The Why and How of School and

Community Partnership
Opportunities for School- Community Partnership

-partnership implies two parties helping each other,

both parties benefit.

Here are examples of what a community can do for

schools.
1.Brigada Eskwela

-this program engages all education stakeholders to

contribute their time, effort and resources in ensuring
that public school facilities are set in time for the
forthcoming school opening.
-It takes place more or less two weeks before classes
begin in June.
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2. Curriculum Development
- this can mean use of community resources for learning.

3.Work Experience Program

-business establishment and offices in the community can
serve as training ground for learners.
4.Remediation and enrichment classes- parents and
retired teachers may be involved in the School Reading
remediation and Learning Enrichment Programs.

5.Youth Development Programs- the young may

involve themselves in youth development programs and
learn how to deal positively with peers and adults and
serve as resources in their communities.
6.Community Service- examples of community service
are students participating in tutorial programs,
community reforestation programs, clean up drive for a
river, assisting in medical mission; school head involved
in planning local celebrations, teachers managing
programs, projects, activities; schools band playing in
fiesta parade.
What can schools do for communities in return?

Schools may allow the community to use the school

resources. Here are concrete examples enumerated
by the DepEd Primer on School- Community
Partnership:
•Classroom used by community organizations for
meetings
•School used as a polling place and venue for medical
mission which it may co-sponsor with the RHU
•School used by the Rural Health Unit for mother’s
class on child care
•School used as an evacuation center
•School facilities used for community assemblies
•School basketball court used for local celebrations and
barangay sports league
•Schools conduct livelihood skills-training programs for
parents and out-of-school youths by using school
resources
•Livelihood skill- training for parents and out- of- school
youths by teachers themselves.
Learning form the Experiences of Schools and
Community Partners
1.Dumingaga Central School, Zamboanga Del Sur

Strong School Community Partnership- feeding program

was maintained by community donors- Mother Butler
Mission Guild, Barangay Council, Office of the Mayor,
parents who budgeted, cooked, and purchased.
 “Kiddie Cop” Classes- cops lectures on good manners
“Kiddie Cop” Classes- cops lectures on good manners and right
and right conduct, drug addiction, child abuse, child
conduct, drug addiction, child abuse, child welfare. Municipal Welfare
welfare.
and Municipal
Development Welfare
Office- and
Municipal Development
Health Office-
Office conducted special
Municipal Health
classes Office
on Health andconducted special
Nutrition, rights of theclasses
child. on
Health and Nutrition, rights of the child.
2.Angels Magic Spot on Project REACH, etc. – Pembo
Elementary Schools, Makati

Pembo Angels Magic Spot (PAMS) were the volunteer

environmental steward- students of Pembo Elementary
School while magic spots were the small dumpsites or
empty lots in the barangay which were converted by the
students into vegetable gardens from which....
...members of the barangay could harvest for home
supply the school for their feeding program or sold
them for cash for the purchase of seedlings and
planting of more vegetables.

Urbanidad Kids were ideal students who acted as

role models for the students and the PEMBO
community. They were the cleanest, most well-
mannered and most diligent in class.
BOWLS means Brain Operates Well on Loaded
Stomach. Every recess, children who were selected
by the school as BOWLS beneficiaries due to
malnutrition were provided a free bowl of lugaw.
Sociological Basis of School- Community
Partnership
The Functionalist theory states that institutions must
perform their respective functions for the stability of
society.The school cannot do it all.
“It takes a village to educate child”, so goes the
African proverb.
 R.A. 9155, Governance of Basic Education Act,
Section E (10) explicitly states that one of the
responsibilities of school heads is “establishing school
and community networks an encouraging the active
participation of teacher’s organization, nonacademic
personnel of public schools, and parents- teachers-
community associations.”
Batas Pambansa Blg. 232, otherwise known as the
Education Act of 1982, Section 7 states that: Every
educational institution shall provide for the
establishment of appropriate bodies through which the
members of the educational community may discuss
relevant issues and communicate information and
suggestions for assistance and support of the school.
R.A. 8525, Adopt A School Program Act, also provides
for school- community partnership. It allows “private
entities to assist a public school, whether elementary,
secondary, or tertiary level, but not limited to the
following areas: staff and faculty development for
training and further education; construction of
facilities; upgrading of existing facilities...
...provision of books, publications and other
instructional materials; and modernization of
instructional technologies.
As a future educator, why is it important
for you to know about school-community
partnership?
1. This program engages all education stakeholders to
contribute their time, effort and resources in ensuring
that public school facilities are set in time for the
forthcoming school opening.
A. Curriculum Development
B.Brigada Eskwela
C.Work Experience Program
2. Students participating in tutorial programs,
community reforestation programs, clean up drive for a
river, assisting in medical mission.

A.Youth Development Program

B. Remediation
C.Community Service
3. Business establishment and offices in the community
can serve as training ground for learners.

A. Enrichment Classes
B. Work Experience Program
C.Youth Development Program
4. What can school do for community?

A. School used as an evacuation center

B. Youth Development Program
C.Brigada Eskwela
5. What can community do for schools?

A. Community Service
B. School used for community assemblies
C. Classroom used by community organizations for
meeting
6. Parents and retired teachers may be involved in the
School Reading remediation and Learning Enrichment
Programs.

A. Community Service
B. Work Experience Program
C. Remediation and Enrichment Classes
7. This can mean use of community resources for
learning.

A. Community Service
B. Youth Development Program
C. Curriculum Development
8. It implies two parties helping each other, both
parties benefit.

A. Opportunities
B. Partnership
C. Community
9. States that institutions must perform their respective
functions for the stability of society.

A. Functionalist Theory
B. Batas Pambansa Blg. 232
C. RA. 8525
10. This is a school maintenance program that has
been institutionalized since 2009 when DepEd issued
DepEd Order No. 100.

A. Curriculum Development
B. Brigada Eskwela
C. Youth Development Program
II. Create a graphic organizer about what can the
community do for schools and what can schools do for
communities in return.
HOMEWORK
1.In a ¼ sheet of paper, search for another
examples of school-community partnership.