 SCHOOL AS COMMUNITY -It is a one purpose and guided by common

values and culture, which include the teachers, administrator, students,

staff/personnel and stakeholders. As a community, the school is guided by
the following elements: VALUES, VISION , LEADERSHIP AND CULTURE.

 SCHOOL AS A LEARNING COMMUNITY

The banking concept of education:

*The teacher teaches and the students are taught
*The teachers know everything and the students know nothing
*The teacher talks and the students listen – meekly
*The teacher disciplines, and the students are disciplined
*The teacher choose and enforces his choice and the students comply, 
*The teacher acts and the students have the illusion of acting through the
actions of the teacher

Societal structures

*Does the school structure mirror Societal Structures?.Schools achieve their full
potential when they strive to provide an environment where everyone can maximize
their potential

Nurturing a Learning Community.

A learning community creates a restorative climate where relationship  matter.

*Canteen Operator
*Teachers
*Admin Staff
*Parents
*CCA Teams
The School as a Learning Community

Foundations of a Learning Community

1.It’s never about the teacher giving everything and receiving nothing or the
teacher knowing everything and the students knowing nothing.
2.All of us know something and regardless of who we are in school; we can
give, receive and learn from another member of the school
3.Schools are pillars in the community for the well being of its young people.

Community of Practice
- are groups of people who share a concern or a passion for something they do and
learn how to do it better as they interact regularly (Wenger, 2014). “The basic premise
behind communities of practice is simple: We all learn in everyday life from the
communities in which we find ourselves.”
The 3 characteristics of a Community of practice by Wenger

1. Domain
2. Community
3. Practice

Designing effective communities of practice:

 Open dialogue between inside and outside perspective
 Encourage and accept different levels of participation
 Develop both public and private community spaces
 Focus on value
 Create rhythm for the community

School Learning Actions Cells (SLAC): Professional Learning Communities

-As stated in Department of Education Order No. 35, s. 2016, Learning Action Cell (LAC) is
a session conducted by group of teachers who engage in collaborative learning sessions to
solve shared challenges such as learners' diversity, content and pedagogy, assessment
and reporting, and ICT integration.

Importance of School Learning Actions Cells (SLAC)

-The advocacies of the Department of Education,implies that every teacher should be

properly guided and equipped with the know-how of teaching and learning process
through revisiting and reviewing some areas or concerned in performing the duties and
responsibilities of an effective and efficient teacher.
Objective of SLAC:
-To improve the teaching-learning process.
-To nurture the teachers.
-To enable teachers to support each other.
-To foster professional collaborative spirit.

TOPICS FOR SLAC SESSIONS

-Learner Diversity and Student Inclusions

-Content and Pedagogy of the K to 12 Basic Education Program
-21st Century Skills and ICT Integration in Instruction and Assessment
-Curriculum and Contextualization, Localization and Indigenization

PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY -is a method to school improvement where

groups of teachers work collaboratively at the school level to improve student outcomes.

5 elements of a professional community:

-Reflective Dialogue
-Focus on student learning
-Interaction among teacher colleagues
-Collaboration, and
-Shared values and norms.
3 components of PLC

-learning
-Collaborative
-result
Benefits of an Active PLC
-Allow educators opportunities to directly improve teaching and learning.
-Builds stronger relationship between team members.
-Help educators on top of new research and emerging technology .
-Help teachers reflect new ideas.

The Teacher  and the  Community

 -As stated in the Code of Ethics for  Professional Teachers; teachers
must be aware of their responsibilities to the state and to the

community.

Introduction

 A teacher cannot divorce himself or  herself  from  the community of

which he or she is a member.
 He/She has a social dimension in addition to his/her  teaching
profession. To the extent  that  it  is  relevant to the society in which it
exists, education  has meaning and function.
 The teaching profession exists only  to  the  extent  that it can meet
the needs of the students.

1. External Environments and  Accountability of Schools

-Selected  External Influences and  Constituencies for
School Districts
RESOURCE DEPENDENCE  PERSPECTIVE
Resources:
-Dependence Perspectives
-General Environmental Resources 
-Availability of Resources
-Dependence

Environmental Resources
*Fiscal- fiscal management system should use available resources
in  ways the most directly and effectively meet the educational needs of 
student.

*Personnel- those persons providing services within an educational 

setting
information- technologies help in promoting opportunities of  knowledge
sharing throughout the world.

*Products and Services- both core educational goods and services

such  as teacher, buildings, school books, and teaching materials, such as 
ancillary service sand general administration and other activities.

Other Resource Dependence  Perspective

Environment Resources: Simple or Complex
Availability of Resources : Scarce to Munificence
Division Makers: View the environment as a place to  gain
resources for the organization

INSTITUTIONAL PERSPECTIVE

- limited emphasis on goals, effectiveness and  efficiency School:

constrained by other institutions administrationds: constrained by broader
institution

Administering Resource Environments

-the efficient management of resources to  achieve the goal.All
organization have finite resource administrator with best strategy can 
maximize the specific plan.

Administering Resource Environments

-Organizations must adapt to the uncertainty and dependency that
threaten or constrain independence  and drive change. Organizational Coping
Strategies:Buffering, Planning and Forecasting, and Operations Adjustments.
Inter-organizational Coping Strategies: Partnerships, Co-optation, Political,
Lobbying, Pooling Resources.

2. Adopting to External 

National Standards and Frameworks

-A National Standards Framework calls for thecreation

of new structures policy makers and the profession can
Meet on equal terms exercise their joint responsibility for
standards in Teaching.

Internationalization of Higher Education

 -the process of integrating an international,  intercultural, or global
dimension into the  goals, teaching, learning, research, and  service functions of
a university.

Internalization- the relationship between and among nations, 

people, cultures, institutions, and systems.

Importance:
Fosters an immersive and inclusive  academic environment.

Advantages:
International labour market  International network

Disadvantage:
Language barriers

CHED Memorandum Order No. 55,  Series of 2016:

"Policy Framework and Strategies on the  Internationalization of
Philippine Higher  Education"

Globalization-Globalization is a 'process that focuses on the 

worldwide flow of ideas, resources, people, economy,  values,
culture, knowledge, goods, services, and  technology’.
Globalization has radically transformed  the world in every aspect.
But it has especially  transformed the world economy which has
become  increasingly inter-connected and inter-dependent.

GLOBALIZATION IN EDUCATIOIN- Globalization finds its greater

impact in education. Due  to the advent of globalization, the way
people think,  study and learn have changed tremendously. The
effects  of globalization on education can be seen in the rapid 
developments in technology and communications,  changes within
learning systems, the changing roles of  students and teachers.

Benefits of globalization in Education

greater awareness of other cultures

better transnational collaboration

reduced discrimination and racism

the spread of technology and innovation

improved the quality of education