South Mansfield College (SMC) is the newest tertiary education center supervised by Southville International School and Colleges. Overlooking the picturesque Laguna de Bay, the school is located at the south of Manila and very accessible through the main highway that traverses from Greater Manila to Southern Luzon.
South Mansfield College is a School of Choice. This is because of its updated curriculum benchmarked against international curricular and industry standards, competent faculty members in their area of expertise, and a low faculty and student ratio to ensure efficient instruction and a nurturing environment.
VISION
South Mansfield College is a progressive educational institution known for developing globally competitive graduates.
MISSION
South Mansfield College aims to develop the students to become competent, character driven, and productive members of society, through quality learning programs that are responsive to the evolving needs of the students, industry, and the global community.
South Mansfield College is your School of C.H.O.I.C.E.
C - Competent teachers and staff
H - Highly-innovative educational program
O - Outstanding learning methodologies
I - International curriculum using McRel U.S.A. International standards
benchmarked with Southville International School and Colleges
accredited by WASC, USA
C - Caring and loving school environment
E - English Speaking Community
Excellent Facilities
The AVID of Success
These are the 4 anchors that are necessary to succeed in the 21st century scenario:
A - cademic Excellence
V - alues Excellence
I - nterpersonal Sensitivity
D - rive to Achieve
A. Academic Excellence
1. Knowledge - acceptable performance in the Standards required for English, Math, Science, and Computers in the Core Competencies
2. Self-Knowledge - accurate perception of one’s personal strenghts, weaknesses, limitations and habits of the mind (way of thinking) and how these either shape or impede one’s growth as a person, one’s performance and output.
3. Love for Learning/Life-long Learning- enduring passion for learning using research, technology, communication, etc. as tools for ongoing growth and development.
4. Cognitive Flexibility - being opne to new perspectives; bringing new ideas and images into a practical and concrete reality.
B. Values Excellence
1. Integrity - exhibiting consistency in one’s words and actions; has word of honor
2. Conviction - taking action based on own principles rather than action based on a desire to please others.
3. Congruence - experiencing and expressing one’s feelings and thoughts in such a way that waht one experiences internally is the same as what he or she communicates externally to others.
4. Ethics - adhering to standards required of the profession
C. Interpersoanal Sensitivity
1. Interpersonal relations - tolerating, accepting, and welcoming differences of opinions, and perspective; adapting to various people and temperaments with ease; showing cooperation and teamwork.
2. Empathy - putting onself in the shoes of others; understanding the concern and condition of others.
3. Adaptability - relating and adapting even with seemingly difficult personalities; understanding, accepting and tolerating individual/cultural differences; knowing how to conduct oneself in a particular situation adhering to social norms.
4. Leadership - using one’s personal gifts and competencies to influence and lead others for worthwhile undertakings; handling and resolving conflicts effectively.
D. Drive to Achieve
1. Discipline - training to act in accordance to rules; behaving in accord with rules of conduct to accomplish a set objective or goal.
2. Responsibility - readiness to accept and be answerable to one’s duties, obligations, and accountabilities
3. Result Orientation - always having the end in mind or bottom line in any endeavor through efficient planning and oganizing of one’s activities and resources; getting things done; being able to produce outputs which meet standards or beyond focused on quality, accuracy, and timeliness; executing and having closuere on asssigned tasks or initiatives
4. Initiative - initiating actions rather than just responding to situations; pro-actively influencing events rather than reading.
5. Sense of Urgency - giving prompt attention and action to urgent matter; mobilizing one’s own resources for the completion of tasks without being reminded or prodded.