Development of Division Technical Assistance (T.A.) Plan Focused on Schools with Developing SBM Level of Practice

Abstract

The study aimed to determine the status of the schools with Developing SBM Level of Practice in terms of the thematic areas and principles and elicit perceptions from the School Heads and SBM Coordinators on factors affecting their SBM Level of Practice. This study utilized qualitative research through the analysis of submitted SBM documents focused on the SBM themes and principles and written interview as well as focus group discussion to the School Heads and SBM coordinators of 17 Schools in the Division of Antipolo City identified with Developing SBM Level of Practice regarding the facilitating and hindering factors. This study focused only on the 17 schools identified with Developing SBM Level of Practice from SY 2013-2015. Also, the study was limited only on reports gathered from SY 2013-2015 since there were no NAT results yet available from SY 2016 up to present.

            Based on the findings of this study, the following conclusions were drawn: (1) Majority of the developing schools were categorized as “Below Marginal” in terms Access while majority were categorized as “Marginal” in terms of Efficiency and Quality, (2) All of the 17 developing schools were categorized as “Good” in terms the 4 SBM principles, (3) Most hindering factor that affected the SBM level of practice is “Organizing and Filing of Artifacts” and (4) Most facilitating factor that helped to improve is “Support and Communication to the Stakeholders”.

            Therefore, based on the conclusions of this study, the following are hereby recommended: (1) The school should include programs and projects in E-SIP that answers school performance indicator, (2) The school should allow stakeholders to initiate programs and projects related to different SBM Principles, (3) The school should increase the teachers’ awareness on the importance of SBM and needed artifacts for the improvement of their SBM level of practice, (4) The school should sustain the best practices that facilitate improvement in their SBM level of practice and (5) A parallel study can be done by other schools division to determine the factors that affects the SBM level of practice in their respective divisions.