Trends, Issues and Concerns in

School Administration &

Supervision

D e b b i e M a y F. Ye l o
Discussant

M a . J a n e l y n T. F u n d a l
Professor
Trend

■ the prevailing tendency or

inclination
Trends in school a d m i n i st r a t i on &
supervision:

■ 1. expansion of
educational opportunities
and service
D pEd Budget
e
Enrollmen
t
Number of teachers
All these mean one
■

thing: the expansion of

educational services.
What, in turn would
such expansion mean?
■
As the enrolment in all levels increase,
there will be a corresponding
increase in the educational services in
terms of money, materials and
manpower.
■ And with the increase in the
educational services, we may expect
that the best of our administrators
and supervisors will be put to a severe
test.
Trends in school
adm in ist r at ion
& supervision:

■ 2. educational
planning
 Educational planning

■ refers to activities which takes

place within the framework of
general development training.
■ establishes qualitative and

quantitative targets for educational

development
Values of Educational Planning

■ 1. Under developed countries are able to

deal with all the problems of education in
an integrated, wholesale fashion instead of
on piecemeal basis: are able to clearly
determine their goals and give direction to
their efforts: & are able to establish
priorities in educational expenditures.
• 2. That country is able to merit the
appreciation and sympathy of the more
developed nations and the latter
become disposed to give literal
assistance to the country concerned.
▪
3. Most careful and systematic
planning will enable the nation to
realize its goals to the greatest
extent possible with the
meager resources at its
disposal.
•F u n d a m e n t a l P r i n c i p l e s of
Ed u c a ti o n a l P l a n n i n g

• Educational Planning is concerned with the best

use of human resources since it pertains to
economic and social development
• Educational planning is essential where educational
goals must be set and established which are consonant
with national goals and manpower needs.
• Educational planning seeks to facilitate the
implementation of policies to achieve
educational goals.
• Where there are insufficient funds to meet
all requirements for trained manpower,
priorities must be established and short and
long range plans must be made to provide
efficient & economical educational
program.
5. Planning is a high level staff function
providing professional guidance to the
authorities in the determination of
educational goals and the evolving of
educational policies and their
execution.

6. Educational planning must be a

comprehensive and continuous process
and must be periodically evaluated.
7. Educational planning should consider the
qualitative aspects of all levels and aspects of
education based on the framework of an
overall national development plan.
• 8. Educational planning must be realistic and
must set goals which are attainable.
Trends in school
adm in ist r at ion
& supervision:

■3. Democratization of
school administration and
supervision
■ Our commitment to democracy is
safeguarded & enhanced if administrative
& supervisory officials set the tone for
practice of democratic procedures.
■ The structure and process of the school

should provide models of the democratic

way of life.
■ The school cannot be
the “cradle of democracy” if
this cradle is rocked by a
“hand of autocracy”
Trends in school
adm inist r at ion &
supervision:

■ 4. Greater reliance on
research and the scientific
method of inquiry
■ Research plays a vital role in
making the educational
enterprise meet more adequately
the task of educating people.
■ Studies and researches are indications of a
trend towards greater reliance on research
and on the scientific method of inquiry.
They are healthy signs of a growing
awareness and acceptance on the part of our
school people of the need and importance of
the application of the scientific approach to
the solution of the educational problems.
Trends in school
adm in ist r at ion
& supervision:

■ 5. The use of the Philippine

– oriented instructional
materials
 Instructional materials are essential aspect of the
■
educative process. They comprise an indispensable
factor in the acquisition by the learner of desired
educational outcomes in terms of knowledge and
understanding, habits and skills and attitudes. The
content of the instructional materials and the way this
content is presented & developed, determine the
kind of behaviour whether intellectual, social or
emotional that will be inculcated in the learner.
Thank y o u …