The School

What is the schools

purpose?
Good schools :
1. Are responsible
for
2. Are places where
..
3. Have a significant
role in .
4. Pass on and
reinforce..

Features of Organizational Structure

Organizational
structure is what
people do and how
they relate to each
other.

Looking at schools as
organizations helps
us to understand
how they work and
the challenging for
managing them.

Bureaucracy

Most bureaucracies are

hierarchical. They have
a chain-of-command

Positions of people and their

jobs

School Culture
As well as structure, organizations like
schools also have their own culture.
Culture refers to the many aspects of school
life.

Every organization has:

1. Find out
Organizational culture
what each of
Organizational norms these terms
Unique set of stakeholders
means.
2. Give 2
Chain of command
examples of
Social structures
this as it
Hidden curriculum
relates to
schools.

Hidden Curriculum Activity

Alongside the formal curriculum within
educational establishments exists a
hidden curriculum. This refers to values,
attitudes and principles which are
implicitly conveyed to students.
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The hidden curriculum

represents the things that
children learn while at
school that are not a part
of the formal curriculum.
As future teachers,
leaders and managers we
need to remember that
we can shape the hidden
curriculum.

Each organization on a local,

regional and global level has a
unique hidden curriculum.
Longstreet and Shane (1993) offer a commonly accepted
definition for this term.
. . . the "hidden curriculum," which refers to the kinds of
learnings children derive from the very nature and
organizational design of the public school, as well as from
the behaviors and attitudes of teachers and
administrators.... " 46

What are examples of the hidden curriculum in the UAE?

What messages do students learn?
Is the hidden curriculum a positive force in school
organisation? How?

Stakeholders
All schools have stakeholders.
1. Who are the stakeholders of the
public school 2. What is their stake?
What do they want from the school?
3. Align the stakeholders in terms of
power over a school.

Positives and negatives

What are the positives and negatives of
bureaucracy?
How can we maintain the positives of
bureaucracy while minimizing the
negatives in school?

Given what I have learned - what

power would I have in a school to
make a difference in some way?

Workshop Journal Entry Task - reflect on what

you have learned and answer the above
question.