PED 3 FINAL EXAM

Direction: Please read the activity and answer the questions given below.
Total: (115l points)

ACTIVITY 1.
Mabuhay Elementary School had very low Mean Percentage Score (MPS) in the last
Grade 6 exit examination. Pupil tardiness and absences are rampant. Truancy is another
problem as some pupils cut classes because they spend their time playing video games in the
computer shops nearby. Absences are also very rampant. Children claim they are told to absent
by their parents to do rice planting and harvesting.
Feeling helpless, Ms. Ligaya called on teachers; parents and leaders of the community
for a meeting. In the meeting, she presented the problems of the school and asked for help to
improve school performance. There were many suggestions given. So these were written down
in a simple matrix like the one below:

Problem Cause Objective Activity

Persons Resources Timeframe Expected
Involved Needed Outcome
1. Tardiness Late rising To reduce Talk to PTA PTA Zero
due to TV, tardiness parents Officers, meeting tardiness
distance of to zero in Home- Teachers March 15
home to room ; School
school; Head
computers Parents
shop to limit March 30
TV
viewing;

PTA to
meet
with
compu-
ter shop
Owners
not to
allow
students
in shop
from
6:30 AM
 and
during
school
hours.

Problem Cause Objec Activity Persons Resources Time Expected

tive Involved Needed frame Outcome
2. Absenteeism Games in To Present PTA PTA Unexcused
computer reduc problem Officers, meeting absences
shops; e and seek Teachers March reduced to
pupil’s lack unexc solutions in ; School 15 zero
of interest used PTA Head
to go to absen Meeting,
school; ces to PTA talk to
work in the zero computer March
farm. shops’ 30
owners.

Teachers to
come up
with
interesting
lessons to
motivate
students to
come to
school

Video clips

Games

References

Answer the following:(40 pts.)

1. What problems did Mabuhay Elementary School have?
2. What did Ms. Ligaya, the school head, do to address the problem?
 3. Could it have better if she addressed the problem by herself? What could have possibly
happened if she did it alone?

4. What was the advantage of involving others in addressing the problems?

5. Wasn’t a directive from the office of the Superintendent or Regional Director the fastest
solution to the problems? Why or why not?

ACTIVITY 2
1. By means of an acrostic, give qualities or specific behaviors of good leaders. (30 pts.)
eg. L- Longsuffering. He is patient and forgiving.

L-
E-
A-
D-
E-
R-
S-
(15 pts each)
2. You are assigned as a school head in a low performing school. Students are poorly
motivated; parents and community are not very cooperative; and teachers have low
morale. Asa teacher, what should you do? Discuss your steps.

3. You are introducing an innovation in school. Sociologically, Filipinos are known for the
“ningas cogon” mentality. How does this mentality affect school innovation? As a leader,
how will you counteract it?

4. Two of your teachers are doing very well. Four strongly resist Continuing Professional
Development. Two are about to retire and are simply waiting to retire. To make your
school perform, as a school head, what moves will you take? Explain.
GOOD LUCK & GOD BLESS!

Prepared by DR. DAVE A. ORNADO