ACADEMICS | INSTITUTES

Institute of Arts, Sciences & Teacher Education

ACADEMICS | INSTITUTES

IASTE

The Institute of Arts, Sciences, and Teacher Education is one of the four institutes of Mabalacat City College, a local college in Mabalacat City, Pampanga, Philippines. It offers higher education programs in History, Biology, and Teacher Education.

VISION

The IASTE envisions producing globally competent professionals with a moral sense of nationalism, integrity, and service to humanity.

MISSION

The IASTE commits itself to provide quality education and support services from competent faculty and conscientious leaders who implement new curricula that provides the classroom readiness to enter the workforce and serve humanity.

GOALS

  1. Demonstrate excellent Educational Leadership.
  2. Deliver highly competitive, industry-related and research- intensive curricular offerings.
  3. Increase cultural orientation, service to the community and global competence of faculty and students.

OBJECTIVES

Arts and Sciences:
  1. Provide instruction of the highest achievable standards and making utmost use of advanced educational technology and diverse teaching methodologies to maximize student learning.
  2. Maintain an environment conducive to the propagation of great ideas, development of critical thinking, dynamic research, and penchant for knowledge in the fields of Humanities, Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Social Sciences.
  3. Maintain Faculty and Staff who are physically, academically, and morally competent and implement programs for their continuous development, support, and security
  4. Produce quality graduates who are competent and skilled to meet national and international standards and become productive citizens
  5. Expand social and environmental awareness among the constituents.
Teacher Education:
  1. Provide curricular offerings which are within the standards set by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED).
  2. Provide institution-initiated enrichment courses to better equip the pre-service teachers with the essentialities of quality teaching.
  3. Expose the pre-service teachers to community-based realities to equip them with competence to participate in various programs and projects.
  4. Provide technical and expertise in research to develop, improve and practice innovations.
  5. Provide the pre-service teachers with rich and strong foundation in values and principles of the profession to sustain their desire for service and morally-upright living.

 

FACULTY

Arcelyn M. Adriano , LPT Faculty

Advocacy:
I am Arcelyn M. Adriano and I have been an English teacher for the past 33 years. Part of my advocacy in life as a teacher is that there is always room for improvement. Needless to say, I do not acknowledge mediocrity in my craft. I challenge my students to be their best and not to settle for an easy life for, in the end, it feels better to harvest hard-earned fruits of dedication and patience. I am greatly influenced by mentors who speak and do. I remember one who told me, “Go out into the world and challenge yourself, this city has become too small for you”. I left the city and proved myself able to teach subjects outside my major and level. I gathered I could do it for as long as I put my heart into it. And yes, I found the answer to the nagging question in my head of whether I was still an effective teacher after a decade of teaching. I offer my service as an ordinary citizen to my community by being a member of the Ministry of Lectors and Commentators. Professionally, I decided to teach in college after a long teaching career at the secondary level. Teaching in college showed me the many young adults who could be responsible citizens someday ergo I serve them well by teaching them to be excellent and preparing them beyond satisfactory for the education of young Filipinos in the City of Mabalacat. In my class, one has to do the work to prove one’s worth of a good grade. One has to demonstrate he/she can perform excellently the task set before him/her especially so for those who will be educator’s themselves someday. I especially admire those who continue to go to school in the middle of working for a living and those who, despite having had a momentary delay, continue to finish their course. When I see my past students in the work field enjoying their careers and living out the hard-earned education they carefully struggled for, I have achieved. Bottom line, it is not really the innumerable degrees you finish nor the countless numbers of colleagues who say yes to you, but what counts most really is – how have you served, with the gifts entrusted to you?
Status:
Full-Time

Conrad Buerkley , Ed.D Faculty

Advocacy:
My advocacy is to protect the environment. In 2018, The Proposed Advocacy titled: “Plastic-Free ITE”. A Pioneering Advocacy at the Institute of Teacher Education to produce a plastic-free environment inside the Mabalacat City College (MCC) campus. The purest and everlasting love of My Mother gave me the strength to pursue what I want to be in life. Our Mother gave us the wisdom to continue life to the fullest. She sacrificed everything for all of us, just to finish our studies. She worked hard for us, and always tells us that “Mamye murin dalan ing egana-ganang malilyari king bie”. Always have faith, hope, and love in everything that you do. Advocating the plastic-free environment should start from within. By simply picking up trash in the front of your/our houses will give us the multiple effects of cleaning the environment. Instead of using plastic bags, use eco-bags and/or reusable bags in buying our groceries. Showing and modeling to the people in our community our behavior in protecting the environment will give them the information to do it also. This pandemic gave us different viewpoints on the academic community. Students and Faculty are facing difficulties in using the different modalities in school.
Status:
Full-Time

