Week 1- The School

The School

What is the schools purpose?Good schools :Are responsible for Are places where ..Have a significant role in .Pass on and reinforce..

Features of Organizational StructureOrganizational structure is what people do and how they relate to each other.Looking at schools as organizations helps us to understand how they work and the challenging for managing them.

BureaucracyMost bureaucracies are hierarchical. They have a chain-of-command

Positions of people and their jobs

School CultureAs well as structure, organizations like schools also have their own culture.Culture refers to the many aspects of school life.

Every organization has:Organizational cultureOrganizational normsUnique set of stakeholdersChain of commandSocial structuresHidden curriculum1. Find out what each of these terms means. 2. Give 2 examples of this as it relates to schools.Hidden Curriculum Activity

Alongside the formal curriculum within educational establishments exists a hidden curriculum. This refers to values, attitudes and principles which are implicitly conveyed to students. http://wps.pearsoned.co.uk/ema_uk_he_plummer_sociology_3/40/10342/2647735.cw/The hidden curriculum represents the things that children learn while at school that are not a part of the formal curriculum. As future teachers, leaders and managers we need to remember that we can shape the hidden curriculum.

Each organization on a local, regional and global level has a unique hidden curriculum.What are examples of the hidden curriculum in the UAE?What messages do students learn?

Is the hidden curriculum a positive force in school organisation? How?Longstreet and Shane (1993) offer a commonly accepted definition for this term.. . . the "hidden curriculum," which refers to the kinds of learnings children derive from the very nature and organizational design of the public school, as well as from the behaviors and attitudes of teachers and administrators.... " 46StakeholdersAll schools have stakeholders. 1. Who are the stakeholders of the public school 2. What is their stake? What do they want from the school?3. Align the stakeholders in terms of power over a school.

Positives and negativesWhat are the positives and negatives of bureaucracy?How can we maintain the positives of bureaucracy while minimizing the negatives in school?

Given what I have learned - what power would I have in a school to make a difference in some way?

Workshop Journal Entry Task - reflect on what you have learned and answer the above question.