A proposed five-year development plan for Ilocos Norte High School Regional School for the Arts

Abstract

Arts education is one of the indispensable tools in attaining quality education nowadays when youth are confronted with the powerful influence of mass media and cyberspace. With the existence of Arts Secondary Schools all over the land, these schools should not only compromise on what the government and the Department of Education have to offer. More meaningful and dynamic institutionalization of arts education is needed to attain the quality transfer of learning process. Thus, the development of arts schools like the Ilocos Norte National High School-Regional School for the Arts is imperative to further enhance the capability of the talented and skillful learners so that they will attain quality art education. This study aims to formulate a Five-Year Development Plan for Ilocos Norte National High School-Regional School for the Arts, Laoag City. Specifically, it sought to answer the following questions: This study aims to design a development plan of the Ilocos Norte National High School-Regional School for the Arts (INNHS-RSA). In order to attain such, the study attempted to answer the following questions: 1. What is the status of the INNHS- Regional School for the Arts in terms of its - a. level of attainment of vision, mission/ objectives; b. extent of implementation of curricular and extracurricular activities; c. level of adequacy of facilities, equipment and supplies; d. extent of community involvement and other linkages; and e. status of faculty and training staff? Hypothesis: The status of the INNHS-RSA in terms of its: a. level of attainment of the vision, mission/ objectives is satisfactory. b. extent of implementation of curricular and extracurricular activities is satisfactory. c. level of adequacy of facilities, equipment and supplies is satisfactory. d. extent of community involvement and other linkages is satisfactory. e. status of faculty and training staff is satisfactory. 2. What is the status of the Philippine High School for the Arts in terms of its - a. level of attainment of vision, mission and objectives; b. extent of implementation of co-curricular and extra curricular activities; c. level of adequacy of facilities, equipment and supplies; d. extent of community involvement and other linkages; and e. status of faculty and training staff? Hypothesis: The status of the PHSA in terms of its: a. level of attainment of the vision, mission/ objectives is satisfactory. b. extent of implementation of curricular and 6. extra curricular activities is satisfactory. c. level of adequacy of facilities, equipment and supplies is satisfactory. d. extent of community involvement and other linkages is satisfactory. e. status of faculty and training staff. 3. How does the INNHS-Regional School for the Arts compare with the Philippine High School for the Arts in terms of its - a. level of attainment of vision, mission and objectives; b. extent of implementation of co-curricular and extra curricular activities; c. level of adequacy of facilities, equipment and supplies; d. extent of community involvement and other linkages. e. status of faculty and training staff. Hypothesis: There is a significant difference between the INHS-RSA and the PHSA in terms of its: a. level of attainment of the vision, mission/objectives. b. extent of implementation of curricular and extra curricular activities. c. level of adequacy of facilities, equipment and supplies. d. extent of community involvement and other linkages. e. status of faculty and training staff. 4. What development plan can be proposed to improve the INNHS-Regional School for the Arts? In the light of the findings of the study, the following are the conclusions: 1. Ilocos Norte National High School-Regional School for Arts and Philippine High School for the Arts are outstanding in the level of attainment of vision, mission/ objectives; 2. Ilocos Norte National High School-Regional School for the Arts and Philippine High School for the Arts are both outstanding in the extent implementation of extra-curricular and co-curricular activities; 3. Ilocos Norte National High School-Regional School for the Arts is very satisfactory in the level of adequacy of facilities, equipment and supplies. On the other hand, the Philippine High School for Arts is outstanding; 4. Ilocos Norte National High School-Regional School for the Arts is generally outstanding in the extent of community involvement and other linkage while the Philippine High School for the Arts is very satisfactory; 5. Ilocos Norte National High School-Regional School for the arts and Philippine high school for the arts are very satisfactory in the status of faculty and training staff; 6. Ilocos Norte National High School-Regional School for the Arts and Philippine High School for the Arts do not differ in the level of attainment of vision and mission/objectives; extent of implementation of co-curricular and extra-curricular activities; and status of faculty and training staff; and 7. Ilocos Norte National High School-Regional School for the Arts and Philippine High School for the Arts differ in the level of adequacy of facilities, equipment and supplies and extent of community involvement and other linkages. In relation with the findings and conclusions of this research, the following are recommended: 1. For attainment of the vision, mission/ objectives, the extent of implementation of co-curricular and extra curricular activities be maintained. 2. Ilocos Norte National High School-Regional School for the Arts and Philippine High School for the Arts should improve the facilities, supplies and equipment. Dormitory should be put up, rooms and laboratories should be improved and performance centers should be renovated. 3. Linkages and community involvement of PHSA should be enhanced through the participation of alumni and community people. 4. Teachers training should be more frequent and incentives should be increased to meet the higher status of faculty and staff. 5. The five-year development plan for INNHS-RSA should be adopted and implemented for effective, efficient and productive school for the arts.