Guidelines and Policies on Regulating Pupils' Conduct: Inputs for Codification

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Policies and procedures help every individual to familiarize themselves with the service's practices and give them information about what to expect from the service. Policies should be living documents that must be regularly reviewed to ensure that they meet all the needs of those working in the service: the pupils, teacher, administrators and parents.

METHODS

The study utilized the descriptive method of research. According to Bernardez (2011), the descriptive research is otherwise known as normative survey. This method is concerned with the prevailing or existing status of an event or problem. Under this method, the researcher employs the following data gathering procedures: questionnaire, interview and observation.

RESULTS

1. Managing pupils' transition, support system promoting positive discipline, regulating the conduct of pupils, objectives, and ensuring the pupils’ academic performance, as well as the prevention of bullying found effective among public elementary schools in the Division of Lipa City.2.School heads, teachers and PTA officers coherently agreed that the guidelines and policies on the student code of conduct will be implemented.3.Maintain open communication among people and school organization. If all the parents will participate in the activities it will be highly constrained in the implementation of guidelines and policies on student code of conduct.4.Pupils’ support system has a positive effect, while prevention of bullying, ensuring the pupils’ academic performance, pupils’ support system, and managing the pupils’ transition has a negative effect in the implementation of guidelines and policies.5.The proposed codification student code of conduct will help promote positive student conduct and foster a climate of mutual respect for the rights of others, and teach students that they are responsible for conducting themselves in a manner appropriate to their age and level of maturity.

DISCUSSIONS

The result shows that teachers and administrators may actively promote and support appropriate and positive student behaviors that contribute to and sustain a safe, inclusive, and accepting learning and teaching environment in which students can reach his/her full potential. The efforts of the Division office of Lipa City for continuous provision on providing relevant trainings / INSET and capacitating all teachers deserve a high regards and commendations as it shows in the results of the study in the assessment on promoting positive discipline improve quality of implementation.