SCHOOL MANAGEMENT ISSUES
1.0 Introduction
The education system in Malaysia is not excluded for its own problems and issues all this while. Referring to the current issues in our education, I would like to point out several issues regarding the system, in which I analyzed deeper into several aspects most common in our education nowadays. I looked at this subject matter at the root of the problem – the school system itself. Education cannot be separated from school. Formal education starts from here and thus building the reputation of our entire education system. It is from the root that we have to go to in order to curb the problems that come along the way. Most of our schools are government-funded schools. The management
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Basically it is about who is in charge of what. The problem that comes with it is mostly all about willingness, capability and availability. Teachers are engaged in many activities in and out of school. They do the managerial job, administrative tasks, monitoring, organizing and much more. At what extent does the teachers are capable of handling those tasks is highly debated but nothing seems to ease the issue. We can never be sure how far the teachers are really willing to go to handle all these tasks. Willingness is to be rewarded in terms of its pay and blessing, but the burden is still to be questioned. As teachers get older, they don’t want to be included or at least willing to do only simple tasks in these duties (in clubs, organizations, committee, etc). All they want to focus is to teach.
2.3 Workload
Teachers as we all acknowledge, fulfill the administrative tasks by themselves. In schools, the organization is provided with only few management staff for assistance, namely the Pembantu Am Rendah or PAR. They handle the jobs of office assistants and customer service. Although their service is well applauded, teachers still carry a big burden on their shoulders. The matter is discussed widely in the Ministry but so far there is nothing much of an improvement. The Ministry even once suggested about providing teachers with personal assistants to help them in matters related to school administration
The term “teacher leader” is commonly heard within educational circles today, but arriving at a clear definition
2.1 Describe roles and responsibilities of school governors, senior management team, and other statutory roles (e.g. SENCO), teachers, support staff
2.1 – explain the strategic purpose of a) school governors, b) senior management team, c) other statutory roles e.g. SENCO, d) teachers and e) support staff roles.
The Kentucky Leadership Framework defines teacher leaders as those who “transform their classrooms, schools, and profession, activating teacher growth and achieving equity and excellence for students” (Kentucky Teacher Leadership Work Team, 2015, p. 4). Therefore, the definition of what it means to be a teacher leader can be found in a review of relevant literature; yet, their roles can be unclear within the schools (Angelle and Schmid, 2007). Jacobs, Gordon, and Solis (2016) point out that when “teacher-leaders’ roles and responsibilities are not clearly defined, misunderstanding, conflict, and resentment can result” (p. 399). In addition, a study of 672 participants revealed that teacher perceptions regarding teacher leadership can vary based on school grade configurations—elementary, middle, and high (Angelle and DeHart, 2011). According to Angelle and Schmidt (2007), “As we work to provide precision to the term teacher leadership, we look to widen the level of understanding of this critical component of school reform at all levels” (p.
The governing body of a school has overall responsibility for the standards of education as well as recruitment of staff and management of premises. School Governors are a team made up of a range of people who have in most circumstances links to the school and/or local community. Such people are likely to be parents, staff, school head-teacher, support staff, local authority governors (appointed by the LA), and other local community governors. The governors ultimately have the responsibility of running the school, and have to work in co-operation and co-ordination with the school
importance of their jobs, and the fact that the quality of teachers are reducing due to the salary.
TASK3, Describe roles and responsibilities of: A. school governors. B. senior management team. C. other statutory roles e.g. SENCO. D.
The Principal and the governing body are accountable for the effective performance of the school and lead the development of staff to enable them to carry out their work. The Senior Leadership Team is made up of the Principal, Deputy Principal, three senior teachers and the School Business Manager. Together they have the responsibility of setting the strategic direction of the school and lead the school in managing this, as well as setting goals. There are three team leaders, each responsible for the teaching assistants, midday supervisors and estates team.
Since its development in 1994 the standards of Educational Leadership have pursued promoting an understanding on what is expected from the educational administration field.1 The goal of this paper is to present a personal appraisal of a connection between the ELCC standards and my own experiences in district leadership and a reflection on my professional practice of the standards. It is implicit that an educational leader should promote the success of every student by advocating and effectively implementing the 6 standards of Educational Leadership. 2
Who should be in control of ours school? Unions? School boards? The government? Everybody want access to our schools and make the changes that they think is better. Better for who? Students, teacher, or themselves? Is it a real compromise from the state and federal government of having control of our schools? Having local control is working best for our students? Are the people in these positions working for the best of our country or there are a conflict of interest? According to Bergmann (2010), “preparing our students to compete in a global economy, bridging the achievement gap, bringing classrooms into 21st Century Learning, and keeping quality teachers in the classroom are complex issues with no easy solutions.” It 's hard to prepare our schools for the new comings, but we need to put our best effort to have the best education of the world. Student achievement has stagnated or declined since 1970, and the cost of sending a child to the K-12 systems has tripled, even with the adjusted inflation (Coulson, 2010). Who must be in control?
A subject leader or middle manager plays a crucial role for every school or institution. The Teacher Training Agency (TTA, 1996, P. 4) illustrate that:’ Evidence from OFSTED inspections and other sources has shown that pupil achievement is higher when the role of the subject leader is clearly identified and effectively implemented.’ Considering the structural aspects, Morris and Dennison (1982, p. 40) suggest the role of the subject leader should be following:
a) What action, if any, should have been taken by the school administration when the local teachers’ association publicly criticized the administration and the school board?
"Some teachers may work with students to create the class environment; others may force a class environment upon students" (Zawondiak 124). Regardless of the approach the teacher might decide to take, she holds the power even before a student walks into class. The teacher is the one that chooses what materials are going to be used during the school year. She creates and plans lessons that are going to be used during class time. How children are going to be assessed and placed in levels that fit the children's capabilities. And finally, the teacher decides what set of goals she might have for the class, the different set of teaching techniques she would like to use and the set of expectations she might have for each students. The teacher is the one that decides what she wants to concentrate on, how to go about teaching it, and the outcomes she expects from the students.
When the word Public Administration come accross one’s mind, people would think of government civil workers and bureaucracy in government office. However, Public Administration is wider than that. It comprises of many part among them are technical issues,financal issues and ethical issues.Among many of them is the importance of manegerial technique, a characteristic where an organization such as government office should have in order to organize, planned, co-ordinate and budgetting. Government office is a big
Malaysia is a unique country. It is made up of multi-ethnic group who are living in harmony. Conflict among ethnic group is rare and even if conflict occurs, is not to the extent of destroying the country. In fact, it is the diversity that drives the development of the country and makes this country colourful. Malaysia has been recognized by the world as a model for other plural societies. The concept of ‘unity in diversity’ is always insisted by the leaders. The concept is now supported with the ‘1 Malaysia’ concept which is introduced by the current Prime Minister. The Malaysian government is always put efforts to ensure the