Social Context and School Management

3rd Bloc
MANAGEMENT OF
SPACES, FACILITIES AND
LEARNING
ENVIRONMENTS
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ORGANIZATIONAL
STRUCTURE
Departament de Pedagogía Aplicada, UAB
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Bloc 2
Long term document

Middle term
VALUES document
Teachers and Students OBJECTIVES Short term document
Vertical / horitzontal Structure

DIRECTIVES
Human
Resources ORGANIZATIONAL
RELATIONAL
STRUCTURE
SYSTEM
Participation
Material Resources Timing Decissions
Regulations
Comunication
Ressources Tearm work
Budget
School Architecture
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School supplies
Functional
Resources Conflict ressolution
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Culture and climate
Human system, interpersonal and intergroupal
c relations that exist in each organizational
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Human Resources
Management
-Governing bodies
-Coordinating bodies
-Suport teams

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GOALS OF HUMAN RESOURCES:

• The goals of H.R. are: to hire, retain,

develop, and motivate personnel.
• This is accomplished through: H.R.
planning, recruitment, selection, placement,
and evaluation of personnel, staff
development, and collective negotiations
• This goals are carried out by the school’s
governing and coordination bodies

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ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE: HUMAN RESOURCES

The management of human resources is an essential factor for

the effectiveness of the school’s functioning. It contributes to
taking advantage of the potential and initiative of each
person/teacher with the aim of achieving the school’s vision and
mission.

In the analysis of HR we can take into consideration the

following perspectives:

Vertical Horizontal Staff

structure: structure: structure:
Governing Coordination Support
bodies bodies teams

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HUMAN RESOURCES STRUCTURE :

Vertical Constituted of individual officers (unipersonal

bodies) and collegiate governing bodies
Structure which can take executive decisions

Horizontal Constituted of coordination bodies which

support the operativisation of central tasks
Structure

Staff Structure Auxiliary and consultative teams which

support the logistics and the decision
making in the academic or management fields.

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Government in public schools

LEC, article 139

Collegiate and unipersonal governing bodies

1. Public schools must have, at least, the following
governing bodies:

a) The headteacher.
b) The teachers’ assembly.
c) The management team.
d) The school council

The school council and teachers assembly are collegiate

bodies of participation in the school government.

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VERTICAL STRUCTURE

COLLEGIATE UNIPERSONAL EXECUTIVE

AND GOVERNING GOVERNING
PARTICIPATORY BODIES BODY:
GOVERNING (INDIVIDUAL
BODIES: OFFICERS):

School Council Headteacher Management

Teachers’ Head of studies team
Assembly Secretary

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VERTICAL STRUCTURE

COLLEGIATE AND
PARTICIPATORY
GOVERNING BODIES:

School Council
Teachers’ Assembly

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SCHOOL COUNCIL (ART. 148 LEC)

The School Council is the main body of

community participation in school governance.

Members:
• representatives of Parents’ Associations
• Teachers representatives
• Students representatives
• headmaster
• head of studies
• secretary
• a representative of the town council
• a representative of the non-teaching staff.
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SCHOOL COUNCIL (ART. 148 LEC)

- To approve and assess PEC, management project ,
Rules and Regulations and School Annual Plan.
- To be informed of the list of candidates for the post of
headteacher and the projects they submit.
- To participate in the selection process of the school’s
headteacher
- To be notified of the appointment and dismissal of
other members of the management team.
- To decide upon pupils’ admission in accordance with
the corresponding regulations.
- To write proposals and reports, initiated by the
school council or at the request of the educational
authority, about the functioning of the institution

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SCHOOL COUNCIL (ART. 148 LEC)
- To be informed of the resolution of disciplinary conflicts and
guarantee that they comply with the current regulations.
- To propose measures and initiatives favouring coexistence in the
school, gender equality and the peaceful resolution of conflicts in all
areas of personal, family and social life.
- To appoint one person in charge of encouraging educational
measures promoting real and effective equality between men and
women.
- To promote the maintenance and renewal of both school facilities
and equipment, and approve the acquisition of additional resources.
- To determine the guidelines for the collaboration, for educational and
cultural purposes, with local authorities, other schools, institutions
and bodies.
- To analyse and assess the general running of the school, the
evolution of academic performance and the results of the internal
and external evaluations.
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TEACHER‘S ASSEMBLY (ART. 146 LEC)

• To draw up the proposals of the school projects including the annual
planning and to establish criteria regarding student’s guidance, academic
supervision and assessment.
• To promote initiatives in the fields of pedagogical innovation and research
and teacher training.
• To choose their representatives in the School Council and participate in the
selection of the headteacher.
• To be informed of the list of candidates for the post of headteacher and
the projects they have submitted.
• To analyse and assess the general running of the school, the evolution of
academic performance and the results of both internal and external
evaluations.
• To be informed about the school rules and regulations, the resolution of
disciplinary conflicts and the imposition of sanctions, as well as
guaranteeing that they follow the regulations in force.
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VERTICAL STRUCTURE

UNIPERSONAL
GOVERNING BODIES
(INDIVIDUAL OFFICERS):

Headteacher
Head of studies
Secretary

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HEADTEACHER /DIRECTOR/PRINCIPAL
(art. 141, 142, 143, 144, 145 LEC)

- To represent the school, the education authority

within the school

- To communicate the ideas, aspirations and needs

of the educational community.

- To supervise and coordinate the school activities

- To be responsible for the pedagogical

supervision, to promote educational innovation
and to encourage plans in order to attain the
goals of the school’s PEC.
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HEADTEACHER /DIRECTOR/PRINCIPAL
(art. 141, 142, 143, 144, 145 LEC)

- To ensure that the legislation and other

regulations in force are observed.

