Chapter 5

• School and community partnership

  School head, teachers, learners, parents of learners and non-teaching personnel working together with civic and religious leaders, alumni, other parents, non-government organizations, government organizations for the good of the learners
• The upbringing of children is the main and irreplaceable duty and responsibility of the family
• With children's unlimited exposure to modern technology like the internet, the challenge for schools to teach the young has become even greater
• The school can not do it all. They have to partner with the community
• What the community can do for schools

  • Brigada Eskwela
  • Curriculum development
  • Work experience programs
  • Remediation and enrichment classes
  • Youth development Programs
  • Community Service
• What schools can do for the community

  • Classroom used by community organizations for meetings
  • School used as a polling place and venue for medical mission
  • School used by the Rural Health Unit for mothers' class on child care
  • School used as an evacuation center
  • School facilities used for community assemblies
  • School basketball court used for local celebrations and barangay sports league
  • Schools conduct livelihood skills-training programs for parents and out-of-school youths by using school resources
  • Livelihood skills-training for parents and out-of-school- youths by teachers themselves
• Functionalist theory


  Institutions must perform their respective functions for the stability of society. Other institutions must come in if one institution fails to do its part for the sake of society
• The school cannot do it all. "It takes a village to educate a child", so goes the African proverb
• The breakdown of marriages, the demand for both mother and father to work to meet the demands of a rising cost of living resulting to less or practically no more time for parents to spend time with their children have, however, attacked the stability of families and have adversely affected families in the performance of their irreplaceable duty to educate children
• The negative effect of uncontrolled and unregulated use of technology on the young
• Families, schools and other social institutions need to work together to save the youth
• RA 9155, Governance of Basic Education Act


  Explicitly states that one of the responsibilities of school heads is "establishing school and community networks and encouraging the active participation of teachers organizations, nonacademic personnel of public schools, and parents-teachers-community associations"
• Batas Pambansa Blg. 232, Education Act of 1982


  Every educational institution shall provide for the establishment of appropriate bodies through which the members of the educational community may discuss relevant issues and communicate information and suggestions for assistance and support of the school and for the promotion of their common interest
• RA. 8525, Adopt -A-School Program Act


  Allows "private entities to assist a public school, whether elementary, secondary, or tertiary,... in, but not limited to, the following areas: staff and faculty development for training and further education; construction of facilities; upgrading of existing facilities, provision of books, publications and other instructional materials; and modernization of instructional technologies"
• The Philippine Education for All (EFA) 2015 Plan states: "Schools shall continue to harness local resources and facilitate involvement of every sector of the community in the school improvement process"
• UNESCO Assistant Director General for Education, Dr. Qian Tang, admits that Agenda 2030 cannot be realized without schools partnering with community
• RA 9155, Governance of Basic Education Act


  Partnership between school and community ensures: 1) educational programs, projects and services take into account the interests of all members of the community; 2) the schools and learning centers reflect the values of the community by allowing teachers/learning facilitators and other staff to have the flexibility to serve the needs of all learners; and 3) local initiatives for the improvement of schools and learning centers are encouraged and the means by which these improvements may be achieved and sustained are provided
• Teacher as facilitator of learning


  The teacher is a facilitator of learning and the development of the youth... therefore shall render the best service by providing an environment conducive for such learning and growth
• Facilitator


  Makes something easy or easier
• Conducive learning environment


  • Learners learn best in a pleasant environment
  • No place for bullying
  • Learners believe they can do the work and feel accepted
  • Not competitive where everyone is tense
• Teacher leadership and initiative for community participation


  Professional teachers are expected to provide leadership and initiative to participate in community movements for moral, social, economic and civic betterment of the community
• Professional teachers do not have to wait for community to ask for help
• Professional teachers can be a guidance counselor, a prayer leader, commentator or reader in religious celebrations, fiesta coordinator, judge in or coach for a contest, financial adviser, a nurse, a doctor, commentator, prayer rolled into one
• Professional teacher with honor and dignity


  Society expects so much of teachers that when they fail to to live up to the challenge to behave or model good behavior, they are "condemned without trial!"
• Teacher's attitude toward local customs and traditions


  Every teacher shall study and understand local customs and traditions in order to have a sympathetic attitude, therefore, refrain from disparaging the community
• The professional teacher and information update


  The teacher shall help the school inform the community about the school's work, accomplishments, needs and problems
• Parents-Teachers Association (PTA)


  An association of teachers and parents with children who are enrolled in a school, a forum for discussions on school problems and how they can be solved
• School Governing Council


  A policy-making body with the school head as Chief Executive Officer, Manager and Chief Operations Officer, concerned with the development and implementation,monitoring and evaluation of the School Improvement Plan (SIP), and reporting of the progress of the SIP implementation to the Schools Division Superintendent and the community
• The professional teacher and government officials and other professionals

  Every teacher shall maintain harmonious an pleasant personal and official relations with other professionals, with government officials and with the people individually or collectively
• The professional teacher does not use position to proselytize


  A teacher possesses freedom to attend church and worship as appropriate, but shall not use his position and influence to proselyte others