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EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF PRIMARY SCHOOLS

THE COURSE ON EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT of Primary Schools was held from June 30-July 26, 2003 to improve the management skills of a group of Bangladeshi education officials.

The course gave the participants the opportunity to be exposed to primary school management practices in the Philippines and other Southeast Asian countries that can be applied in the Bangladeshi setting.

The participants came up with their vision for the Bangladeshi school after defining the success profile of Bangladeshi school heads and the components of an effective primary school. Lecture sessions focused on topics such as policy-making and program planning, pre-service and in-service teacher, school-based management, transformational leadership and instructional supervision. Technology leadership sessions gave an overview on the role of school managers in advocating technology integration in administration and teaching, and gave the participants basic skills in selected productivity and presentation tools.

Other training sessions dealt with participatory monitoring and evaluation of teacher performance, performance management and planning and managing continuing professional development. Administrative management of non-teaching staff and school facilities, resource generation and linking with the community, government and non-government groups rounded out the participants’ capabilities in dealing with all aspects of primary school management.

Visits to the Department of Education and to some elementary schools in Metro Manila and in the province of Batangas served to show the participants first-hand how primary schools operate in urban and rural settings.

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