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SITE-BASED
MANAGEMENT
HAZEL L. BELTRAN
What is site-based
management?
A non-elected management (made up
of the principal, selected staff,
lead/master teachers, and a few
supportive parents and students)
which either replaces the elected
school board or reduces its members
to figureheads.
it is the “decentralization” of the

decision-making authority to schools.
At the second level students work
together with community leaders,
local government officials and other
stake holders to improve school
performance.
DECENTRALIZATION
 Is to distribute the
administrative power of
functions of the central
authority over a less
concentrated areas.
It means to release from the
constraints of the central office played
on one person for years.
An official has a power to make
decisions that affect her school,
rather than depending on central
administrators to set her course.
It also means having the freedom
to hire personnel they want while
central office continues to makedecisions about the curriculum,
budget, and auxiliary services.
→ it was officially implemented as a governance
framework of the passage of RA 9155 in 2001 as a
Legal cover.
TEEP,SEDIP and BEAM → two pilot projects
implemented by DepEd.
POSITIVE RESULTS
1.IMPROVED ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS.
2.INCREASED PARTICIPATION OF PARENTS AND
THE COMMUNITY.

3.EMPOWERMENT OF THE LOCAL SCHOOL HEADS.
PRINCIPAL EMPOWERMENT--> a

restructuring program designed to give
heads of school more autonomy in
decision-making local governance and
site-based management.
1.A

COMPETENCIES OF SITE-BASED MANAGEMENT
well-thought-out committee structure. 

2.Enabling leadership. 

3. Focus on Student learning

4. Focus on adult-learning

5.School-wide perspective
6. Long-term Commitment
7.Curriculum Guidance
8.Opportunities for Learning and Assistance
9.Access to Information
SBM is also regarded as :
1.Governance Reform
>shift the balance of authority.
2.Political Reform
>broaden the decision-making base.
3.Administrative Reform
>make management more efficient by decentralizing and deregulating
it.
>management efficiency presumably serves the ultimate goal of the
organization-student learning.
>to enhance the student learning is to let education professionals
make the
important professional decision.

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Site based management

  • 3. A non-elected management (made up of the principal, selected staff, lead/master teachers, and a few supportive parents and students) which either replaces the elected school board or reduces its members to figureheads.
  • 4. it is the “decentralization” of the decision-making authority to schools. At the second level students work together with community leaders, local government officials and other stake holders to improve school performance.
  • 5. DECENTRALIZATION  Is to distribute the administrative power of functions of the central authority over a less concentrated areas.
  • 6. It means to release from the constraints of the central office played on one person for years. An official has a power to make decisions that affect her school, rather than depending on central administrators to set her course.
  • 7. It also means having the freedom to hire personnel they want while central office continues to makedecisions about the curriculum, budget, and auxiliary services.
  • 8. → it was officially implemented as a governance framework of the passage of RA 9155 in 2001 as a Legal cover. TEEP,SEDIP and BEAM → two pilot projects implemented by DepEd.
  • 9. POSITIVE RESULTS 1.IMPROVED ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS. 2.INCREASED PARTICIPATION OF PARENTS AND THE COMMUNITY. 3.EMPOWERMENT OF THE LOCAL SCHOOL HEADS.
  • 10. PRINCIPAL EMPOWERMENT--> a restructuring program designed to give heads of school more autonomy in decision-making local governance and site-based management.
  • 11. 1.A COMPETENCIES OF SITE-BASED MANAGEMENT well-thought-out committee structure.  2.Enabling leadership.  3. Focus on Student learning 4. Focus on adult-learning 5.School-wide perspective
  • 12. 6. Long-term Commitment 7.Curriculum Guidance 8.Opportunities for Learning and Assistance 9.Access to Information
  • 13. SBM is also regarded as : 1.Governance Reform >shift the balance of authority. 2.Political Reform >broaden the decision-making base. 3.Administrative Reform >make management more efficient by decentralizing and deregulating it. >management efficiency presumably serves the ultimate goal of the organization-student learning. >to enhance the student learning is to let education professionals make the important professional decision.