Graciela Ann D. Escoto , LPT Faculty

Advocacy:
As an educator, I want to instill in my students the idea that education is about more than simply getting those higher grades; it's about how they'll use their knowledge to create a huge difference and let their light shine. My faith and family had a significant impact on my life. They are my pillars of strength in the face of adversity, and they show appreciation in my every small victory. They are the foundation of the person I am today. I always apply the CLAYGO practice, where every time I eat in any fast-food chain, I make sure to clean the table and fix the utensils I used. One of the key sectors affected by the pandemic is education. This, however, will never deter us from pursuing our aim of providing our students with the best possible education they deserve. I also agree that education should be inclusive, that no student will be left behind in any terms.
Status:
Full-Time

James Darwin Lagman , LPT Faculty

Advocacy:
“Huwag kalilimutan ang saysay sa diskurso ng kasaysayan” I think most of the people I have encountered in life have influenced me in one way or another. Sometimes it is not even the person itself rather than his/her creative work. And most of the time it is not the longevity of the time or duration that a certain person you have encountered to be influenced rather than it is the value of the encounter that has constituted such influence. Thus, who I am right now is the accumulation of encounters with people When I was in college, I often engaged in civic activities that would help in the development of the community. However, right now I utilize my academic background and skill in helping the community. I often extend my expertise for the continuous advancement of the community One of my primary concerns in the current setup of the learning modality is its cultural and ethical dimensions. As we are experiencing a gradual paradigm shift in culture and ethics. We must also be critical of these changes and reflect the impact of these changes not only in the academic community but in the world as a whole Aside from my academic achievement, I think one promising achievement would be hearing my students utilize the topics that we have discussed in class in their everyday life. It just means what I have taught them has value to them. “May saysay”
Status:
Full-Time

John Benneth G. Viray , LPT Faculty

Advocacy:
I started my teaching profession in the year 2019 at Our Lady of Fatima University in the Junior High School unit. In November 2019, I was employed at Holy Angel University where I handled Laboratory Elementary School and Senior High School students and stayed there until August 2021. At present, I begin another teaching experience as a full-time college instructor at Mabalacat City College. As a 21st Century Filipino young educator, my guiding principles are “Begin with an end in mind” inspired by Stephen Covey and to be simple in every undertaking. By being simple and not too extravagant. I always remind myself that I am young and there is more to experience in life. I also serve as a Lector and Commentator, and a Catechist in our parish under the Roman Catholic Church. My service and the words I proclaim as part of my faith really inspire others and allows them to live the Word of God in their personal and professional life. At MCC, I look forward to more enriching, life-fulfilling experiences that will allow me to live life to the fullest.
Status:
Full-time

Jonnabelle N. De Leon , LPT Faculty

Advocacy:
As a language instructor, my advocacy in life is to motivate, connect, and unlock student’s full potentials, especially their communicative competence and language proficiency by encouraging them to trust their own opinions while fostering confidence. In addition to encouraging and motivating students to become competent communicators in English, my advocacy is also to promote the language as a tool for advocacies such as peace and love for the country and the environment, internationalism, and multicultural awareness. My parents and my family have always been influential in everything I do. They have always been with me to motivate and inspire me. They are the reasons why I always look on the positive side despite all the odds in our life. I always believe that simply imparting young minds with strong moral values, respect, good manners, and positive character is already a service to the community. The overwhelming consequences of Covid-19 have made everyone in the academic community resilient and flexible. The transition from normal to new normal has allowed teachers to recalibrate their existing knowledge and skills in teaching. Indeed, as educators, learning is never-ending. Despite the concerns, issues, and anxieties felt by us, building, cultivating, and maintaining a strong support system for the teachers, especially the struggling ones, is what is really needed that will benefit everyone in the academic community.
Status:
Full-Time

