THE NATURE SCOPE AND FUNCTION OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION

THE NATURE, SCOPE, AND FUNCTION OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION Compiled By: Dr M. Nadeem Anwar

“Administration” exist to serve and facilitate the effective operation of the various phases of the school’s total program. In this context management refers to various ways through which human and material resources can be mobilized to work toward attaining the school goal.

“Administration” Sergiovanni defines administration in its management sense as “the science and art of achieving organizational objectives in a fashion which is cost-effective and which obtains sufficient teacher and consumer satisfaction to ensure their continued participation and support. ”

EDUCATION concerned with Human Uplift Social Progress

A Challenge to School Administrator Every school administrator shall 1. Perform his duties to the school by discharging his responsibilities in accordance with the philosophy, goals, and objectives of the school;

2. be accountable for the efficient and effective administration and management of the school;

3. develop and maintain a school atmosphere conducive to the promotion and preservation of academic freedom and effective teaching and learning and to harmonious and progressive schoolpersonnel relationship;

4. assume and maintain professional behaviour in his work and in his dealings with students, teachers, academic non-teaching personnel, administrative staff, and parents or guardians;

5. render adequate reports to teachers, academic non-teaching personnel, and non-academic staff on their actual performance and counsel them on ways to improve the same;

6. observe due process, fairness, promptness, privacy, constructiveness, and consistency in disciplining his teachers and other personnel;

7. maintain adequate records and submit required reports to the Department of Education.

Educational Community Educational community refers to “those persons or group of persons as such or associated in institutional involved in organized teaching and learning system. ”

Parents Stakeholders Students School Non-teaching Staff Teaching Staff Administrator

The Nature of School Administration AMINISTRATOR PEOPLE for the tasks of organization that 1. they know what they are to do, 2. they know how to go at the task together, 3. they get it done, and 4. they are rewarded for doing it.

Educational Administration Directly People Indirectly Social Process, in terms of: Objective, because it desired end as a whole is human and social development.

Educational Administration Directly People Indirectly Social Process, in terms of: Content, because the substance or subject matter of its decision-making function involves or affects people directly or indirectly.

Educational Administration Directly People Indirectly Social Process, in terms of: Method, utilizes procedures, and techniques which involve or affect human beings directly or indirectly.

The Nature of Educational Administration Two complementary Views foundational view functional view “why” one behaves as he does, and it utilizes established and emerging theoretical frameworks for analysing the antecedents, predictors, correlates, or outcomes of administrative behaviour. “what” one does or should do as a school administrator, and it focusses on the tasks and activities in which one must be competent if he is to be an effective school administrator.

Scope and Function of School Administration Scope function Five Major Functions in Educational Administration 1. To help community translate the overall, goals into concrete and achievable goal and plans

Five major Functions in Educational Administration 2. To direct and supervise the task of bringing together the necessary teachers, students, and support personnel, along with the required physical facilities and educational equipment and materials, into an operating unit known as a school.

Five major Functions in Educational Administration 3. To establish and maintain effective “feedback” circuits so that an adequate evaluation of “how are we doing” is always available. This will include research operations of two kinds: (1) research to gather data and present an accurate picture of the operation “as is”; (2) experimental research to utilize new facts from the physical and human sciences along with new theories of learning in an effort to produce improved teaching and learning situations.

Five major Functions in Educational Administration 4. To initiate new structures, processes, or procedures that become necessary for goal achievement or for changing existing goals and purposes. The necessity for such initiatory activities and the indication of the kind needed will be derived from the aforementioned evaluation.

Five major Functions in Educational Administration 5. To communicate with the High ups regarding all phases of the educational institution.

Broad Functional Areas of Administration Policy is defined as a statement of those objectives that guide the actions of substantial portion of the total organization. Resources people, money, authority, and materials. Decisionmaking is also used by the administrator in dealing with resourceallocation. Execution integration and a synthesis of resources and policies that are interrelated to achieve a purposeful organization

Task of School Administrator Tasks referring to “what is expected to be done” by the school administrator in providing leadership for the improvement of the school. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Instructional program; Staff personnel; Student-personnel; Financial and physical resources; School-community relationships.

Areas of Responsibility of Administrator 1. Purposing 2. Maintaining 3. Allocating 4. Evaluating-