Administrative Management of School Heads

Leslie Ann E. Emperador

School heads wear many hats in leading the school. They are the school’s administrators, supervisors, finance officers, negotiators, counselors, and even teachers. They have multiple roles.

Because of the many important roles that school heads are expected to play in school, they need to be adequately prepared, competence and well equipped with the knowledge needed for their jobs and responsibilities.

In the field of education, school heads are instructional managers who are described as strong, directive leaders who have been successful at "turning their schools around". There were relatively few descriptions of effective instructional managers working in typical schools.

Yet schools differ widely in terms of their needs and resources, as well as in the type of management required to move them forward. Instructional managers are viewed as culture builders.

They sought to create an "academic press" that fostered high expectations and standards for students, as well as for teachers (Barth 2002). Notably, instructional managers are viewed as a minority of school heads who have somehow managed to overcome the multiple pressures that push school heads away from the curriculum, instruction, and the classroom.

The impact of Administrative management practices of school heads on their performances also depends on the response of employee towards administrative management practices that how they think and feel about these practices as Guest (2012) discussed.

Shikha (2010) found that there is significant relation of employees’performances with administrative management practices including employee benefits, selection, training and placement and employee compensation.

In relation to what Shikha found out, Mulfrod et al. (2004) also stated that teacher management should be transformed, the principles should focus on individual support, culture, structure, vision and goals, performance expectations, and intellectual stimulation.

Therefore, school heads must be active to carry out these principles. Administrative management practices are of great importance, as Carlson et al. (2014) identified five administrative management practices that affect the performance of employees and these include compensation practices, training and development, recruitment and selection, performance appraisal practices and maintaining the morals of employees.

There exists a positive relationship between administrative management practices and employees' performance and this significant positive relationship has been found by Sels et al. (2013) in their studies.

The abovementioned studies have similarities to each other.

It is very significant that there is a school head who evaluates and looks after the performance of the subordinates to ensure success in the achievement of the organization’s goals and objectives.

The technical support of school heads for their teachers is an effective approach to staff development because it provides opportunities for career advancement and can ensure better job satisfaction and more effective teaching and learning.

This process also serves as a complex multi-dimensional process of guiding, teaching, influencing and supporting teachers.

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III at Sto. Cristo Integrated School Juan Luna St., Sto.

The author is Teacher Cristo, Tarlac City

Bagama’t patuloy ang dinaranas ng ating bansa sa lalung paglaki ng mga apektado ng “Corona Virus”, patuloy pa rin ang Kagawaran ng Edukasyon sa paglilinang ng kaisipan sa bawat mag-aaral. Sa pagbabahagi ng karunungan sa mga kabataan, nangunguna pa din ang kaligtasan at kalusugan ng bawat isa; guro, mag-aaral, mga magulang at mang-gagawa.

Bawat isa ay may kanya-kanyang ginagampanan sa pagsulong ng dekalidad na Edukasyon. Mga guro na patuloy sa pag-aaral at pagbibigay ng interbasyon upang mapadali ang mga Gawain para sa mga magulang at mag-aaral. Mga magulang n akaantabay n gating mga kaguruan sa pagpapatuloy ng edukasyon ng kanilang mga anak, Mga Estudyante, na pinipilit kinakaya ang lahat maipagpatuloy lamang ang kanilang pag-aaral.

Kumusta nga ba ang mga mag-aaral ngayon? Paano nga ba nila tintanggap ang bagong sistema ng ating edukasyo. Aminin man natin o hindi; apektadongapektado ang ating mag-aaral. Marahil ang pagsagot nila sa kanilang Module ay sa una parang madali dahil sa bahay sila, may mapapagtatanungan, o kaya naman nandiyan ang internet o iba’t-ibang pook-sapot (website) upang manaliksik.ngunit sa katagalan an gating mga mag-aaral ay hinahanap-hanap pa din ang apat na sulok ng silid-aralan nila. Mga tinig ng kanilang guro na kahit misan nasisigawan ang mga ito, patuloy pa din nilang inaasam-asam ang kalinga ng kanilang pangalawang ina, ang kanilang mga guro.

Para sa iba madali dahil may internet ang mga ito, pero para sa walang kasama sa bahay o walang internet ito ay parang isang pagsubok sapagkat ang pagsagot sa mga gawaing modular na walang kaantabay ay parang isang pagsusulit na di ka nag-aral.

Ilan lamang yan na dinaranas n gating mga mag-aaral ngayon. Ang pagsagot sa mga napakadaming modular na Gawain, ang paghahanap ng kaantabay nagyong panahon ng pandemya. Higit sa lahat ang ating mga mag-aaral ngayon ay higit na naapektuhan ang kanilang kalusugang mental. Sa kadahilanang gusto nilang maibigay at matapos ang taong panuruang ito, pinipilit nilang kayanin ang lahat ng Gawain. Sa pagsusumikap nilang nito, kaantabay nila ang kanilang mga magulang at guro. Nawa’y maging dahilan ito upang magkaroon sila ng positibong pananaw sa buhay sa pangyayaring dinaranas natin ngayon.