Motivational

1. Chain of Notes
The Why and How of
School and
Community
Partnership
Learning Outcome:

At the end of this lesson, the student should be able

to:

 explain what school and community partnership

means;

 explain the legal and sociological bases of school

and; community partnership; and

 reflect and apply the importance of school-

community partnership.
 Let's Conceptualize

Opportunities for School-Community

Partnership implies two parties helping each
other. Both parties benefit. This means that if
a school-community partnership exists, both
parties benefit from the relationship. Thus in
the following paragraphs we shall present
what communities can do for school and
what schools can do for communities.
 What can the community do
for schools? Here are examples
of what a community can do
for schools:

. Brigada Eskwela- This program engages all education

stakeholders to contribute their time, effort and resources in
ensuring that public school facilities are set in time for the
forthcoming school opening. It takes place more or less two
weeks before classes begin in June. This is a school
maintenance program that has been institutionalized since 2009
when DepEd issued DepEd Order 100.
2. Curriculum development -This can mean
use of community resources for learning eg,
museum, elders of the community as key
informants in research or resource persons in the
study of local history
3. Work experience programs - Business
establishments and offices in the community can
serve as training ground for learners. A concrete
example is the Work Immersion required of
Senior High School students. In this Work
Immersion, students are given the opportunity to
work in relevant establishments or offices in the
community to help develop in them "the
competencies, work ethics, and values relevant to
pursuing further education.
In this school-community partnership, the school can fulfill what curriculum
requires and may improve on their curriculum based on community feedback,
enables the students to undergo hands-on work experience, while community
establishments contribute to the formation of graduates who are more ready
for life and more equipped for the world of work. Business establishments or
any world of work in the community are the ultimate beneficiaries of these
graduates who have been more prepared through work immersion.
Some schools call this service learning since it actively involves students in a wide range of
experiences which benefits students and the community at the same time fulfilling the
requirement of a curriculum.

4.REMEDIATION AND ENRICHMENT CLASSES - Parents and retired teachers may be involved in the
School Reading remediation and Learning Enrichment Programs.

5 YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS themselves in youth development programs and develop their
The young may involve skills and talents, learn how to deal positively with peers and adults and serve as
resources in their communities.

6. COMMUNITY SERVICE Examples of community service are students participating in tutorial programs,
community reforestation programs, clean up drive for a river, assisting in medical mission; school head
involved in planning local celebrations, teachers managing programs, projects, activities; school band
playing in fiesta parade
 Schools may allow the community to use
school resources. Here are concrete examples
enumerated by the DepEd Primer on School- What can
Community Partnership:
 Classroom used by community organizations for meetings
schools do for
 School used as a polling place and venue for medical mission which it may co-
sponsor with the Rural Health Unit
communities in
 School used by the Rural Health Unit for mothers' class on child care

 School used as an evacuation center

return?
 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
Learning from the Experiences of Schools and Community Partners

Here are concrete examples:

1. Dumingaga Central School, Dumingag, Zamboanga del Sur

Strong school community partnership - Feeding progra was maintained by community donors Mother Butler Mission Guild, barangay
councils, office of the mayor, parents w budgeted, cooked, purchased.
"Kiddie Cop" classes Cops lectures on good manners and right conduct, drug addiction, child abuse, child welfare, Municipal Welfare
and Development Office Municipal Health Office conducted special classes on health and nutrition, rights of the child.

Agels Mangic Spot and Project REACH, etc. - Pemba Elementary School, Makati

Pembo Angels Magic Spot (PAMS) were the volunteer environmental steward-students of Pembo Elementary School while magic spots
were the small dumpsites or empty lots in the barangay which were converted by the students into vegetable gardens from which
members of the barangay could harvest for home supply, the school for their feeding program or sold them for cash for the purchase of
seedlings and planting of more vegetables.

PAMS brought together students, teachers, school head. parents barangay officials and other members of the community clean up little
nooks for garbage and converted them into green areas with vegetables shared by all It also taught gardening skills and positive attitude
toward work to students and supplemented the feeding program for the underweight and the malnourished in the school, Project
BOWLS (Brain Operates Well on Loaded Stomachs).
The functionalist theory states that institutions
most perform their respective functions for the
stability of society. Other stitutions must come Sociological
in if one institution fails to do its port for the
sake of society. Basis of School-
The school cannot do it all takes a village to
educate child, so goes the African proverb has
Community
to work in partnership with other institutions in
the community such as the church , government
Partnership?
organizations and non-government
organizations. With the breakdown of families,
schools face greater challenge in educating the
young
The rearing and education of the child in the primary
obligation of parents. The school, the Church and
other social institutions come in to assist parents and Sociological
families to fulfill their irreplaceable obligation.
Basis of School-
Community
Partnership?
The rearing and education of the child in the primary
obligation of parents. The school, the Church and
other social institutions come in to assist parents and
families to fulfill their irreplaceable obligation. It is no Legal Bases for
wonder why even our laws support school-community
partnership RA 9155, Governance of Basic Education Parents and
Act, Section 110) explicitly states that one of the
responsibilities of school heads is establishing school Community
and community networks and encouraging the active
participation of teachers organizations, nonacademic Involvement
personnel of public schools, and parents-teachers-
community associations.
Section 3 () of the same Act encourages local initiatives for the improvement of schools and learning centers and to provide the means
by which... improvements may be achieved and sustained." Batas Pambansa Blg. 232, otherwise known as the Education Act of1982,
Section 7 states that:

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 Representatives from each subgroup of the educational community shall sit and participate in
these bodies, the rules and procedures of which must be approved by them and duly published

Another law, RA. 8525 Adopt A-School Program Act, also provides for school community partnership. It 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.

Even the Philippine Education for All (EFA) 2015 Plan, then a vision and a holistic program of reforms that aimed to improve the
quality of basic education for every Filipino by end 2015 likewise states: "Schools shall continue to harness local resources facilitate
involvement of every sector of the community in the school improvement process." This EFA 2015 Plan was extended in Education for
All Beyond
• School and community partnership means 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 children.

• The upbringing of children is the main and irreplaceable duty and responsibility of
TAKEAWAYS
the family. But with the weakening influence of the family on the upbringing of
children and with children's unlimited exposure to modern technology like the
internet, the challenge for schools to teach the young has become even greater. So
schools cannot do it all. They have to partner with community.
• In this partnership, children, the primary customers of schools, are most benefited
but school and community are likewise mutually benefited. RA 9155, also known
as the Governance of Basic Education Act, BP 232 which is the Education Act of
1982, RA. 8525, Adopt-A-School Program Act and Agenda 2030 stipulate school
and community partnership.

• There are many opportunities for school and community partnership. The Brigada
Eskwela which is now institutionalized in DepEd Schools is a glaring proof of
school and community partnership. Schools with all its human and material
resources can offer services also to the community in many ways.
Activity 1: I Think it!
Direction: Think of a scenario on how would you
define a school-community partnerships is being held.
Let's Check for
Understanding
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