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SCHOOL OF TEACHER EDUCATION

Instructional Module in “The Teacher and the Community

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Preliminaries
I. Lesson Number 7
II. Lesson Title The Why and How of School Community Partnership
III. Brief Introduction This lesson will explain the “what” and “why” of school and
of the Lesson community partnership. Partnership is enhance when citizens
understand the reason behind this partnership and learn concrete
way of participating.
IV. Lesson Objectives At the end of this lesson, student are expected:
1. Explain what school and community partnership means.
2. Explain the legal and sociological bases of school and
3. Cite examples of school-community partnership

Lesson Proper
I. Getting Started
Partnership implies two (2) parties helping each other. Both parties benefit. This means
that if a school-community partnership exists, both parties benefit from the relationship.

Selected students shall be called to give what specific school-community partnership

are presents in the community where they were belong, cite, how does the partnership
benefit both the school and the community.

II. Discussion
What can the Community Do for Schools?

Brigada Eskwela - This program engage 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 the classes begin in June. This is
the school maintenance program that has been institutiolized since 2009.

Curriculum Development - This can mean use of community resources for learning , e.g.
museum, elder of the community as key informants in research or resource persons in the study
of the local history.

Work Experience Program - Business establishment and offices in the community can serve
as training ground for learners. A concrete example is the work immersion program of SHS
students. In the work immersion program, students are given the opportunity to work in relevant
establishment and offices in the community to help develop in them the competencies, work
ethics and values relevant to pursuing further education and/or joining the world of work.

In this school-community partnership, the school fulfill what curriculum requires and may
improve on their curriculum based on community feedback, enables the students to undergo
hands-on work experience, while community establishments contribute to the formation of
graduate who are more ready for life and euipped for the world of work. Business establishments
or any world of work in the community are the ultimate beneficiaries of these graduate who have
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been prepared through work immersion.

Some schools call this “service learning” since it actively involves studnets in a wide range
or experiences which benefits students and the community at the same time fulfilling the
requirements of a curriculum.

Remediation and Enrichment Classes - Parents and retired teachers may be involve in the
school reading remediation and learning enrichment programs.

Youth Development Program - The young may involve themselves in youth development
programs amd develop their skills and talent, learn how to deal positively with peers and adults
and serve as resources in their community.

Community Service - Examples of community service are the students participating in

tutorial programs, community reforestation program, clean up drive, assisting in medical
mission, school head involve in planning local celebrations, teachers managing program,
projects, activities; school band playing in fiesta parade.

What can Schools Do for Communities in Return?

School may allow the community to use school resources.

 Classroom used for community organizations for meetings

 School used as polling place and venue for medical mission which it may co-sponsor with
the Rural Health Unit

 School used by the Rural Health Unit (RHU) 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 program for parents and out of school youth by
using school resources.

 Livelihood skills-training for parents and out-of-school youth by teachers themselves.

Concrete Examples of Strong School-Community Partnership

1. Dumingaga Central School, Dumingaga Zamboanga Del Sur

Feeding Program - Feeding program activities are being maintained by community donors
- Mother Butler Mission Guild, Brgy. Council, LGU (Office of the Mayor) nd parent who do
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budgeting, cooking and purchasing of goods for feeding.

Kiddie Cop Classes - Cops lecture on good manners and right conduct, drug addiction,
child abuse, child welfare, with MSWD and RHU who conduct special classes on health and
nutrition, rights of the child.

2. Pembo Elementary School, Makati

Angel’s Magic Spot and Project REACH, etc. - were the volunteer environmental
steward-students of Pembo Elementary School while Magic Spot were the small dumpsites or
empty lots in the barangay which were converted by the student into vegetable garden, ffrom
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 vegetable.

Another effective practice was the Project REACH or the Revitalized Enthusiasm for
Assistance to Children of Humanity, where each teacher adopted one student and acted as his/her
mentor for the entire school year. The teacher may give free tutorial for the adopted student
durimng free time, visit student family every now and then and in some instances gave student
his/her daily allowance of ten peson from teachers own pocket. This contributed to the
improvement of performance of Pembo Elementary School, from rank 23 rd in the Division
Achievement Test to rank 9 and six years later ranked 1st (nearly zero dro-out rate)

Urbanidad Kids -were students who acted as role model for the students and the
PEMBO community. They were the cleanest, most well-mannered and most diligent in class.

Project BOWL - Which mean Brains Operates Well on Loaded Stomach, every recess
children who were selected by the school as BOWL beneficiaries due to malnutrition were
provided a free bowl of lugaw.

Pera sa Panapon - was a weekly trash market where students, their parents and other
members of the community were invited to bring their recyclable garbage. The project helped the
school purchase the necessary supplies and was able to support 2 students to a 2010 math
competition in Singapore.

Sociological Basis of School Community Partnership

The functionalist theory states that institution must perform their respective functions for the
stabibility of society. Other institutions must come in if one institution fails to do its part for the
sake of society.

