CANDELARIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF CABADBARAN, INC.

8605 Funcion St., Cabadbaran City

Email Address: citcicollegedept@gmail.com
Tel.No: 808-8811

NAME: _________________________________________ SCORE: _____________________

YEAR LEVEL: ____________________________________ DATE: _______________________

LESSON NO: 1
LESSON TITLE: Introduction
1.1. The School as an Organization
DURATION HOURS: 3 HRS/PER WEEK
WEEK NO: 1
SPECIFIC LEARNING OUTCOMES:
1. Discuss how the school can serve as an agent of change.
2. Discuss how teachers, students, administrators and other personnel could contribute in affecting
positive social change in the society.
3. Observe how innovative schools serve as an agent of social change,
RESOURCES:
1. Pawilen, et.al, (2019). The School and the Community, School Culture and Organizational
Leardership. Rex Book Store. Quezon City.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5n3Zo5T8BY
2. https://smallbusiness.chron.com/bureaucratic-organization-20379.html
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwH370O26ZM

THE TEACHER AND THE COMMUNITY, SCHOOL CULTURE, AND ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP

Course Description
This course focuses on society as a context upon which the schools have been established.
Educational philosophies that are related to the society as a foundation of schools and schooling
shall be emphasized. Further, principles and theories on school culture, social, and organizational
leadership shall be included to prepare prospective teachers to become school leaders and
managers.

School as a community
School is composed of teachers, administrators, students, staff, and other stakeholders united in one
purpose and guided by common values and culture.

School as an Organization
Schools has its own system of governance influenced by a fixed organizational structure or
bureaucracy. In basic education, the Department of Education determines the bureaucratic
structure of schools from national, regional, division, district, and the local school level. At the national
level, the Dep. Ed. Secretary acts as the head of the whole bureaucracy supported by
Undersecretaries and Assistant Secretaries.
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8605 Funcion St., Cabadbaran City
Email Address: citcicollegedept@gmail.com
Tel.No: 808-8811

School as a Learning Organization

School main function is to help learners learn and develop knowledge, skills, and values essential for
every individual. Its main function is to implement the curriculum prescribed by the Department of
Education. Guided by the different principles and theories of teaching and learning, the school
carries this function by helping mold the minds and character of students. Students in school with the
help of teachers developed much knowledge and skills.

As a community, the school is guided by the following essential elements:

• Vision – a sense of direction of what the school hopes to accomplish for itself, for the people, and
for the society
• Values – provides a framework for organizational culture and behavior of the entire school
• Leadership – provides administrative and management support for the day-to-day activities and
functions of the school.
• Culture – pertains to shared values and behaviors of students, teachers, staff, and administration.

Reflection: Based on what you have learned about school. CITCI is guide with Vision and Mission do
you think CITCI Vision and Mission is attainable and doable. Express your answer below.

VISION
CITCI, a catholic learning institution, envisions learners who are academically and
technologically skilled ready, a world class professionals and engaged Christian.

MISSION
With Mary our model, we commit ourselves to:
1.Inculcate gospel values to all stakeholders;
2.Design programs to achieve academic excellence;
3.Conduct research for school and community development;
4.Develop social responsibility among various stakeholders; and
5.Produce graduates who are Christ-centered and globally competitive.

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Tel.No: 808-8811

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1.1 The School as an Organization
School are important organization that prepare young children of their future roles as productive
citizen in the country. The way schools fulfill this function has a strong effect on the quality of
education they provide. There are several theories that try to explain the nature of the school
organization. The system theory, is best explain the nature of school as a social organization. Under
the system theory it is best to examine some of the characteristics of the school including structure,
culture, climate, leadership, decision making, and the relationship among personnel.

1. Structure.
As social systems, schools’ structure have characteristics of rational natural and open systems. They
have hierarchies of authority, goals, and role expectations similar to bureaucratic organizations.
Bureaucratic organization, Typically, many levels of management exist in a bureaucracy. It all starts
at the top, with the president or the CEO of the company. They are at the apex of the organizational
pyramid. Individual needs affect employee behavior, organizational goals are not firm, informal
organizations derive from interaction among individuals, and schools.
School structure in a seamless bureaucracy that includes position and offices based on the type of
programs and services offered by the school. The size or the population of the school also determines
the structure of the school. The lines of authorities and responsibilities are clearly defined.
The bureaucratic structure of the school has received much criticism from the public especially
among the teachers and local school administrator. There is a clamor of for empowering teachers
and principals in making classroom based and school based decision. Principals need more freedom
to make school decisions concerning their school. Teachers need to be more innovations and
decisions concerning their classes and students.

2. Culture and Climate

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Email Address: citcicollegedept@gmail.com
Tel.No: 808-8811

School culture is preserved and transferred to new members by the socialization process.
● New teachers learn to share values, belief and norms when they interact and build
relationship with their colleague.
● The school culture is influence by the philosophy and core values of the school.
● Norms are influential in shaping students’ character and norm values.
● The norms or school culture create sense of place among students.
● Schools has become a place of learning and a home for them.
● The institutional culture is the thread that binds all teachers, students, staff and alumni, It is their
identity as a school.
Climate represent and organization’s distinguishing characteristic, feelings and behavior that can be
presented with a framework which consist four elements.
1. physical frame is the physical factors of the school i.e equipment, classroom.
2. social frame is the social factors
3. environment mostly related to social behavior of individuals within the school.
4. structural frame represent hierarchy, authority, role, symbolic frame, is the part of culture like
believes, norms, values.

3. Leadership and decision Making:

In social systems of school an important aspect of leadership as the quality and systematic
effect of functions and behavior of principals as leaders.
Governance of Basic Education Act – provided a way to enhance the system of leadership
and decision making process in the school.
● Principals – develop vision and plans for improving the school and for helping students
improve their performance.
● Teachers – develop innovations that will improve students’ achievement and performance.

4. Relationship
● Social Organizations like school are stemmed from interactions among people both within and
outside of the organization.
● Relationship within school building and with the community are essential elements of
socialization and have a significant impact on many vital process.

Activity 1:

Identify the school traditions as well as the culture in CITCI as your school.
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8605 Funcion St., Cabadbaran City
Email Address: citcicollegedept@gmail.com
Tel.No: 808-8811

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