School-Community Leadership Best Practices in Building Alliances to Stakeholders_AÑO FRANCIS RYAN D_MAED ENGLISH STUDENT_SUMMER 2023 2024.pptx

School Community Leadership

1. School-Community Leadership Best Practices in Building Alliances to Stakeholders: A Lived Experience FRANCIS RYAN D. AÑO MAED ENGLISH STUDENT, WESTERN COLLEGES INC. GRADUATE SCHOOL,NAIC,CAVITE SUMMER 2023-2024

2. OUTLINE: 2 Pre-assessment Introduction What is school-community leadership? Why build school as a community? What are the tasks of school-community leaders? What are the roles of the principal in building alliances to stakeholders? How should parents be engaged as key players in school-community activities? What are the best practices in building alliances to stakeholders? Project TEACH as Best Practice for Principalship In a nutshell Post-assessment References

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5. 5 Introduction

6. Introduction 6 School-community relations leadership is a moral imperative for 21 st century learning leaders. Becoming proactive leader by articulating commitment to establish connections or networks with the community to promote students’ academic achievement and as well as sustainable support in the school programs, projects and activities. Developing strategic plan in coordinated, centralized or decentralized approach has been effective and efficient way to draw support and engage stakeholders in the community. Along with the opportunities to uphold commitment to partnerships and adoption of strategic plan involving teachers, students, parents, private individuals and community organizations, the school principal, as a lead-advocate, should build a strong and sustainable school-community relations that impact continuous improvement or development of the education institution. Henceforth, PAPs along with school improvement plan (SIP) should not only adhere to the education agency vision, mission, objectives, mandates and core values but on the needs of the community and its expected obligatory services from the academic institution.

7. 7 What is school-community leadership?

8. School-Community Leadership… 8 …is a integrated assembly of united leaders and members of the school and community organizations with mutual commitment and special relationship, shared goals, ideas and values for quality education and purpose-driven socialization and networks towards continuous improvement/development of education institution.

9. Why build school as a community? 9

10. According to Starratt & Howells (1998), schools as communities have two purposes: 10 To promote quality academic learning for all students or learners To build socialization of the group into the experience and practice of the community itself

11. What are the tasks of school-community leaders? 11

12. School-Community Leader… 12 e nvisions the school building as nested within the larger community structure; c onsiders ways the school may meet community needs and vice versa; r ealizes that external community factors may influence student learning even more than what goes in school; s pends much time forging and sustaining relations with parents, certainly with local business people, religious institutions, social and health agencies, and civic groups;

13. School-Community Leader… 13 t hinks creatively about different ways of involving others in school; s hares information with community partners; l istens to community partners about ways of improving the school or suggestions for further collaborations; e ncourages innovative ideas and thinking by all members of the community; f orms committees of internal and external constituents to plan strategically about ways to improve the school, in general, and more specifically, ways of better promoting student achievement.

14. What are the roles of the principal in building alliances to stakeholders? 14

15. Roles of Principal as School-Community Leader … 15 Leadership Coordination People management Collaborative decision-making Engaging community, parents and families Communication and transparency Integration of resources Public relations Doing research

16. How should parents be engaged as key players in school-community activities? 16

17. Engagement of Parents as Key Players in School-Community Activities ( Glanz , 2006) 17 Learn together as a team Empower parents in school Provide trainings Establish parent coordinator Foster parental success Publicize student presentations Solicit parent & community involvement Develop parental involvement activities

18. What are the best practices in building alliances to stakeholders? 18

19. Best Practices in Building Alliances to Stakeholders 19 Consider Six Types of Involvement Parenting Communicating Volunteering Learning at home Decision making Collaborating

20. Best Practices in Building Alliances to Stakeholders 20 2. Form a community advisory committee Advisor to the principal Serves in their capacity as policy or decision maker Works on common problems or issues Formalizes on-going collaborations and community-based activities Help navigate community politics Serves as buffer to thwart external influences from pressure group Interacts with formal structure like LSB,DepED SDO, etc.

21. Best Practices in Building Alliances to Stakeholders 21 3. Undertake community building Create events mutually beneficial to both school and community Events/Affairs: SGC & PTA Nights Community Food Pantry Community Betterment Project Dance/Sing Dance Challenge Oath-Taking Ceremony and Community Affairs

22. Best Practices in Building Alliances to Stakeholders 22 4 . Plan together Gretz (2003) advocates: Establish goals Assess needs Develop vision Decide management issues

23. Best Practices in Building Alliances to Stakeholders 23 5. Develop an after-school program Process: Conduct needs assessment Solicit approval for helping to coordinate the after-school program Form a curriculum committee Train teachers and parents as learning facilitators

24. Best Practices in Building Alliances to Stakeholders 24 6 . Involve parents and community Strategies: Engage the community Be the cheerleader for your school Maintain current website or fb account Listen Personally invite them Be proactive – approach them Invite speaker experts on topics of interests

25. Best Practices in Building Alliances to Stakeholders 25 7. Avoid barriers to implementation Strategies: Take affirmative steps to build and sustain community alliances along with PAPs Take proactive actions on the barriers for successful collaborations such as fear of public scrutiny, staff burnout & negative attitude Do careful planning to link community activities to school goals and mission Engage all community organizations, GOs and NGOs in decision-making process

26. Best Practices in Building Alliances to Stakeholders 26 8 . Become media savvy Strategies: Establish a plan in advance for dealing with the media Consult district office personnel who might have experience with the media Don’t provide information that might be misinterpreted Provide media with prepared statements and relevant photographs if appropriate Know media deadlines

27. Best Practices in Building Alliances to Stakeholders 27 8 . Become media savvy Strategies: Realize that the media will, in the end, decide what to report Avoid provoking reporters with “no comment” statement. Rather, help reporters write accurate stories by giving them complete information and background Don’t expect that the reporter will know much about how school operate Avoid jargons in written documents Prepare press release

28. Best Practices in Building Alliances to Stakeholders 28 9. Become part of a professional development school (PDS) initiative Strategies: Collaborate with local college or university Involve deep commitments to bridge the gap between college/university and school in an effort to promote better learning achievement Establish share goals of linking theory and practice and promote student and teacher learning

29. My Best Practice for Principalship 29

30. Project TEACH… 30 T ransparent E thical A ccountable C ommitted & H umanistic BASIC EDUCATION GOVERNANCE

31. In a nutshell 31 As a leader, you should… p ublish your commitment to school-community leadership. Let everyone know your mission statement.; e nsure that school-community involvement is part of your evaluation plan; c ollaborate with colleagues from a neighboring schools or district to provide opportunities for mutual discussions and projects; i nfluence others to join you in school-community discussions and collaborations; c ontinue to read about successful school-community collaboration in other schools and districts across the country (benchmarking activity); and, m ake sure you TEACH in leading school-community relations.

32. References 32 Glanz , J.(2006). What every principal should know about school-community leadership. Thousand Oak, California: Corwin Press. Starratt , R.J. & Howells, M.I. (1998). Supervision as a moral agency . In G.R. Flirth & E.E. Pajak (Eds.). Handbook of research on school supervision (pp. 987-1005). New York: Macmillan.

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