The document discusses the roles and responsibilities of a school principal. It outlines 12 key responsibilities: 1. Setting the vision, mission, goals and objectives of the school to provide quality basic education. 2. Creating an environment conducive to teaching and learning, with factors like a guaranteed curriculum, safety, and professional collaboration. 3. Implementing, monitoring and assessing the school curriculum and being accountable for learning outcomes. 4. Developing the school education program and improvement plan to provide direction and prepare for changes. 5. Offering equitable educational programs and services to all learners in the community. 6. Introducing innovative instructional modes to achieve higher learning outcomes.

2. If a doctor, lawyer, or dentist had 40 people
in his office at one time, all of whom had
different needs, and some of whom didn't
want to be there and were causing trouble,
and the doctor, lawyer, or dentist, without
assistance, had to treat them all with
professional excellence for nine months,
then he might have some conception of the
classroom teacher's job. ~Donald D. Quinn

4. Authority – power
and governing
control, or the
legal and territorial
extent of power

5. Accountability
-accepting the
authority and
responsibility for the
results of one’s
contributions, both
positive and negative

6. It is different from
responsibility. It is an
obligation, not just
something you will try
to do.

7. Responsibility
-a duty, the trait of being
answerable to someone for
something or being
responsible for one’s
conduct.
-a form of trustworthiness,
-the proper sphere or extent
of one’s activities.

8. 1.Setting
the vision,
mission,
goals and
objectives
of the
school
“The State shall protect
and promote the right
of all citizens equality
education at all levels and
shall take appropriate steps
to make such education
accessible to all.”
To develop a highly
competent, civic
spirited, life skilled
and God-loving
Filipino youth
actively participated
in and contribute
towards the building
of a humane, healthy
and productive
society
Provide quality basic
education that is
equitably accessible
to all and lay the
foundation for life-
long learning and
service for the
common good.
To develop the Filipino
learners by providing them
basic competencies in literacy
and numeracy, critical thinking
and learning skills, and desirable
values to become caring, self
reliant, productive, socially
aware, patriotic, and
responsible citizens.

9. 2. Creating
an
environment
within the
school that
is conducive
to teaching
learning
Factors in the “WHAT WORKS in
SCHOOL” Model
School-Level Factors
•Guaranteed and viable
curriculum
•Challenging goals and effective
feedbacks
•Parent and community
involvement
•Safe and orderly environment
•Collegiality and professionalism

10. Teacher-Level Factors
•Instructional Strategies
•Classroom Management
•Classroom curriculum design
Student-Level Factors
•Home environment
•Learned intelligence and
background knowledge
•Motivation

11. The curriculum
works only if
3.
Implementing,
monitoring
and assessing
the school
curriculum
and being
accountable
for higher
learning
outcomes
teachers
teach
well.

12. The curriculum
is like a
cemetery,we always
put in
something
and never take out of
anything.

13. A competent system proves
itself when everyone within
the system performs better
as a result of the collective
endeavors and accepts
accountability for that
improvement.

14. “Knowing the right thing to
do is the central problem of
the school improvement.
Holding the schools
accountable for their
performance depends on
having people in schools
with knowledge, skills, and
judgment to make the
improvements that will
increase student
performance.” Elmore (2001)
4. Developing
the school
education
program and
school
improvement
plan

15. “He who fails to
plan, plans to fail.”
Planning
“what is” and
“what should be”
is a process that
bridges between

16. Why do we need to plan?
•Provides direction
•Facilitates control
•Help us prepare for
change
•Promotes management
development

17. By law, all
schools are
mandated to
prepare a
School
Improvement
Plan (SIP)
A SIP is the main
vehicle through
which schools
proceed down the
path to
improvement. It
should carefully
structured to focus
on key goals and
strategies which
will lead to greater

18. Planning
is about making a
difference.

19. a. Allocate
more resources
to basic
education,
deploy
resources to
improve
quality,
reinforce
behavior that
5. Offering
educational
programs,
projects and
services
which provide
equitable
opportunities
for all learners
in the
community.

20. b. Improve
the quality
of the
teaching
force;
improve the
quality of
instructional

21. c. Exercise
political savvy.
d. Build a
coherent
assessment
system and use
its
information as

22. e. Adopt school-
based
management as
the core of
reform
initiatives.f. Build a
culture of
quality
education.

23. 6. Introducing new
and innovative
modes of instruction
to achieve
higher
learning
outcomes

24. 7. Administering
and managing all
personnel, physical
and fiscal
resources
of the school.

25. 8. Recommending the
staff complement of
the school based on
its needs

26. 9. Encouraging and
enhancing staff
development
For staff development
to be effective, it must
be an integral part of a
deliberately developed
continuous improvement
effort.

27. In a competent system, all
staff members believe that
what they have collectively
agreed to do is challenging,
possible, and
worthy
of the attempt.

28. 10. Establishing school
community networks and
encouraging the active
participation of teacher
organizations, non-academic
personnel of public schools,
and parents-teachers-
community associations.

29. 11. Accepting donations, gifts,
bequests and grants in accordance
with existing laws and policy of the
Department for the purpose of
upgrading teachers/learning
facilitators’ competencies, improving
and expanding school facilities and
providing instructional materials and
equipment. Such donations or grants
must be reported to the division
superintendents.

30. 12. Performing such other
functions as may be
assigned by the Secretary,
Regional Director and
Schools Division
Superintendents where
they belong

31. The world has never seen a
great leader who lacked
commitment. Ed McElroy
spoke of its importance:
“Commitment gives us new
power. No matter what comes
to us – sickness, poverty, or
disaster – we never turn our eye
from the goal.”

32. If you want to be an effective
leader, you have to be committed.
True commitment inspires and
attracts people. It shows them that
you have conviction. They will
believe in you only if you believe in
your cause. As the Law of buy-In
states, people buy into the leader,
then vision.

33. Ivan Illich once asked:
“What is the most
revolutionary way to change
the society? Is it violent
revolution or is it gradual
reform?”

34. He gave a careful answer.
Neither. If you want to
change society, then you
must tell an alternative
story.”
-Quote from Illich’s
Deschouling Society