Revised: January 4, 2021

Republic of the Philippines

University of Southern Mindanao
College of Education

Learning Module
Prof Ed 223 - The Teacher and the Community,
School Culture and Organizational Leadership

2nd Semester
SY 2020-2021

By: Joy Gloria P. Sabutan

 Table of Contents

About This Module 3

Session 1 – The Role of Teacher in the Community 5

 Why do I Want to Become a Teacher? 6

 The PPST (Philippine Professional Standards for Teachers) 7
 School and Community Relations 15
 Linkages and Community Relations 19

Session 2 – Code of Conduct 22

Session 3 – School Culture 25

 School Culture in a Nutshell 26

 What makes a Good School Culture? 28
 Why School Culture Matters 32
 Improving School Culture 34

Session 4 – Organizational Leadership 39

 What is Organizational Leadership? 40
 The School Organization 42
 Key Factors for Effective Leadership 46

Acknowledgement 48

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 About this Module

Welcome to Prof Ed 312 – Teacher and the Community, School Culture and
Organizational Leadership

This module on Prof Ed 312 will help you focus on society as a context upon which
the schools have been established.

This will also help you reflect on the following ideas:

1. A teacher cannot isolate him/herself to the community where s/he belongs.

2. Education has significance and purpose to the extent that it is a vital element
to the society in which it exists.
3. The teaching profession functions to the extent of fulfilling the needs of the
society and contributing to the development of people in the society.

Furthermore, this module will help you reach the following core competencies:

 understand and practice the terms of the teacher code of conduct;

 understand his/her legal and ethical responsibility for the well-being and learning
achievement of all children in his/her classroom and school;
 communicate regularly with parents, guardians, and other education
stakeholders in order to promote a safe and effective learning environment;
 actively engage in development of his/her own teaching practice using all
available resources including self-reflection and collaboration with peers, head
teachers, etc.;
 understand and practices habits to maintain his/her well- being including self-
awareness, developing a routine and stress management techniques;
 understand the importance of his/her well-being as a factor influencing student
well-being.

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This module will be divided into 4 sessions:

Session 1 – The Role of Teacher in the Community

 Why do I Want to Become a Teacher?

 The PPST (Philippine Professional Standards for Teachers)
 School and Community Relations
 Linkages and Community Relations

Session 2 – Code of Conduct

Session 3 – School Culture

 School Culture in a Nutshell

 What makes a Good School Culture?
 Why School Culture Matters
 Improving School Culture

Session 4 – Organizational Leadership

 What is Organizational Leadership?

 The School Organization
 Key Factors for Effective Leadership

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 The Role of the Teacher in the
School and the Community

OBJECTIVES
By the end of this session the students will be able to:

 examine the responsiveness of the present teacher education curriculum to

the needs of the teacher in relation to his/her role in the classroom and
community;
 describe the role of the teacher in the school and in the local community;
 consider how to balance the various roles within the classroom, school and
community;
 identify their own motivations for teaching;
 set goals to increase motivation in the teaching profession.

OUTLINE

 Why do I Want to Become a Teacher?

 The PPST (Philippine Professional Standards for Teachers)
 School and Community Relations
 Linkages and Community Relations

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 Organizational
Leadership

OBJECTIVES
By the end of this session, as a student you will be able to:

 examine the elements that make up a school’s organizational structure;

 determine key factors that influence success in organizing/leading an
educational institution;
 give insights on the current organizational leadership structure your institution
has;
 present an organizational development plan that would make up for the current
shortcomings that you see in your institution.

OUTLINE

 What is Organizational Leadership?

 The School Organization
 Key Factors for Effective Leadership

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 What is Organizational
Leadership?

Organizational leadership specifically relates to meeting the

challenges and goals brought by both an individual employee and an
organization as a whole. Organizational leaders often rise to top
administrative and executive positions of their organizations because
of their abilities to manage the present while looking toward the future.

Organizational leadership means understanding both the strengths

and weaknesses of the institution’s workforce, business plan and day-
to-day operations. Organizational
leaders use their skills and
knowledge to manage and
strengthen the components of an
organization by implementing
change, confronting problems and
creating a positive and productive
workplace.

Organizational leadership requires the following:

ETHICS
COMMUNICATION
VISION

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 ETHICS
Organizational leadership may include
confronting ethically questionable
situations. A manager can draw on his
or her organizational leadership
education and experience in order to
remain impartial and engaged.

COMMUNICATION
This may also require high levels of skilled
communication. The ability to talk to
groups as well as individuals calmly and
clearly and to practice active listening is
incredibly important.

VISION
Organizational leaders must have a vision
for the future. They must have the ability to
solve problems regarding employee
relations and productivity as well as make
decisions that affect the direction of the
organization. Vision is nothing without
leadership. In order to enact and
implement change, an individual must
have leadership and motivational skills.

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 The School
Organization

School organization refers to how schools arrange the resources

of time, space, and personnel for maximum effect on student learning.
The school's organizational plan addresses those issues that affect the
school as a whole, such as the master schedule, the location of staff in
different rooms, and the assignment of aides to teachers or teams.

Components of School Organization

Master Schedule
The influence of the master schedule is hard to
overstate. The schedule structures the pace of
the interactions between students and teachers,
and class length affects the nature of instruction
and the depth to which students are able to go
at any given time.

Deployment of Instructional Personnel

Most elementary schools assign classroom teachers groups of 30–60 students,
although there are usually other teachers available as well: specialists for subjects
such as art, music, and physical education; state-funded remedial reading or math
teachers. The situation is different at the middle- and high-school levels, where
students rotate among content specialists. In schools committed to enhancing
student learning, teachers go to considerable effort to integrate “special” subjects
with more “academic” disciplines.

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 Grouping Strategies
A school aiming to improve student performance must develop a reasoned
approach, even a philosophy, toward the grouping of students for instruction.
The school's approach to scheduling and deployment of staff must support the
formation of short-term skill groups when needed. In addition, the school's
organization must allow for skill groups to be formed quickly and changed
frequently; flexibility, in other words, is the key.

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 Act. A. Read the following question/situations carefully and
answer accordingly. Write your answers on the space

3.1
provided.

1. What characteristics would be necessary to become an effective school leader and

why are those characteristics necessary?

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2. Among the three requirements of organizational leadership, which one do you think
plays the greatest role in effectively leading an organization? Explain your answer.

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3. In your present school, what other component of school organization needs to be

improved or to be given more attention? Why do you think so?
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 B. Draw the current organizational leadership structure of your educational
institution. After which, choose two (2) positions and define their role and
responsibilities in planning and organizing for the institution’s improvement.

1.__________________________

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2.__________________________

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