Internal Stakeholder's Participation in School-Based Management

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

School-Based Management (SBM) is a major reform of the Department of Education. It concerns with the decentralization of Philippine education at the grassroots level. At the school level, school heads, teachers, students, and parents work together with local government officials, and other stakeholders to improve school performance. These internal stakeholders collaborate to achieve the vision of SBM which entails empowered schools, innovative teachers, engage community stakeholders, and improved student performance. In this light, the researcher would want to explore the internal stakeholders' participation in SBM and how it is related to student performance in Southville 1 Integrated National High School.

METHODS

Descriptive-correlation research design was used to determine the relationship between the internal stakeholders' participation in School-Based Management and students performance based on NAT results. The respondents are 150 students selected from Junior High School, 30 junior high teachers, and 10 parents from the General PTA Officers. The level of internal stakeholders' participation in SBM was determined using a researcher-made questionnaire, namely: roles and responsibilities, SBM practices, School Improvement Plan, Fiscal Management, human resource management and development, curriculum development, infrastructure improvement, and monitoring and evaluation of teacher performance, and students learning outcomes. Weighted mean, Pearson Product Moment of Correlation (Pearson r), and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) were used for data analysis and interpretation.

RESULTS

The internal stakeholders of Southville 1 Integrated National High School performed satisfactorily in terms of roles and responsibilities, SBM practices, school improvement plan, and fiscal management, but they performed moderately satisfactorily in terms of human resource management and development, and monitoring and evaluation of teacher performance, and students learning outcomes. The students have a low level of performance in their national achievement test. Hence, the level of internal stakeholders' participation in SBM does not have a significant relationship with the students' performance in the National Achievement Test.

DISCUSSIONS

Results imply that internal stakeholders' participation in School-Based Management does not affect the performance of the students in National Achievement Test. The student's level of performance is low and should be improved through peer teaching, intervention program, and research.