de Tours, the general assembly, wherein rules and regulations in the College Student Handbook are explained, and daily morning prayers are the activities we call "community activities" to emphasize attendance of all members of the academic community, whether students, faculty, staff or administrator.
Focusing On Primary Stakeholders: The Students
Accepting transferees, fusing, mixing, or merging classes were strategies pursued to maximize resources allocated to hiring part time and full-time instructors. Job placement assistance was provided and consequently, three students were given summer employment (2005-2006). Out of the four scholars in IT, two were assisted by former Governor Josie dela Cruz, one by the SPC Pastoral Ministry and one by the effort of Sr. Rosalina Ma. Herrera, SPC.
Educational tours for HRM and IT are organized to augment classroom learning for diversified learning situations, reinforce recognition of content, enhancement of skills and integration of values.
Identifying the Market
The identified market for the satellite school's course offerings can be segmented into two levels. Those students coming from private schools, either Catholic or non-sectarian and those graduated from barangay, national, agricultural schools. the four-year degree courses cater to the former and the others to the later. Estimates from guidance personnel of government schools say that only 30% of graduates from barangay, national, agricultural high schools go to four year degree courses and the 70% either look for jobs or settle for shorter courses, that can immediately assist them get jobs.
From available materials since its inauguration on June 16, 2003. "Bocaue Extension: and "Bocaue Campus" have emerged as names identifying this "educational institution."Extension, which emphasizes the so called- CCD courses, which are characterized as shorter preparation for employment, two years at the most. Campus connotes satellite campus, a branch enjoying some autonomy from the mother campus. It is nevertheless a "mini-main campus" or "SPUQC in Bocaue." Focusing the vision-mission of this determines the kinds of activities to be created organizational results, especially in the area of responsive service to identified constituencies and financial viability of the satellite school.
A True Servant Leader's Calling
By Regina Escudero, BSHRM III - SPUQC Bocaue Extension
1) "Do we live in order to give?" OR
2) "Do we give in order to live?"
These questions were asked during the Students' Social Action Network Seminar on Servant Leadership held on July 16, 2007 organized by the Commission on Service of the Diocese of Malolos. We, the participants agreed that the first question is much better than the second one. We share and give whatever we have for the benefit of others without asking anything in return. We don't ask, "What is the minimal amount to be contributed? instead we ask, "How much is still needed?"
The first question describes servant leadership. To be a servant leader, a person needs to be selfless. He should be ready to work not for his own benefit but for the sake of others. Being a student leader, he needs to exert effort in doing and fulfilling things assigned and expected of him for the benefit of his schoolmates. Being a Servant Leader is not just a leader in name or title but of good deeds and being a good follower as well. A Service Leader is described in the second question. He becomes a leader because of fame, power and wealth and not for the benefit of others. For him, it's good to give but better to receive.
Being an effective servant leader entails sincere dedication and with a pure, good intention and attitude towards serving others. Because in our everyday lives, we encounter a lot of issues regarding school, family,, government, economy, peers, our society and a lot more and these have brought problems in one's life. We are seeing these things but are we doing something? Why don't we start helping those who had taken the wrong path? Whatever irregularities and mistakes we SEE in our society, we need to JUDGE and DECIDE what we have to do and then ACT on it.
"A life devoted to things is a dead life, a stump:
A God-shaped life is a flourishing tree."
Proverbs 11:28