Delegation for effective management as practical by three catholic school principals in the province of Antique

• Main Author: Nietes, Thelma
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1978
• Subjects: School management and organization; Educational planning; Catholic high schools > Administration; High school principals; Educational Leadership
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/2498
• Institution: De La Salle University

This project paper designs a functional model of delegation for a principal's effectiveness and efficiency through sharing of some responsibilities with the teachers and staff of a high school, which has a positive income and the enrollment between 300 to 500 students. This model identifies the tasks mentioned in the survey questionnaire by the Educational Management Center. Specifically, the questionnaire identifies the principal's tasks under planning, decision-making, reporting and supervision which could be shared and delegated so as to allow the principal to give more emphasis on the major responsibilities as an educational leader.A survey questionnaire prepared by the Educational Management Department Center to find out the extent of delegation used by the principals of the schools, was administered by the writer to three high schools. Under the planning task, there are four areas to be delegated: preparation of the program activities, preparation of the orientation of students, preparation of the long-range plan, and setting the priority objective. For decision-making, three areas to be delegated are: admission of students, discipline of students, and the recommendation of books to be used. There are two areas to be delegated in the task of reporting. As shown by the comparative results of the three schools against the model, the three principals of the schools surveyed availed of delegation to a very limited extent. The responses showed evidence that they were overworked with so much routinary and clerical jobs. Despite the presence of registrars and secretaries, the principals do most of the clerical jobs. Further observations showed that these principals take care of issuing admission slips to absent and tardy students. This time consuming job has to be delegated. Principals could certainly improve their efficiency in managing their schools as educational leaders if they involve the teachers as well as the staff in matters which are not directly related to their primary responsibility in managing the school.