Chapter 11

School Policies
and Their
Reporters:
Functions
ROSE ANN S. MEDIDA
ERLYN ARINGO
ANGEL LABITAN
Learning Outcome:
At the end of this Chapter, you
should be able to explain the
importance of school policies in
school operation.
• Schools are institutions
motivated by a shared vision.
• Necessarily, schools must have
policies for them to realize their
vision and mission.
• These policies are a reflection of the
values of the people who created
them.
Whatever policies are formulated
must redound to the improved
teaching-learning of learners which is
the very reason of the existence of
schools.
In this Chapter, we will focus on
school policies that govern
school and community
partnership.
• Schools in partnership with
their community have their
own picture of what they
want to be
VISION STATEMENT
Defines the long-term goals and
aspirations of the school.
• Provides a clear picture of
what the school aims to
become.
 Mission Statement
• Outlines the purpose and
primary objectives of the school.
• Guides the actions and decisions of
all stakeholders towards achieving
the vision.
 POLICIES
Establish rules and guidelines for
behavior, decision-making, and
operations within the school.
• Ensure consistency and fairness
in actions and expectations.
 IMPORTANCE OF
POLICIES
Provides structure and direction for the
school community.
Helps in maintaining order and discipline.
Ensures alignment with the vision and
mission of the school.
● Clarifies expectations for all
IDEAL CONDITIONS
●In an ideal scenario, where
all members of the school
community are perfect,
policies might seem
unnecessary.
REALITY
• Conditions in the school community
and the world are far from ideal.
• Imperfections exist among school
heads, teachers, students, parents, non-
teaching personnel, and other
community members
NECESSITY OF
POLICIES
Addresses the imperfections and
uncertainties in human behavior and
external factors.
• Provides a framework for
managing challenges and conflicts
effectively.
• One may wonder as to why
the Department of Education
has issued very stringent
policies and guidelines for
PTAs in matters of collecting
contributions.
• Even engaging in any
partisan political
activity within school
premises is written as
one prohibited activity.
• Schools’ policy on the
grading system is important
for everyone concerned to
know how grades are
computed.
• Both students and parents
know how grades are
derived objectively.
Percentage weights for each
component are clear.
• Teachers are guided in their
assessment practices. The
grading policy ensures
objective assessment
practice. Without the grading
policy, grading may become
highly subjective
• Similarly, if there are no policies on
students’ tardiness and absenteeism,
students may just come in late or
absent. The policies of students’
tardiness and absenteeism certainly
will curb tardiness and absenteeism
to ensure learning.
Effective Policy Formulation
and Implementation in a
School Community
Partnership
• Policies can originate from the
DepEd Central Office. While
some policies come from higher
authorities, schools can develop
their own policies to address
local challenges or issues.
• This is how it should be in a
school community
partnership.
• But a policy must not be
formulated by the school head
by himself/herself.
• The school head must lead in the
policy formulation process.

• The word “lead” implies that an

effective policy formulation process
must be participatory.
• This means that it is best that the
rest of the school and community
must be involved.

• Two good heads are better than

one.
• Besides participation of school
and community develops a
sense of ownership of such
formulated policy which ensures
a more effective
implementation.
• This is school empowerment in
action.
• Aside from involving the school and
community in policy formulation, a
school head must ensure wide
dissemination and correct and clear
understanding of the policy.
TAKEAWAYS
Policies are intended to ensure that
schools perform and realize what they
have envisioned for themselves.
• There are policies that come from
authorities above the school since the
school is a member of a bigger
organization or system.
But schools are also empowered to
formulate their own.
• Policies to address their concerns
speedily provided they are not
contrary to policies that come
from above.
• School policies are effective when they
are formulated with the participation
of the members of the school an
community as this develops sense of
ownership which ensures
implementation of the family
• Policies must also be widely
disseminated for the information
of the entire system-school and
community- and must be
understood correctly and clearly
• Policies set order in
schools. The absence of
clear-cut policies may
court chaos.
THANK YOU