Unit 1 - School as a social organization Flashcards
A _____ or bureaucracy influences the school as an organization’s governance system. In basic education, the Department of Education determines the bureaucratic structure of schools at the national, regional, division, district, and local school levels.
fixed organizational structure
At the national level, the _____ heads the whole bureaucracy, supported by the _____ and _____.
DepEd Secretary; Undersecretaries; Assistant Secretaries
The Central Office is composed of how many bureaus?
4 Bureaus
What are the four bureaus of the Central Office?
Bureau of Curriculum
Bureau of learning Delivery
Bureau of Learning Resource
Bureau of Educational Assessment
The Regional Offices are headed by _____ supported by different _____, while the Division Offices are headed by the _____ and also supported by _____.
regional directors; education supervisors; superintendent; education supervisors
The district supervisor and educational supervisors head the _____.
District Offices
Who serves as the school’s chief administrative and academic officer at the school level?
the principal
Who supports the principal in accomplishing various tasks?
Master teachers and classroom teachers
School as a _____’s main function is to help learners and develop knowledge, skills, and values essential for every individual.
learning organization
School as a learning organization’s main function is to _____ the Department of Education prescribes.
implement the curriculum
School as a _____ is composed of teachers, administrators, students, staff, and other stakeholders united in one purpose and guided by common values and culture.
community
This means a sense of direction of what the school hopes to accomplish for itself, the people, and society.
Vision
These provide a framework for organizational culture and behavior of the entire school.
Values
This provides administrative and management support for day-to-day activities and functions of the school.
Leadership
This pertains to shared values and behaviors of students, teachers, staff, and administration.
Culture
As a _____, the school aims to respond to the changes and challenges of different social and natural forces. It plays a role in shaping the future of the society it belongs. The schools’ working mechanism strongly affects the delivery of _____ and the development of _____ needed by society.
social organization; quality education; human resources
The _____ best explains the nature of schools as a social organization. Under the _____, it is best to examine some of the characteristics of schools, including structure, culture, climate, leadership, decision-making, and the relationships among personnel (Bozkus, 2014).
systems theory
As social systems, schools; _____ have characteristics of rational, natural, and open systems.
structures
A school is structured in a seamless _____ that includes positions and offices based on the type of programs and services the school offers.
bureaucracy
School _____ is preserved and transferred to new members by socialization (Kowalski, 2010).
culture
New teachers learn shared _____, _____, and _____ when interacting and building relationships with their colleagues.
values; beliefs; norms
The _____ and _____ influence the school culture, which is continuously shaped by the culture of every individual member of the school.
school philosophy; core values
These are influential in shaping students’ character and values system. The _____ or school culture often create a sense of place among students.
Norms
The school has become a place for learning and a home for them. Much of who they are as a person, including their views on various issues, is inluenced by the _____ they got from the school.
hidden curriculum
The _____ is the thread that binds all teachers, students, staff, and alumni. It is their identity as a school.
institutional culture
This represents an organization’s distinguishing characteristics, feelings, and behavior that can be presented with a framework that consists of four elements.
Climate
[Climate]
What are the four elements of the framework?
physical frame
social frame
environment
structural frame
This frame is the physical factors of a school e.g. equipment, classrooms, etc.
physical frame
This frame is the social factor.
social frame
This is mostly related to the social behavior of individuals within a school.
environment
This frame represents factors such as hierarchy, authority, FOR and symbolic frames the parts of culture like beliefs, norms, values.
structural frame
_____ in social systems of schools, an important aspect of leadership is the quality and systematic effects of functions and behaviors of principals as leaders.
Leadership and Decision Making
This act provided a way to enhance the system of leadership and decision-making process in the school
The Governance of Basic Education Act
Currently, _____ are now the local executives in their schools. They help develop the _____ and plans for improving the school and for helping students’ scholastic performance.
principals; vision
Annually, the schools are mandated to submit their annual _____, which serves as the basis for their budget and for evaluating their performance. Likewise, the teachers are now empowered to develop innovations to improve student achievement and performance.
school improvement plan (SIP)
Social organizations like schools stem from interaction among people both within and outside the organization. _____ within the school building and with the community are essential elements of socialization and significantly impact processes.
Relationships
