Faye

• Community social structure refers to the rules and expectations developed in a community over time to regulate and manage interactions among people
• Elements of community social structure include social institutions, social groups, statuses, and roles
• Sub-concepts of Community social structures:

  • Social institutions: established patterns of belief and behavior addressing basic social needs like family, religion, economy, education, government, and health care
  • Social groups: two or more people who regularly interact, like family, peers, neighborhood, gangs, political parties, labor unions, clubs, or associations
  • Status: the position or rank a person holds in relation to other members of the community, can be ascribed or achieved
• Status is that which is assigned at birth or acquired in the course of one's life, examples include age, sex, social class of parents, race, or ethnicity
• An achieved status is acquired based on merit or accomplishment in one's life, examples include being a barangay chairperson, a teacher, local doctor, an entrepreneur, or even a thief or a drunkard
• Role refers to the obligations or behaviors expected from an individual based on one's status in life, for example, a parent is expected to take care of their children and ensure their survival, growth, and development
• Community Cultural Structure refers to institutionalized patterns of ways of life shared, learned, developed, and accepted by people in a community, consisting of symbols and language, norms, values and beliefs, rituals, and artifacts
• Symbols and language symbols are shared words, gestures, objects, or signals used in a community to convey recognizable meanings, examples include traffic lights, wedding rings, flags, and logos
• Norms are specific cultural expectations on how to behave in a given situation, including folkways, mores, and laws
• Values are abstract standards in a community defining ideal principles of what is good, just, and desirable, while beliefs are shared ideas held collectively true by people in a community
• Rituals are established sacred or secular procedures and ceremonies regularly performed by people in a community, examples include fasting during Ramadan or throwing a party when one becomes 18 or 21 years old
• Artifacts are objects or things with special meaning for people in a community, examples include trophies, monuments commemorating important persons, or statues of saints or deities
• Types of institutions


  • Public institutions
  • Private institutions
• Work Immersion


  The part of the curriculum that involves hands-on experience or work simulation where learners can apply their competencies and acquired knowledge relevant to their track
• School Partnership Focal Person

  The person authorized to seek partnerships between DepEd and institutions (DepEd Order 40, s. 2015)
• Work Immersion Teacher


  The school personnel assigned to supervise the learners at the work immersion venue in coordination with the work immersion partner institution supervisor
• Memorandum of Agreement


  A legally binding document outlining the specific terms and conditions between parties entering a program, project, or partnership to implement any other similar undertakings
• Work Immersion Venue


  The place where work immersion is conducted, conforming to laws and regulations on safety, appropriateness for learning, and availability of facilities and equipment (DepEd Order No. 40, s. 2015)
• Work Immersion Partner Institution Supervisor


  The counterpart of the work immersion teacher and may also be the representative of the partner institution in forging partnerships with DepEd schools
• Partnership


  The relationship between the partner institution and the school or any office of DepEd that responds to the needs of the K-12 program in general, and SHS in particular, formalized through a memorandum of agreement