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SaltsCom Early Childhood Education Center
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The secularization of education in the 1860s brought the demise of overt Christian characteristics that had marked American education. (Mark A. Noll, “Christian thinking and rise of the American university,” Christian Scholar’s Review, IX, 1979, pp. 8-9.)
On the other hand, there is pervasive moral malaise, which has afflicted not just the bureaucracy and the power structure but even the citizens. (F. Sionil Jose, “Looking into the future darkly,” Philippine Star, June 27, 1999, p. L-11.) Furthermore, F. Sionil Jose sees the “Filipino family will splinter further as urbanization continues and there will be fewer workers on the farm where the family is not only a social but also a work unit.” (Ibid.) As well, Alejandro R. Roces says, “Education is the answer to all our national problem. To go further, it is the answer to all the world’s problems. It is not only the first and last resort, it is the only resort.” (Alejandro R. Roces, “World Congress on Higher Education,” Philippine Star, July 10, 1997, p. 7.)
In seeking the expansion of the government’s preschool education program Rep. Heherson Alvarez says, “Education is the single most important intervention in combating poverty and ending child labor.” (Heherson Alvarez as quoted in a news report, “Expansion of preschool programs sought,” Philippine Star, July 9, 1999, p. 5.) Max Soliven adds, “We lived in a little ‘jerry-built’ house – in those years, just one step above a barong-barong. But ‘fight poverty’? You don’t fight it. You overcome it. And the only weapon by which the poor can overcome it is through education - not government dole-outs, grants, gifts – or through sermons.” (Max V. Soliven, “Teach the poor to overcome poverty, not give excuses, deliver sermons, hold parades,” Philippine Star, July 11, 1999, p. 7.
Considering the previously mentioned contextual concerns, there is a need to put up a Christian school.
Vision (The function of visioning is to spell out where the organization wants to be in the future. (Leonardo R. Silos, “The Modern Traditional Enterprise,” Asian Manager, February 1994, p. 41.)
SatsCom Early Childhood Education Center envisions a global community of holistically developed people whose lifestyles manifest the true mark of a Christian who loves unconditionally.
Mission Statement of SaltsCom Early Childhood Education Center:
The mission of SaltsCom Early Childhood Education Center is to minister to the total person, to each student entrusted to the care of the SaltsCom by educating them with a comprehensive integration of Christian faith and excellent learning both the intra- and inter- disciplinary levels
Educational Philosophy of SaltsCom Early Childhood Education Center
The SaltsCom Early Childhood Education Center subscribes to the philosophy that “every child and every person, even if brought up in a Christian home, must consciously make a decision to confess their sins and accept Jesus Christ as personal Lord and Savior.”
One-sentence statement of the purpose of the SaltsCom Early Childhood Education Center:
The purpose of SaltsCom Early Childhood Education Center is to ensure the optimal development of the young child.
Corporal Goals of the SaltsCom Early Childhood Early Education Center:
1. To provide infrastructure such as school campus, classroom buildings and administrative offices for the SaltsCom Early Childhood Education Center;
2. To develop and validate quality curricular program for learning competencies of children, such as Christian life, perceptual motor skills, language, cognitive skills (including numerical) and socio-emotional development;
3. To provide teachers with recognized training in early childhood education and competent in Christian life.
Rationale of the Project:
Extensive research findings show a positive impact of early interventions and long-term effects of early childhood education. As well, research findings show a positive relationship between quality early childhood education. To put it aptly, quality Early Childhood Education center makes a difference. This is where SaltsCom Early Childhood Education Center is revenant and a necessity.
Profile of the Children and their Families under the SaltsCom Early Childhood Education Center's Project:
The children here belong to families whose parents are belonging to lower socio-economic groups and of lower educational and occupational status.
Educational Objectives of the SaltsCom Early Childhood Education Center
Cognitive Level:
The students will be able to:
- demonstrate basic understandings of languages and literature, mathematics, social studies, and other science-related subjects;
- demonstrate a basic knowledge of Christian living contents;
- demonstrate ability to transfer learning to different and varied life-situations.
Affective Level:
The students will be able to:
- acquire positive attitude toward study and learning;
- develop a conscience more sensitive to the teachings of the Bible;
- grow in their passion for moral and academic excellence.
Life and Academic Skills Level:
- the students will e able to study and learn from academic materials and from the Bible personally;
- develop their ability to state and explain clearly the academic and Christian living contents;
- grow in confidence to transfer learning to different and varied life-situations, and to analyze and solve problems.
Program Requirements for SaltsCom Early Childhood Education Center:
1. Christian Living
2. Filipino
3. Civics and Culture
4. English
5. Mathematics
6. Science and Health
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