Maria Leanne Canlas , LPT Faculty

Advocacy:
As an educator and a mother, I believe that parents play a significant role in children’s learning. I do believe that parents have an important role in their children's education. They have an impact on their children's attitudes toward learning and encourage learning at home. They serve as a key link between the home and the classroom. Hence, I uphold quality and equal opportunities in terms of educating the children, may it be at the four walls of the classroom or in the comfort of their homes. My family influenced me most in my life. They are my stronghold and they are the one who inspires and motivates me to be a better person and achieve my goals. As I always tell them; “Together we grow, Together, we achieve our dreams and goals”. I am a member of the Girl Scout of the Philippines (GSP) and Philippine Folk Dance Society. (PFDS). As a GSP member, it is my service to help girls and young women realize the ideals of womanhood and prepare themselves for their responsibilities. As a member of the PFDS, I am to preserve and promote the culture of the Philippines by means of Traditional Dances in the Philippines. The COVID19 brought challenges to the economy, community, and especially in education. There are children who stopped learning due to this pandemic for different reasons; parents who are incapable of teaching their children, poverty, lack of gadgets in the household because not everyone could afford to buy laptops or cellphones, and the like. As an educator, I am saddened with this situation we are in, for I also advocate quality and equal opportunities for education. I am glad that the government implemented different modalities of learning where students and parents have the freedom to choose. Thus, teachers work hard to deliver, if not best, at least better education. All I can do is support the government in implementing these and observe safety protocols at all times, and mostly, have faith in God that this shall pass. I believe that if you do anything with love, everything will follow. In whatever I do, I see to it that it’s compelled with the best effort and demonstrating love.
Status:
Full-Time

Mazylyn A. Pangan , LPT Faculty

Advocacy:
My advocacy in life is to recover the deteriorating morale of our learners today. Our young generation seems to be lacking good manners and right conduct as Proverbs 22:6 “Train up a child in a way he should go for when he is old, he will not depart from it.” As an EDVALUES instructor, I have the platform to influence our future educators of BEED (Bachelor of Elementary Education) to do the same thing to produce a well-mannered young generation who love our Almighty God, our nation, our environment, and our fellow countrymen. The person who influences me the most and serves as my eye-opener in our present situation in young people’s moral deterioration is my dean in graduate school. Currently, we are facing a generation that is so tech-savvy yet morally deteriorated. We, as educators, must be the best example in portraying well-mannered people by living what we preach. I do my service in the community by teaching Alternative Learning System (ALS) to our Aeta brethren here in the mountains of Sitio tilik San Roque Dapdap, Bamban Tarlac. As we all know, some of our Aeta brethren did not finish their education. They chose to work on farms rather than to attend school. This program of DepEd gives them a chance to finish their studies at their most convenient time and day. As I get to know them and their culture, I am so amazed that they preserved their culture that came from their ancestors. Mostly, the main reason they do not want to go to school is their inferiority complex. They think that they are different from us, because of their skin color, hair, and language. They are so afraid that they might get bullied again so they chose to stay in their sitio and live normally. As their ALS facilitator, I am encouraging them that education is a treasure, no one can deceive them if they can know how to read and compute numbers. I am always telling them that they have purpose and they are loved. My viewpoint on different issues that have impacted the academic community is the student’s learning in the new normal setup. As we all know, learners have different learning styles. I am not really sure if everyone really learned from the lesson after saying “goodbye and thank you” in our online class. I am afraid whether they take their own summative tests. Thus, I am always leaving a quote that says: “Honesty is a very expensive gift, never expect it from cheap people”.
Status:
Full-Time

Michael Jay P. Giray , LPT Faculty

Advocacy:
As an educator, my advocacy is to ease the common assumption of some people or students about science, saying that it is a boring and too complicated subject where in fact science is a key to understand everything as possible- while inculcating the importance of safeguarding our mother nature and each living organism. My mother is my greatest inspiration. She always looks at the bright side of mine. She never failed to boost up not just me but even my siblings. With the respect, kindness, and love she has shown and taught to us, we became who we are now. I do my service in the community by supporting and buying local products and services within our area, especially those things that are beneficial to the environment or eco-friendly. Also, by doing a simple act of kindness to the less fortunate neighbors of ours. Pandemic, Lack of access to the internet and gadgets, stability of the internet, and somehow the limitations of some teachers in computer literacy are the different issues for me that have impacted the academic community.
Status:
Full-Time
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