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THE TEACHER AND THE COMMUNITY,SCHOOL CULTURE AND ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP

MODULE V

THE WHY AND HOW OF SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP

Opportunities for School-Community Partnership

Partnership implies two parties helping each other. Both parties benefit. This means that if a school community partnership
exists, both parties benefit from the relationship.

What can the community do for schools?

Here are examples of what a community can do for schools:

1. Brigada Eskwela - This program engages all education stakeholders to contribute their time, effort and resources in ensuring that
public school facilities are set in time for the forthcoming school opening. It takes place more or less two weeks before classes begin in
June. This is a school maintenance program that has been institutionalized since 2009 when DepEd issued DepEd Order # 100.

2. Curriculum development -This can mean use of community resources for learning. e.g. museum, elders of the community as key
informants in research or resource persons in the study of local history.

3. Work experience programs - Business establishments and offices in the community can serve as training ground for learners. A
concrete example is the Work Immersion required of Senior High School students. In this Work Immersion, students are given the
opportunity to work in relevant establishments or offices in the community to help develop in them "the competencies, work ethics,
and values relevant to pursuing further education and /or joining the world of work.... Partner offices for immersion provide Senior
High School students with opportunities: "1) to become familiar with the work place; 2) for employment simulation; and 3)
to apply their competencies in areas of specialization /applied subjects in authentic work environments (Enclosure to
DepEd Order No. 30. 3. 2017).

In this school-community partnership, the school can fulfill what curriculum requires and may improve on their curriculum
based on community feedback, enables the students to undergo hands-on work experience, while community establishments
contribute to the formation of graduates who are more ready for life and more equipped for the world of work.

Some schools call this service learning since it actively involves students in a wide range of experiences which benefits
students and the community at the same time fulfilling the requirement of a curriculum.

4. Remediation and enrichment classes -Parents and retired teachers may be involved in the School Reading remediation and
Learning Enrichment Programs.

5. Youth Development Programs - The young may involve themselves in youth development programs and develop their skills and
talents, learn how to deal positively with peers and adults and serve as resources in their communities.

6. Community Service- Examples of community service are students participating in tutorial programs, community reforestation
programs, clean up drive for a river, assisting in medical mission; school head involved in planning local celebrations, teachers
managing programs, projects, activities; school band playing in fiesta parade

What can schools do for communities in return?

Schools may allow the community to use school resources. Here are concrete examples enumerated by the DepEd Primer on School
Community Partnership:

 Classroom used by community organizations for meetings

 School used as a polling place and venue for medical mission which it may co-sponsor with the Rural Health Unit

 School used by the Rural Health Unit for mothers' class on child care

 School used as an evacuation center

 School facilities used for community assemblies

 School basketball court used for local celebrations and barangay sports league

 Schools conduct livelihood skills-training programs for parents and out-of-school youths by using school resources Livelihood
skills-training for parents and out-of-school youths by teachers themselves
MODULE V-ACTIVITY :

Visit your community/barangay, look and provide pictures of the following: (Print out the pictures in a LONG BOND PAPER
and label it.)
 School/Barangay basketball court
 Designated evacuation center
 Place and venue for medical mission
 School facilities used for community assemblies

Based on your school experiences before,is there real partnership between school and community? Or do you find one
party(like the school) more favored because it gets more help than the other?Defend your answer.

Prepared by: LAARNI A.TOLETE,LPT

Instructor