SCHOOL POLICIES

AND
THEIR FUNCTIONS
 Schools are institutions motivated by shared vision. Necessarily,
schools must have policies for them to realize their mission and vision.
 These policies are reflection of the values of the people who created
them.
 Whatever policies are formulated must redound to the improved
teaching-learning of learners which is the very reason of the existence
of the schools.
COMPONENTS Languages, AP and SCIENCE and MAPEH, EPP and
EsP MATH TLE
Written Work 30% 40% 20%

Performance Tasks 50% 40% 60%

Quarterly 20% 20% 20%

Assessment
IMPORTANCE OF POLICIES
Importance of Policies Schools in partnership with their community have their own picture of
what to be (vision statement) and so must of what they want to be (vision statement) and so
must offer services and must do what they are supposed to do (mission statement) in order to
realize what they envisioned themselves to be. For these to happen, policies must be in place.
Observance of these policies ensures
everyone in the school community to tow
the line
 If conditions are when all members of the school community are
perfect-school heads, teachers, students, parents, non-teaching
personnel and other members of the outside community-there may
be no need for a policy.
 The truth is conditions in the school community and in this world
are far from ideal and persons that make the school community are
far from perfect and so the need for policies.
 One may wonder as to why the department of Education has
issued very stringent policies and guidelines for PTAs in matters of
collecting contributions.
 Even engaging in any partisan political activity within school premises is written as one
prohibited activity.
 There must a history to that. Perhaps malversation of funds and other forms of abuse
happened in the past.
 School’s policy on the grading system is important for everyone concerned to know how
grades are computed.
 Both students and parents know how grades are derived objectively.
 Percentage weights for each component are clear.
 Teachers are guided in their assessment practices.
 The grading policy ensures objective assessment practice.
 Without the grading policy, grading may become highly subjective. Similarly, if there are no
policies on students’ tardiness and absenteeism, students may just come in late or absent.
 The policies on students’ tardiness and absenteeism certainly will curb tardiness and
absenteeism to ensure learning.
POLICY ON COLLECTION OF
CONTRIBUTIONS
 Cognizant of the need of an organization for adequate funds to sustain its
operations, a duly recognized PTA may collect voluntary financial contributions
from members and outside sources to enable it to find and sustain its operation
and implementation of the programs and projects exclusively for the benefit of the
students and school where it operates.
 It should be in line with the School Improvement Plan (SIP).
 The contribution should be reasonable amount as may be determined
by the PTA Board of Directors;
 Non-payment of the contribution by the parent-member shall not be
a basis for non-admission or non insurance of clearance(s) to the
child by the school concerned;
 Thecontribution shall be collected by the PTA Treasurer on a per
parent-member basis regardless of the number of their children in
school;
 Nocollection of PTA contribution shall be done during the
enrollment period; and
 No teacher or any school personnel shall be involved in such
collection activities.
 PTA’s are prohibited from:
 Interfering in the academic and administrative management and operations of the
school, and of the DepEd, in general;
 Engaging in any partisan political activity within school premises;
 Operating a canteen/school supllies store or being a concessionaire thereof inside
the school or nearby premises, or offering these services to the school as its client
either directly or indirectly;
 Selling insurance, pre-eed plans similar schemes or programs to students and/or
their parents; and
 Such other acts or circumstances analogous to the foregoing.