EIGHT STARS AWARD – Global Professional Advancement

Welcome to the Eight Stars Awards Ceremony!

WHAT IS EIGHT STARS AWARD CEREMONY?

Eight Stars Award Ceremony is a recognition initiative of the Global Professional Advancement and international affiliate organizations for Philippine Education Institutions that excel in curriculum integration and quality education utilizing well-curated competencies such as those listed under the ASEAN Mutual Recognition Arrangement for Tourism Professionals. Under the Eight Stars Award Rating System of Global Professional Advancement, the point system rubric is used to evaluate academic organizations offering hospitality and tourism courses that would match our standards on professional and associatory competencies where global competitiveness, internationalization of course contents, and industry-based assessments of learning outcomes are ensured.

For an individual or organization to be included in the rating, the training organization or higher education institution must be: 1) Offers at least 2 year curriculum related to tourism, hospitality, hotel and restaurant services, and travel management, 2) Obtained government permit, accreditation and recognition to offer such curriculum from the Commission on Higher Education and/or Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, and 3) Active implementer or partner of GPA for CAHP and CATP.

RATING TYPE

Institutional CAHP Star Awards
Institutional CATP Star Awards
Institutional CAHP Micro-Badge Star Awards
Institutional CATP Micro-Badge Star Awards
Internationalization Star Awards

RATING CONCEPT

Part of the search is the continuous improvement and professionalization of each student enrolled in this program even in an online learning.

GPA evaluates the outcomes of each participating higher education institution on the number of students enrolled for the programs Certified Associate Hospitality Professional (CAHP) and Certified Associate Tourism Professional (CATP) for both the regular program and international certification and its micro-badges.

REQUIREMENTS

To be rated, an institution must be:

Higher institution with program offering for Tourism Management and Hospitality Management
Recognized by CHED or with government permit to offer the programs.
All private colleges & universities, State universities and colleges (SUCs) and Local Universities and Colleges (LUCs)

RATING CRITERIA

The main rating criteria are as follows:

FOR FULL PROGRAM (Institutional) (100 points)

Official partner of GPA (5 points)
Total number of enrolled students in CATP/CAHP regular program (50 points)
Total number of enrolled students in CATP/CAHP with International Certification (30 points)
With Gold, Silver and Bronze awards for Micro-badges (15 points)

FOR DISTINGUISHED REVIEWERS FOR CAHP and CATP – INDIVIDUAL

All Distinguished Reviewers who have conducting online mentoring from batch 1 to batch 8 are qualified for this award.
Scores or ratings will be based on their corresponding evaluation from batch 1 to batch 8.
Highest rating will receive the Gold Award, Silver Award for the 2nd place and Bronze Award for the 3rd place. A certificate will be given to other Distinguished Reviewers.

FOR TOP NOTCHERS IN FULL PROGRAM & MICRO-BADGE – INDIVIDUAL

Student should be enrolled in the full program or micro-badge
He/She has the highest score in full program and/or micro-badge during the Pre-Assessment micro-badge and Final Assessment for the full program.
Awards will be Gold Award for the first top-notcher in full program and/or micro-badge, Silver Award for the 2nd and Bronze for the third top-notcher.

STARS EQUIVALENT INTERPRETATION AND POINT SYSTEM

RATING BENEFITS

Marketing and Branding – being a partner of GPA intensify your school name and program as GPA will include the logo’s of the school in all of its ads both hard copy & in social media
Reputation – thru this award, your school is gaining good reputation
Accreditation – escalate your school’s performance by different awards received like this one
Professional Development – enhances students’ professional development thru micro-credentials that they can use for their employment purposes
Local & International Resources – modules from this program have been alligned and mapped through ASEAN MRA-TP (ACCSTP), TESDA Training Standards, DEPED TVL Curriculum Guides, CHED CMO No. 62 S.2017 and the Confederation of Tourism and Hospitality – UK
Acredited by International Training Institution – CATP and CAHP Programs have been: Accredited by our partner training institution which are approved by OFQUAL & SQA; Accreditation in England and Scotland. (CMO NO. 46 s.2012 – 6.4)
Competent Mentors – all GPA’s Distinguished Reviewers are all certified in their fields
Access to GPA Learning Space – GPA had subscribed in the Learning Management System (LMS) from Moodle for easy access to all modules

RATING PROCESS

Step 1 – Coordination Meeting: GPA will partner with different organization to accredit this Rating Proposal

Step 2 – Survey in Progress: GPA will seek the responses of all accredited partners with regards to the Rating Proposal

Step 3 – Survey Response Audit: All responses will be tallied and come up with the conformity of each partners regarding the result of their responses.

Step 4 – Draft Rating Report: GPA will draft the rating report and respond to any questions via email or video conference.

Step 5 – Publication: GPA, after thorough validation of outcomes of the participating schools in the CATP/CAHP Programs will then publish via official FB Page of GPA the winners for this award.

VALIDITY

The validity of this award is for the duration of every 8th batches of the CATP/CAHP Program Offering of GPA.

SCALE FOR INSTITUTIONAL

Official Educational Institution Partner of GPA (5 points)

Regular Full CAHP and CATP Program – Passed (60points)

With Equivalent International Certificate for Combined Program – Passed (20 points)

Awardees for Micro-Badge (15 points)

EIGHT STARS AWARD CEREMONY
CAHP/ CATP FULL PROGRAM SCALE

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INTERNATIONALIZATION SCALE

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CAHTP INFLUENCER SCALE

CRITERIA FOR THE AWARDS: DISTINGUISHED REVIEWERS

CAHP Distinguished Reviewer

Highest rating from the evaluation of students from 1st to 8th batch will receive a GOLD AWARD.
Second highest rating from the evaluation of students from 1st to 8th batch will receive a SILVER AWARD.
Third highest rating from the evaluation of students from 1st to 8th batch will receive a SILVER AWARD.

CATP Distinguished Reviewer

Highest rating from the evaluation of students from 1st to 8th batch will receive a GOLD AWARD.
Second highest rating from the evaluation of students from 1st to 8th batch will receive a SILVER AWARD.
Third highest rating from the evaluation of students from 1st to 8th batch will receive a SILVER AWARD.

CRITERIA FOR THE AWARDS: INDIVIDUAL

FOR FULL PROGRAM: CAHP or CATP HOLDER

Highest score in the Final Assessment will receive a GOLD AWARD.
Second highest score in the Final Assessment will receive a SILVER AWARD.
Third highest score in the Final Assessment will receive a BRONZE AWARD.

FOR MICRO BADGE: CAHP or CATP

Highest score in the Final Assessment will receive a GOLD AWARD.
Second highest score in the Final Assessment will receive a SILVER AWARD.
Third highest score in the Final Assessment will receive a BRONZE AWARD.