The school cannot do it all. “It takes a village to educate a child”,so goes the african proverb.
It has to work in partnership with other institutions in the community such as the
church,government organization and non-government organizations. With the breakdown of the
families, school face greater challege in educating the young.
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The rearing and education of the child is the primary obligation of parents. The school, the
church and other institution come in to assist parent and families to fulfill their irreplaceable
obligation. The breakdown of marriages, the demand for both motherand father to work to meet
the demands of rising cost of living resulting to less or practically no more time for parent to
spend time with their children have, however, attacked the stability of families and adversely
affected families ind the performance of their irreplaceable duty to educate children. Added to
theseis the increasing number of families composed of single mothers struggling to raise a
family. With the burden of earning logde solely on the shoulder of one parent, single parent
struggle to earn enough to provide for their families. Consequently, this responsibility leads to
their having a limited amount of time to spend for and with growing and developing children
who, unfortunately become more likely single-parent families themselves. They cycle goes on.

This is not mention the negative effect of uncontrolled and unregulated use of technology
on the young. While the use of technology has brought a lot of convenience its uncontrolled and
unregulated use by the tech-savvy kids expose these kids to all sorts of information favorable for
their development. So families, school and other institutions need to work together to save youth.

Legal Bases for Parents and Community Involvement

Republic Act 9155 - Governance of Basic Education Act of 2001

It is no wonder why even our laws support school-community partnership. RA 9155,

Governance of Basic Education Act, Section E(10) explicity states that one of the responsibilities
of school heads is “establishing school and community network and encouraging the active
participation of teacher organization, non-academic personnel of public schools, and parent-
teachers-community association.”

Section 3 (f) of the same Act encourages “local initiative for the improvement of school
and learning centers and to provide the means by which…improvements may be achieved and
sustained.”

Batas Pambansa Blg. 232, oterwise known as the education Act of 1982, Section 7 states that:

Every educational institution shall provide for the stablishment 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 and for the
promotionof their common interest. Respresentative from each subgroup of the educational
community shall sit and participate in these bodies, the rules and procedures of which must be
approved by them and duly published.

Republic Act 8525 - Adopt A School Program Act

Another law, RA. 8525 , Adopt -A-School Program Act, also provide for school-
community partnership. It allows “private intities to assist public school, wheter elementary,
secondary, or teriary,… in, but not limited to the following areas: staff and faculty development
for training and further education; contruction of facibilities; upragrading of existing facibilities,
provision of books, publication and other instructional materials; and modernazation of
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instructional technologies.”

Education for All (EFA 2015)

Even the Phillipine Education fo All (EFA) 2015 Plan, then a vision and a holistic
program and reforms that aimed to improve the quality of basic education for every Filipino by
end 2015 likewise state: “Schools shall continue to harness local resources and facilitate
involvement of every sector of the community in the school improvement process.”

This EFA 2015 Plan was extended in Education for All Beyond 2015-Agenda 2030 has
7 new educational targets from 2015 to 2030 thus must involve education stakeholders which in
essence is school - community partnership. UNESCO Assistant Director General Education,
Dr.Qian Tang, himself admits that Agenda 2030 cannot be realized without schools partnering
with community. He said: “Our vision must be more aggressive, more committed not just
involving goverment, non-govenrment agencies but all stakeholder.”

III. Application(Performance Task-40%)

1. Can schools take the place of families in the rearing of children? Why or why not?
2. Cite additional examples of school-community partnership in your chosen known school
that benefit the young.
IV. Assessment(Written Works-30%)
Long Quiz

1. Which is TRUE of a school and community partnership?

a. Community helps school
b. School is a recipient of assistance from the community
c. Both school and community benefit.
d. Both school and community lose.

2. Which program is a proof of school and community partnership where every month of
May eduation stakeholders contribute their time, talent and treasure to ensure that
school facilities are set in time for the school opening.
a. PTA Assembly
b. School Governing Council Annual Assembly
c. Brigada Eskwela
d. Palarong Pambansa

3. Which statement is TRUE of school and community partnership?

a. Elder in the community can be key informants of research in local history
b. Parents can help school only in terms of school facilities
c. Donations from politician are not accepted to prevent electioneering
d. Only school benefits from the partnership

4. “It takes a Village to Educate a Child.” Which does this statement imply?
a. PTA is more than enough partnership
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b. Institutionalize school-community partnership

c. School can substitute for absentee parents
d. Children need more models

5. Adopt-A-School Program allows private entities to assist which schools?

a. Public elementary schools
b. Public secondary schools
c. Public tertiary schools
d. Public schools in all level

V. Reflection
In what way am I involved in school and community partnership? What good have I
done to school and community? What else can I do?
VI. References
 Pawilen, G.T., Reyes, E.M., Rivera, J.A.A. & Sison, T.M.J. (2019). The School and The Community, School
Culture, and Organizational Leadership. Sampaloc, Manila: Rex Book Store, Inc.
 Prieto, N.G., Arcangel, C.N., & Corpuz, B.B. (2019). The Teacher and The Community, School Culture, and
Organizational Leadership. Quezon City, Manila: Lorimar Publishing, Inc.
 https://www.google.com/search?
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Prepared by:

ALLAN E. DATA, LPT, MAEd

Instructor

Reviewed by: Approved by:

JOHN MARC R. MENDOZA, MAEd, MLIS JESS JAY M. SAJISE, DBA

Program Head, School of Teacher Education Vice President of Academic Affairs External