Republic Colleges of Guinobatan Inc.

Guinobatan, Albay

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Educ 203 (Administration and Supervision)
Cynthia Bea
2:00 5:00
Maricson Bas Teope
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MAEd

OTHER PERSONNEL ASSISTING THE DIVISON

SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
There are other personnel in the Division assisting the Division
Superintendent in supervision and improving the teaching and learning
situations. They are the Division Supervisors, Principal of Secondary School,
District Supervisor, Elementary School Principal, and the Head Teacher.
1. Division Supervisors The Division Superintendent of Schools is
assisted by the Division Supervisors composed of the Academic
Supervisor, English Supervisor, Pilipino Language Supervisor, Science
Supervisor, Home Economics Supervisor, Health Supervisor, and
Physical Education Supervisor. Some school divisions have also Music
Supervisor, Adult Education Supervisor, and Industrial Arts Supervisor.
Some supervisors are paid from the local funds. Division supervisors
who are paid from the national funds are appointed by the Secretary of
Education and Culture upon the recommendation of the Director of the
Bureau of Education, now the Bureau of Elementary Education. The
Division Supervisors paid from the local funds are appointed by the
Division Superintendent by authority of the Secretary of Education and
Culture.
The primary duty of the Division Supervisors is to assist the Division
Superintendent in carrying out effectively the educational programs in
the division. They assist the Superintendent in an advisory capacity.
The Division Supervisors official relation with other officials and
classroom teachers are carried on the name of the Division
Superintendent and they are devoted to supervision of classes in the
division for the purpose of helping classroom teachers, principals, and
district supervisors in studying, improving and evaluating teaching and
learning activities.
2. Secondary School Principal Each division has one or more secondary
schools, either academic or vocational. The Principals of these school
are directly responsible to the Division Superintendent and, through
him, to the Regional Director. The major duties of a Secondary School
Principal are to assign teachers and to prepare school programs, to
supervise the method of instruction in his own school, to conduct inservice education to his teachers, to evaluate the effectiveness of
teaching and learning, and to maintain good public relations with the
people of the community and provincial and local officials.
3. District Supervisor To facilitate administration and supervision, Act
No. 74 of the Philippine Commission divided the Division into districts,
each district under the direct control and supervision of a District

Supervisor. The District Supervisor if appointed by the Secretary of

Education and Culture upon the recommendation of the Director of the
Bureau of Public Schools, now the Bureau of Elementary Education. The
District Supervisor is an administrator in a limited scale and a
supervisor in a large scale. His primary duty is supervision of
instruction in the elementary grades. Every supervising teacher is
required to inspect every school in his district at least once a month,
where travel conditions permit. The main purpose of these visits is to
find out what the teaching and how he teaches it, to help him when he
needs help, and to point out to him his strong and weak points. As
head of the school district, performs multifarious functions.
4. Elementary School Principal According to Act. No. 74 of the Philippine,
each municipality of pueblo is empowered to establish an elementary
school under the direct control and supervision of a principal.
According to this Act, the elementary school principal is under the
supervision of the District Supervisor. The elementary school principal
is the administrator, organizer, supervisor and leader of his school. The
administrative duties of the elementary school principal cover the
following: (a) planning the school programs, (b) systematizing the
office work, (c) maintenance of school discipline, (d) care of school
ground and building, (e) care of school property, (f) making reports,
filing forms and (g) attending to correspondence. His administration of
the school covers also the enforcement of school policies, direction of
school activities or movements, opening and closing schools, and
elimination hazards. The supervisory duties cover the following: a)
classroom observation, (b) conferences with teachers and pupils, (c)
tests and measurements, (d) teachers meeting, (e) demonstration
classes, and (f) in-service training of teachers.
5. Head Teacher in small elementary school having no principal teacher,
one of the teachers is designed Head Teacher by the Division
Superintendent of schools, in such a school, there must be a least
seven teachers in order for one of them to be designated Head
Teacher. The Head Teacher is under the direct supervision of the
District Supervisor. In addition to his teaching duties, the head teacher
is responsible for the proper operation and management of his school.
The Head Teacher serves as the educational teacher in the barrio.
Nature of Supervision in the Division
As discussed in this Chapter, the division superintendent of schools,
the division and district supervisors, and the principal teachers compose the
supervisory organization of the school division. They officially represent the
Director of Public Schools and often conduct and manage the schools,
exercising both supervisory and administrative duties. They visit classes to
examine the content of instruction and the teachers method, and to
encourage improvement in teaching and learning through official recognition
of commendable practice s on the part of both teacher and pupils. Besides,
they visit classes to evaluate the instruction, and to secure data which will be
useful in directing and guiding the work of their subordinates. It cannot be
denied that supervision is not fully effective unless the supervisor can
actually and frequently observe classroom work and existing conditions even

in the remote barrios and render help to the teachers and the pupils in the
community.
To accomplish these aims the division supervisors, through their
knowledge of the fundamental principles involved, lead the teachers to do
the correct things. They encourage and foster continuous growth and effort,
and help the teachers to distinguish between ends and means. They also
evaluate and analyze the activities observed in terms of the outcomes
desired. The improvement of teaching and learning depends largely upon
them.
It can be summarized that the local supervision in public schools
devolves mainly upon the following officials: elementary school principals,
supervising principals, district supervisors, and division supervisors for
elementary schools; and secondary school principals and a few subject
supervisors for secondary schools. A district supervisor takes charge of the
supervision of all the teacher in the district which may consist of one or two
municipalities. Where there is no district supervisor, a supervising principal
takes charge of the supervision of the teachers in his district. Under each
district supervisor are a number of elementary school principals, who have
charge of the supervision of the teachers in their respective schools.
Supervision of elementary and secondary schools in the division are
centered on the following aims: (1) providing help in teaching method and
techniques, (2) suggesting ways and means of accomplishing the objectives
of the various courses, (3) cooperating with the local officials in the
rehabilitation of public schools. (4) interpreting the various curricula in the
light of policies enumerated by the Bureau of Public Schools, and (5) holding
in-service training in the form of workshops, seminars, conferences, and
institutes for the upgrading of the skills of classroom teacher.
The supervisory functions of the public schools supervisory personnel
have thus undergone fundamental change in line with the democratic
concept. It cannot be denied that in the past, the activities of the supervisors
were centered mainly on inspection, observation, checking, and evaluating
the work of the classroom guidance of teachers, and the giving of
consultative service in formulating aims and objectives, curriculum
development projects and in-service training programs.
In order to coordinate the supervisory activities of the General Office
and those of the field, Circular No. 30, s. 1949, which request the yearly
submission of the supervisory objectives of each division, was issued by the
Director of the Bureau of Public Schools. The aim is to get an overall picture
of the areas of supervisory activities in the various school divisions, to enable
the General Office to anticipate the line of emphasis and problems in the
definitely to the solution of the basic educational problems in the field. The
issuance of this Circular on supervision has synchronized the supervisory
activities of the General Office supervisors and those in the field. The reports
of the Director of the Bureau of Public Schools during the past years have
indicated considerable improvement in the planning of the supervisory
program, formulating of objectives of the supervisory program, and
democratizing supervisory practices as a result of leadership and visits of
General Office Supervisors.