- To lead the school staff.

- To foster coexistence, guarantee mediation in

conflict resolution and impose the appropriate
disciplinary measures to students, in accordance
with the regulations.

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HEADTEACHER /DIRECTOR/PRINCIPAL
(art. 141, 142, 143, 144, 145 LEC)

- To call and preside over the official functions and meetings

of the School Council and the Teachers’ Assembly, and
implement the agreements reached by such bodies.

- To hire works, services and supplies, as well as authorise

expenses in accordance to the school budget, order
payments, and endorse the official school certifications
and documents, as laid down by the education authorities.

- To formulate proposals to the education authority as

regards the appointment and dismissal of members of the
management team, subsequent to notification to both the
Teachers’ Assembly and the School Council.

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Head of personnel: proposes the

necessary staff, capacity to • Masters Degree in Management;
intervene in the provision of •Initial Training program (prior to
new posts. becoming elected)
Can impose sanctions and •Continuous training programme
resolve disciplinary cases

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COMPETENCES PROJECT TRAINING AUTHORITY
(POWER)

Objectives to be
achieved. Outcomes
assessment. If
positive assessment,
economic
supplement
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HEAD OF STUDIES
- To coordinate the execution of academic activities for
teachers and pupils, in relation with the Annual Plan.

- To design the timetables in collaboration with the rest

of individual officers, and pursue their accomplishment.

- To coordinate the academic activities of the governing

and participation bodies.

- To coordinate the activities of professional and

academic guidance, and the activities of support
services of the centre.

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HEAD OF STUDIES
- To oversee the criteria the teaching staff fixed for the
students evaluation and results.

- To coordinate the development of the complementary or

extra-curricular activities and services, by following the
guidelines of the school council.

- To organise academic ceremonies.

- To substitute the headteacher in case of illness or

absence.
- To coordinate the teachers’ improvement activities

- To act as a head of teaching personnel (HR).

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SECRETARY
- To deal with school books and documents

- To issue the certificates that authorities and other

people may request

- To fill the general inventory of the center and keep

it updated

- To draw up a pre-project of the school’s budget

- To maintain administrative relations with the

regional direction with the support of the
headteacher
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VERTICAL STRUCTURE

EXECUTIVE GOVERNING
BODY:

Management team

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MANAGEMENT TEAM (ART. 147 LEC)

The management team is the executive body

of government in public schools and is
formed ​by the headteacher, the head of
studies and the secretary, established by
regulation on the exercise of the school’s
organizational autonomy.
The members of the management team are
responsible for accomplishing the
management project.

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HORIZONTAL STRUCTURE

Horizontal Constituted of
coordination bodies which
Structure support the operativisation
of central tasks

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HORIZONTAL STRUCTURE: COORDINATION BODIES

They are dynamic Advantages:

structures of support. Make the coordination of tasks
possible
Integrate and unite the teachers
They can be very diverse Promote more efficient use of
according to school’s resources
needs, school’s dimension Contribute to professional
and resources. development of teachers and
therefore organizational
development
They are justified by the
Disadvantages:
need to facilitate the
connection between Ideological differences between
working groups in the teachers
school. Time limitations

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COORDINATION STRUCTURES
•Pedagogical Comission
Coordination
bodies: •Educational teams( Departaments
or didactical seminars).

•Tutors’ teams

Cycle coordinator
ICT Coordinator
Head Labour risks Coordinator
coordinators: Language, interculturality and social
cohesion Coordinator
Responsible of educational innovation
Responsible of projects or plans
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EDUCATIONAL TEAMS
•Plan, coordinate and review their own activities
•Coordinate and unify methodologies and activities to
achieve the proposed objectives of the PCC.
•Ensure that what is being established in each area is
coherent within the cycle.
•Ensure coherence and adequate selection of material
in the cycle.
•Plan join intervention strategies when confronting
with specific situations (interviews, conflicts,
guidance...)
•Promote continuous teachers’ training
•Promote applied research
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TEACHING DEPARTMENTS
• Establish the objectives and competences of each
subject, area and cycle

• Establish promotion criteria for each subject area

and cycle

• Selection and sequence of the content

• Establish the teaching and learning methods, the

learning assessment activities and study habits in
each cycle

• Ensure the right development of the curriculum in

each level and cycle.
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TEACHING DEPARTMENTS
• Take care of the specific material resources in each
subject area and suggest use and purchase of new
resources

• Unify criteria about assessment and innovations

• Periodically review aspects related to PCC and modify

them.

• Promote continuous training of their teachers

• Promote the analysis and study of concrete experiences

about the teaching and learning process (evidence-
based teaching, outcomes-based learning)
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STAFF STRUCTURES
Teams that organize themselves around a specific
need or problem which needs to be solved within a
Ad hoc Teams: limited period of time. Once the problem or need has
been resolved, the team is dissolved.

External Support Created by the educational administration: EAIA,

EAPs, “Serveis Educatius”, etc. or other
Teams / Services administration or services (health care, social
/ Resources: services, etc.).

ICT (or Communications) Committee

Other
Coexistence Committee
Committees: Economical Committee
Diversity Committee (CAD)
etc.

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STAFF STRUCTURES ADVANTAGES

• Allow coordination of actions

• Promote Teacher’s improvement and
upgrading
• Allow profitable school resources
• Allow teacher’s integration and cohesion
• Enhance research
• Allows teacher’s participation

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STAFF STRUCTURES ‘RESISTANCE’

• Lack of tradition
• Lack of legal obligation
• Lack of minimum infrastructure
• Ideological differences among teachers
• Time limitations.

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