The school shall provide for the optimal development of its teaching and
non-teaching personnel to ensure continued competitiveness and to meet the
necessary competencies required by their profession. In doing so, the school has
committed to support the following programs that aim to sustain faculty
development and improvement:
Advanced Studies
The pursuance of advanced studies of the school’s teaching faculty is perceived
as one of the school’s biggest priority. To encourage those inclined to take
this feat, monetary incentives are issued to employees at the end of each school
year for completed units starting at 15 units till its completion.
Time adjustments and/or exemptions to meet Masteral requirements are also
extended to concerned employees when feasible and if such do not conflict with
the role of the faculty.
In-Service Training
Before the start of each school year, the Academic body in cooperation with the
Human Resource Development Unit creates a unique program for two to three weeks
that addresses academic competency enhancements, learning gaps, as well as,
other productivity enhancing seminars and programs that aims to equip teachers
with the necessary skills and information for the incoming school year.
To enable the academic body to ensure the readiness and capability of selected
supervisors to effectively perform their functions, the Human Resource
Development guided by the school’s Academic Director, formulates a well-designed
Supervisory Training Program geared to enhance their skills in leading,
motivating and supervising based on their levels of supervisory background.
Training activities and topics may vary per school year depending on the
availability of speakers and proposed course outline.
The Orientation for newly appointed supervisors is scheduled in April or at
least before the work resumption of faculty employees, while other supplementary
supervisory seminars are scheduled within the in-service training schedule of
the teachers in May in preparation for the opening of the school year.
Participation in external seminars is also encouraged by the school depending on
the endorsement of the unit head concerned.
Attendance to Seminars
The expansion of the information and knowledge base of employees is critical in
a school environment. In recognition of this, members of the ESS community aside
from pursuance of advanced studies are highly encouraged and supported by the
administration to attend external seminars outside of the school.
Technology Literacy
The emergence of the computer generation has not only affected the speed and
access of information but has influenced significant changes in how information
technology is used in business and education. Despite the fact that computer
education is a basic course in all tertiary and vocational courses, it has been
observed overtime that some newly graduated teachers are less-skilled in
manipulating the necessary programs used for grade encoding, paperless
communication, “netics” and those used for class presentations. To address this,
newly hired employees of the school unable to pass a basic computer exam upon
hiring are asked to attend an enhancement training course on computer use before
the start of the school year.