ADDITIONAL INFO FOR JOURN EXAM

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BACKGROUND
Responding to the challenge to constantly intensify the school’s curricular offerings for the total development of the learners, St. Paul College, Pasig has pushed the borders of mainstream instruction through the integration of the Giftedness Instruction for Talent (GIFT) Development Program in its curriculum.
More than a replacement of the Clubs and Organizations area, GIFT is an innovation that serves to intensify the student activity programs and seeks to develop students’ innate talents through well-structured learning programs.
The program was initially conceptualized by the Directress Sister Teresita Baricaua who conducted initial brainstorming and conceptualization with the members of the Curriculum Enrichment Board (representing the top and middle level administrators of the three departments)
In February 2006, an educational trip of the faculty and personnel called Lakbay Aral sa Panay Island (LASPIs) paved the way to observe Iloilo National….
The Curriculum Enrichment Board head Mrs. Debbie Grafil, furthermore initiated research and consultation with experts in relation to the curriculum framework. The then High School Chairman of Clubs and Organizations Mr. Ruben Velarde Jr., who assisted Grafil, led the team of faculty members who went through Immersions and observations at Philippine High School for the Arts in Makiling, Laguna.
Before the School Year ended in March 2006, Dr. Riza Amaguin, principal of the INHS, conducted a talk on integrating talent development in the curriculum. She presented and discussed INH’s “School within a School” program to the SPCP administrators, faculty members and parents who were also given an orientation on the GIFT program by Sister Teresita and Mrs. Grafil.


OVERVIEW
The Giftedness Instruction for Talent (GIFT) Development Program is a curricular innovation aimed at discovering, rediscovering and honing the students’ innate talents in the various fields of the arts and sciences.
Touted as the country’s most comprehensive talent development program integrated in basic education, it features 29 specialized courses in 7 talent learning centers. An intensification of the student activity programs of the school, it provides varied opportunities and more meaningful learning experiences for students to hone their talents and skills through well-directed course modules designed and implemented by experts.
G the Editorial
To make learning truly functional and relevant, each course offering is designed such that the development of skills is clearly reflected in each grade or year level. Such developmental process starts from the lowest or earliest level it is ideally taught.