EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION

Presented by
MARYADI

GRADUATE SCHOOL
MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF SURAKARTA
s

2021
 IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATIONAL
ADMINISTRATION

For the purpose of becoming an effective

leader or manager who is in charge of an
educational institution, one needs to be familiar
with the theoretical concepts and best practices
relating to educational administration.
In trying to gain a good understanding of
Educational Administration we have to make
certain assumptions that:
 IMPORTANCE…

Organizations are essential and it is

impossible to avoid the influence of different
types of organizations on human life.
Administrators can perform useful functions
within organizations;
Knowledge and understanding of
organizational behavior, both internal and
external could enable an administrator to act
more effectively; and
Educational organizations and their
administrations have some unique
characteristics that deserve distinctive
treatment.
 ADMINISTRATION & MANAGEMENT

• In the present literature, these two terms are

being used to convey more or less the same
meaning.
• In USA, Canada and Australia, where the
educational administrative systems are based
mainly on the American models, the term
‘administration’ is more commonly used.
• In Britain and systems mainly influenced by the
British system, the term ‘management’ is
preferred.
• In the context of business and industry, the term
‘management’ is commonly used.
 Educational Administration

• It is the administration and/or management of

institutions designed to foster teaching and
learning
These institutions include
• public and private schools
• technical education colleges
• Special education institutions
• public and private universities
 Educational Administration.....

• educational resource-centers
• school district offices,
• regional directorates
Federal /Provincial/ Divisional Government
Departments of Education, and all other
institutions are fostering teaching and learning.
The management or administration of this broad
range of institutions supports the notion that
Educational Administration is a field of practice
 Educational Administration....

Similarly, it has certain aspects

common to other fields of
management, such as, public
administration, hospital
administration and business
management.
Educational Administration-History
 Educational Administration-History

• Stanford, Chicago and Harvard Universities

and other institutions (1950)
• In Australia the first institution to start teaching
‘Educational Administration’ was the University
of New England
 Educational Administration

So we can conclude that

there are certain unique aspects specific
to Educational Administration, as the
aims and objectives as well as the goals
that are to be achieved are quite
different from those of business and
industrial organizations
 Educational Administration-Discipline

• Educational Administration is an applied field

and not a discipline like chemistry or history
• As an applied field it has much in common with
other applied fields, such as, engineering and
medicine
• We know that engineering had to build on the
disciplines such as mathematics and physics
 Educational Administration-Discipline

• medicine upon anatomy and biology

• Similarly, Educational Administration had to
build upon basic disciplines such as psychology,
sociology, political science and economics

• we must understand that the concepts of those

disciplines cannot be borrowed ^indiscriminately
but have to be adapted
 Educational Administration-Discipline

• Educational Administration is a field of

study, mainly, for those who are
aspiring to be administrators or
currently engaged as teachers and
lecturers in schools and colleges or
universities as well as for prospective
teachers
Educational Administration-Discipline

It is true that the teachers are aware of

such problems and issues as decision
making, leadership and
communication from the perspective of
the classroom teacher and not as an
administrator
 Educational Administration

• Thetask of administration is to view

these problems and issues from a new
perspective, that of an administrator
who must see the organization as a
whole, and not just as a
teacher/lecturer in a classroom
situation
 Educational Administration-.....

The task of administration is to view

these problems and issues from a
new perspective, that of an
administrator who must see the
organization as a whole, and not just
as a teacher/lecturer in a classroom
situation
 What is the Job of an Educational
Administrator?
• The basic purpose of educational
administration is to enhance teaching and
learning
• administration serves an instrumental or
supportive role and not a primary role
• many administrative activities do not deal directly
with students, the relationships of
these activities to teaching and learning

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 What is the Job of an Educational
Administrator?
One considers the range of activities
that a school principal is involved in,
she or he can be viewed as a
generalist needing and relying on
the expertise of others Indeed the
expertise that principals need to
acquire is to know how to fit the
pieces together
 Functions of an Educational
Administrator-cont

• S/he should articulate a shared vision

and involve others in setting the goals
and developing the strategies, for the
realization of the shared vision
• The goals may reside in the culture of
the community and of the school or the
particular organization and, if so, they
—should be identified and perhaps made
explicit
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 Functions of an Educational
Administrator-cont

• The administrator should stimulate and direct

the development of programs to achieve the
goals and purposes
• The administrator should establish the
structures and processes to co-ordinate
• and organize the implementation of the
programs
• S/he should procure and allocate the resources
needed to support the organization and its
programs
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 Functions of an Educational
Administrator-cont

• S/he should represent the organization

to groups in the local and larger
community and whenever a necessity
arises mediate between the groups
• This is perhaps one of the most tough
functions that an administrator is called
upon to perform
 Functions of an Educational
Administrator-cont

• S/he should evaluate and monitor the

efficiency and effectiveness of
institutional operations
• Starratt (1996) argues that the work of an
educational administrator is different from
other fields of administration and
management, as it is shaped and directed
—by the core business of teaching and
learning
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 Functions of an Educational
Administrator-cont

It has been pointed out that educational

administration has three fundamental
functions:
administering meaning
administering community
administering excellence
 Administering meaning

• Administrators are expected to ensure that

the schools are able to provide
opportunities for the students to discover
meaning in their world - the meaning of
nature, of human affairs, and human
relationships enabling them to learn
beyond memorizing
superficial knowledge for success at
examinations
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 Administering meaning

Administering meaning demands that learning

in the schools be grounded upon human
concerns, be connected to the major cultural
activities of the society, and be attuned to the
realities of everyday life
 Administering Community

• Administering community demands that

the administrators endeavor to transform
the traditional separation of the
individual from the community into their
essential union
• Creating more opportunities for
cooperative learning and teamwork
towards the creation of learning
organizations could encourage this
 Administering Community

In addition, the administrator introduces

the concept of organic management in
administering community to mean
management by commitment rather than
control
 Administering Excellence

• Administering excellence demands that the

administrator promote and encourage high
quality performance in schools not only in
terms of productivity, innovations or
technical virtuosity but more so in terms of
the students’ character and make him or her
to be a useful citizen and a member of the
society
 Administrator Role-other concept

• Another way to view the functions of an

organizational leader/manager, whether it
is in a department, school, college,
university, and an education authority or
in an education system as a whole, is
through the following categories:
• Integrating the organizational resources in
the most efficient and effective
pursuit of its goals

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 Administrator Role-other concept

• Acting as the agent of introducing and

institutionalizing desirable changes
• Maintaining, supplementing and developing its
resources
 The Importance of the School
Administration to Student Achievement

The school represents perhaps the most

important institution in the child's life.

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