Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Colleges
GRADUATE SCHOOL
Pioneer Avenue, General Santos City
SESSION GUIDE
Name of Reporter: ________________
Session Title
Meaning of School Administration
Duration
1 hour and 30 minutes
Target Participants
29 graduate students
How does this contribute to the
program outcomes?
This session will help the participants to be equipped with the foundation and principles of leadership in the context of
school administration through engaging activities and relevant inputs to apply basic leadership skills in their respective
fields.
Learning Objectives
Terminal Objective:
At the end of the session, the participants will be able to explain the concept of School Administration in both conceptual
and operational level.
Enabling Objectives:
1. Define school administration.
2. Identify and contextualize functions of school administration with its guiding principles.
3. Assess the participant’s leadership style.
Key Understandings
School administration is one of the most important ingredients into achieving a well-run school system. As such, this task
is mostly like to be given to a problem solver with efficient time management skills. On the brighter side, this skill can be
learned through genuine dedication and commitment to profession and professional development. Having a good school
administration will probably result into a better over-all school condition. Hence, an administrator must know the nature,
scope, task, and importance of this job. In this session, the participants are expected to internalize the guiding principles
of an effective school administration. It includes planning, organizing, staffing, directing, coordinating, reporting, and
budgeting. Lastly, this session includes a self-assessment leadership tool for the participants to have a grasp as how they
are likely to be once they become a school administrator.
References
Craig, A. (2018). Definition of Educational Administration. Retrieved September 22, 2020.
https://www.theclassroom.com/definition-educational-administratio5452428.html
Learn Org Article. (2017). What is School Administration. Retrieved September 22, 2020.
https://learn.org/articles/What_is_School_Administration.html
Palomar College WordPress Site. (ND). Classroom Management Self-Assessment Test. Retrieved September 22,
2020 https://www2.palomar.edu/pages/tjohnston2/selfassessment/
Seril, E. (2018). Functions and Principles of School Administration. Polytechnic University of the Philippines –
Sta.Mesa.
METHODOLOGY/STAGE
INTRODUCTION
Greetings to the Participants
Reading of terminal and enabling
objectives
KEY POINTS
TOOLS/ RESOURCES
Terminal Objective:
At the end of the session, the participants will be able Slide Deck
to explain the concept of School Administration in both
conceptual and operational level.
SLIDE
NUMBER
TIME
ALLOTMENT
3 minutes
Enabling Objectives:
1. Define school administration.
2. Identify and contextualize functions of school
administration with its guiding principles.
3. Assess the participant’s leadership style.
A situation will be given to the participants for analysis:
PRIMING ACTIVITY:
Group Activity
5 minutes
“John does not want to participate in your activities.
He always says he hates math and gets to hate you
as a teacher as well. As a result, he does not follow
anything you say.”
“A teacher keeps posting tiktok videos that are vulgar,
below the belt, and sometimes with malicious and
negative contents. As the principal, you took a
screenshot of her tiktok post and shared it to the
school’s facebook page to remind everyone to be
careful of their posts and made it as an example.”
What do you think of the action taken?
Have a sharing of insights among the participants.
ANALYSIS:
Ask the participants the following questions:
1. How would you deal with these scenarios?
2. What do you think of the action taken?
ABSTRACTION
Let the participants share their insights about the
given questions.
Say:
To help you clearly realize your role as an effective
school administrator, key concepts have to be
unlocked. Let’s get to know each of them!
Define the following:
1. Resources – these are the available supply for
support ready to be utilized such as human
resources and material resources.
2. Principles – These are guiding belief one
possesses that affects one’s actions and
decisions.
3. Leadership – The quality of how a leader
deals with different situation.
10 minutes
5 minutes
Slide deck
LECTURE
45 minutes
I.
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION
Say:
This morning we will be getting ourselves into the
shoe of a school administrator as we learn and
internalize this concept.
Slide Deck
Show and explain each slide on the slide deck
Slide Deck
II.
MAJOR FUNCTIONS OF
ADMINISTRATION
Say:
Why is school administration important? What functions
does it play?
Show and explain each slide on the slide deck
III.
GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION
Say:
How is
an
demonstrated?
Slide Deck
effective
school
administration
Show and explain each slide on the slide deck
IV.
STYLES OF EDUCATIONAL
ADMINISTRATION
Say:
What kind of leader are you?
The participants will take the self-assessment tool.
Show and explain each slide on the slide deck
Slide Deck
APPLICATION
Ask the following questions:
How would you define school administration based on
your own understanding?
20 minutes
Slide Deck
References
What do you think is the most important function of a
school administrator?
In your own way, how would you become an effective
school administrator?
How would you deal to those teachers that are not
performing well? e.g. late submission of requirements,
substandard outputs, have hard time abiding school
rules and regulations
In a work from home set-up, how would you ensure the
school is still running smoothly?
CLOSURE
Slide Deck
2 minutes