While administrators and faculty hold high regard for actual instructional delivery, educational experts place a premium on the development of an effective curriculum, as it serves as the springboard of the teaching and learning process. To determine the degree of alignment between the written and learned curriculum of the Caregiver Training Course in Health Alliance Training Center (HATC), the researchers examined the academic performance of the graduates. This was done to assess the extent to which the objectives stipulated in the written curriculum were achieved and the quality standards were met. HATC, as an educational institution, designed the caregiving curriculum with the ultimate goal of producing certified caregivers and nursing assistants who are equipped with the theoretical knowledge and practical training necessary for success in the industry. To describe the learned curriculum developed among the graduates, qualitative data were gathered through open-ended, semi-structured interviews with 10 HATC Reintegration Caregiving Course graduates. The three themes generated from the participants’ narratives describe the knowledge and skill acquisition, as well as the behavioral changes, that participants experienced after completing the caregiving course. These correspond with the three major learning components of the curriculum, as measured in the grading system: Theme 1 for knowledge or cognitive, Theme 2 for skills or psychomotor, and Theme 3 for attitude or affective. This alignment closes the gap between what teachers believe students should learn and what students actually accomplish, as recommended by the William & Mary School of Education (2024). Accordingly, the written and learned curricula of HATC's Caregiver Training Course were found to be highly aligned in terms of developing the cognitive, psychomotor, and affective domains of the graduates because they were able to achieve their main goal of changing career path, that is to be efficient caregivers that served as their ticket to migrating to first world countries.

Keywords: written curriculum, learned curriculum, academic performance, caregiver training course, Health Alliance Training Center