ABSTRACT

Theme 4: Governance/School Administration/Leadership/Management

SPECIAL PROGRAM IN THE ARTS (SPA) IMPLEMENTATION IN

LAPASAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Nick C. Pañares, PhD1, Jorie J. Dela Torre2, Ma. Dionesia D. Lao3,

June Suzeth Obsid4, Julieta A. Hinampas5
Lapasan National High School, Division of Cagayan de Oro City
1
0926-657-6188-ncpanares@gmail.com, 20926-989-8284-jaculanjorie@gmail.com,
30977-307-5706-, 40905-152-7781-juneobsid@gmail.com,
50926-220-2289-julieta.awit002@deped.gov.ph

The study was conducted to evaluate the implementation of SPA in Lapasan

National High School that shall serve as baseline information in improving the delivery of
the program. The study employed the descriptive statistics, interview and actual
observation of the school’s resources and analysis of variance.
The findings of the study revealed that Creative Skills Development for students
and teachers had higher mean value which could be attributed by the teachers’
educational qualifications and years in teaching while Staff Development, Curriculum
Development and Status of Required Facilities have lower value as students and teachers
found these criteria as something to be focused on to better serve our learners. Students
and teachers’ evaluation on the Special Program in the Arts implementation do not
significantly differ as the two mean scores for students and teachers were found not
significant at 0.05 level. Some problems identified were insufficient textbook, rooms,
musical instruments, costumes and equipment. The initial actions taken include
procurement of textbooks and learning materials. It is hereby recommended that school,
division and regional offices should provide more trainings for SPA teachers in their
respective specialization.

Keywords: SPA, Implementation, Specialization, Specialists, Coordinator, Governance

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