Educational Administration: Today and Tomorrow is a topic from Educational Administration subject (EdM 401) for graduate studies degree Master of Arts in Educational Management, problems and issues in educational administration, educational problems in Philippine schools, Education Act of 1982, Roles of school administrator, guidelines for professional negotiation (NEA), methods of reconciling differences

1. TODAY AND
TOMORROW
Reporter: CHINLY RUTH T. ALBERTO

4. 3 approaches present-day
administrators respond to
challenges: (Lewis, et.al.)
1. ignore
2. please
3. refuse and enforce

5. Professional Administrator:
• leader
• decision-maker of the highest caliber
• provider of alternative approaches to
the solutions of problems
• skills & abilities vary but all have
shown competence in meeting needs
of those they serve

9. Range of Changes (Small, 1974)
• changes stemming from outside the school
system (legal changes, court orders, laws)
• originating from the central office or area
office of the school district
• initiated by the principal
• stemming from the teachers
• sought by the students
• pressure from parents
• community groups (racial, ethnic, religious)

10. similar pressures for change:
• Constitution of the Philippines
• Population Education
CURRICULAR RESPONSES:
• Food production
• Nutrition education
• Cooperative education
• Drug abuse education

11. Education Act of 1982
• significant landmark in the Philippines
• encompasses all vital segments of our
educational system: administration,
faculty, students, parents
ROLE OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR
• Difficult
• Challenging
• Delicate

12. Education Act of 1982

13. Education Act of 1982

14. Education Act of 1982

15. “choice of the ‘most appropriate or
effective role’ is often a matter of
value judgment”
(Is it for my own decision or for the
sake of the school?)
Objectives vary with the role being
played

16. Roles of School Administrator:
1.Initiator
2.Stimulator
3.Reactor
4.Implementor
5.Conduit
6.Orchestrator-
Mediator
7.Persuader/
Dissuader
8.Advocate
9.Ombudsman
10.Nonactor

17. 1. Ombudsman
2. Persuader/Dissuader
3. Stimulator
4. Orchestrator-Mediator
5. “ideal” school administrator
6. “third party” role

18. Guidelines for Professional
Negotiation (NEA)

19. Guidelines for Professional
Negotiation (NEA)

20. Methods of Reconciling
Differences

21. Methods of Reconciling
Differences
• Voting –”no one person is wise enough
or evenhanded enough to make choices
for the collectivity” votes may be taken
to obtain a more representative
expression of individual interests
• Bargaining –negotiate until a resolution
is found which is acceptable to
everyone