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An Overview: School Based Management

(by Frederick G. Fernando 6/18/2012)


http://www.deped-ne.net/?page=news&action=details&code01=AA12060001

School-Based Management (SBM) places significant decision-making power from the State and district
offices to schools. An alternative approach to improve the education system, it lets principals, teachers,
students, and parents decide on education-related issues like concerns on budget, personnel, and the
curriculum.
According to the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP), the School-based
Management approach creates the following advantages to high schools: 1
provides opportunity to competent school leaders in the schools to make decisions
boosts the morale of teachers and encourages leadership at all levels
allows participation of the entire school community in making key decisions
has a wider pool of ideas in designing education programs
focuses resources to the goals and needs of each school.
The corresponding national or regional education offices may still establish the general goals and broad
policies for the district and the schools. However, school management councils may be created at each
school level (comprised of the principal, representatives of teachers, students and parents) that will
conduct needs assessment and develop plan of action.
Right from the start, principals and management councils must be entrusted on how to implement the
district's goals at the individual schools. Agreements, plans can be drafted to clearly set the
responsibility and accountability at all levels. On the other hand, annual reports will show stakeholders
how the school has performed against its set goals and plans.
In the early years of implementation, it is important that all stakeholders be oriented or trained in areas
of leadership, decision-making, problem solving, and teamwork to help them successfully implement
school-based management.
The System will focus efforts in strengthening support systems of the DepED on School-Based
Management through improved educational planning and management. This has sub-components
created to attain this goal.
The Objectives of the School Based Management are the following
Strengthen the support systems of DepED, three Regional Offices, selected Divisions and schools for
School Based Management through improved educational planning and management
Development of a functional management support system for continuing school improvement at
regional, division and school levels
School Based Management (SBM) or Component 1 of STRIVE is a response to BESRA KRT 1 - enabling
and empowering school stakeholders to manage its own affairs for improved delivery of educational
services in a sustainable manner. As such, this component is focused on the strengthening of support
systems including governance, advisory and partnership mechanisms for SBM through practical

experience in application activities in the three regions. The application experience will be further
enhanced through a range of capability building activities.
The following are the sub components of SBM :
Policy & Planning System
Under this sub-component, STRIVE aims to enhance/develop structures, processes and tools associated
with policy /planning systems at the school, division, and regional levels
Participatory Mechanisms in Education Governance
This sub-component is dedicated to identifying existing participatory mechanisms in education
governance at the school, division and region
Human Resource Development of Education Management
This sub-component focuses on developing and piloting the appropriate regional organizational
structure to ensure that the divisions actually support the implementation of school-based management
as mandated by the Education Act of 2001. In order to help the regions perform this function, the subcomponent has developed the technical assistance mechanism that will systematize the provision of
professional help and guidance by the region to the divisions, and by the divisions to the schools.
Quality Assurance & Accountability System
This sub-component offers a mechanism for insuring quality in the critical systems, processes, outputs,
and outcomes of DepED at various management levels to bring about improved learning outcomes,
continuous school improvement and better technical and management services. It is supported by the
interlocking processes of monitoring and evaluation that systematically provide educators timely
information useful for planning and for making decisions and adjustments.
Programs to Improve Access
The focus of this sub-component is to establish the appropriate mechanisms that will increase the
number of effective initiatives undertaken by the region/division/schools to improve access. The
approach is to determine and pilot appropriate support options for basic education. It specifically aims
to:
1. Pilot test numbers of effective initiatives directly undertaken by the Target Access Schools and
Community Learning Centers to improve access.
2. Develop and pilot test support systems/mechanisms at the division level to render direct technical
assistance support to the Target Access Schools and Community Learning Centers.
3. Develop and pilot test support systems/mechanisms at the regions to facilitate policy compliance,
effective programs delivery and ensure quality assurance and accountabilities.
The different program of the DepEd is only to uplift the system in our present education. All we have to
do is to support the program to uplift the deteriorating quality education.

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