Private School Management Research Articles

Internal and external job stress of high school teachers in a private institution

Private schools are working tirelessly to provide a quality education without support from the government. This article aims to evaluate the internal and external job stress of high school teachers in private schools in Leyte, Philippines, and determine its governing factors. The study involved a complete enumeration process in selecting the participants and gathering primary data. In analyzing and extracting relevant information from the data, standard descriptive metrics, correlation analysis, and Chi-square test for independence were employed with the aid of statistical software. The findings of the study depicted that private teachers are both internally and externally moderately stressful in their jobs. The Chi-square test revealed that employment status and years in service are associated with the private teachers’ internal job stress and it is significant at a 10% level. In addition, it is depicted that gender, monthly salary, and years in service are significantly dependent on the teachers’ external job stress at a 10% level. Conclusively, the school heads and management of private schools must lessen the work assignments to avoid exhaustion and increase benefits to improve the well-being of teachers. Moreover, it is suggested that teachers in private schools must be provided with training and seminars, incentives, supplies for teaching, and other benefits that improve their productivity and become globally competitive educators.

Human Resource Development In The Pandemic Era: A Multy-Case Study at Islamic Private Elementary Schools in Central Java, Indonesia

The pandemic period that shook organizational stability was also able to inspire managers to develop human resource competencies. This article aims to analyse how private school managers at Central Java, Indonesia take advantage during the pandemic to develop human resource competencies. The approach used is qualitative phenomenology. Data were collected through observation, interviews with informants and also from references. The results indicate that school principals of the Islamic Private Schools can take advantage of the pandemic period to provide education and training, especially in ICT and redesigning teaching preparations. Besides that, it can also change the mindset of employees to adapt alterations and have high motivation at work, but still adhere to health protocols. This may be difficult when the training is carried out under normal conditions. The valuable lesson from this study is how school principals can perform human resource development in a fully-risked condition of pandemic.

THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION FOR ORAL HEALTH AWARENESS

This article seeks to examine the importance of education for oral health awareness. The general objective of this work was to understand the importance of education for oral health hygiene awareness. Even though we carry out many actions and create projects to improve the quality of education in Brazil, we cannot fail to highlight the need for such knowledge for other areas such as, for example, education and oral hygiene in schools. For theorists of this research such as Brasil (2000); Ferreira (2011); Rangel (2017), among others, state that promoting actions and carrying out projects can promote not only the knowledge necessary for prevention and the habit of hygiene and oral health, but there is also the possibility for the student to become a protagonist in this process, being responsible for bringing knowledge to other people in their socio-cultural environment. To carry out this work, bibliographical studies of books, scientific articles, dissertations, magazines and periodicals were carried out. For greater reliability on what was proposed to be researched in this work, a quantitative research will be carried out, through a diagnostic questionnaire composed of 6 (six) questions that will deal with the theme contained in this work, with the research subjects being: teachers, coordinators and public and private school managers in the municipality of Gravatá - PE. Through the results and information taken from the research questionnaires, and the percentages duly collected and measured, it will be possible to understand the importance of projects and actions at school aimed at education in health and oral hygiene. As the data is collected and the percentages presented, it will be possible to check whether there is a possibility that socio-economic and socio-cultural factors are contributing to the lack of health, hygiene and oral health.

The Development of an Effective Private School Management Model in the Northeastern Region of Thailand

The aim of this mixed-methods research is to create a model for developing effective private schools in the northeast of Thailand. Seven experts examine and affirm the key components for school effectiveness as suitable with priorities of needs for development as follows: 1) school curriculum management comprising instructional leadership, teaching and learning management, academic planning system, and information and technology; 2) learning community building consisting of learning network, collaboration, and learning climate and environment; 3) management of the school administrators comprising principal leadership, expertise in academic management, expertise in school personnel management, expertise in management of general affairs, and expertise in budget management. The research team creates the model; 15 experts determine and affirm it as suitable, feasible, and useful at the highest level; and the results of the experimentation for 3 months at one purposively selected school in Bookeo District, Chaiyaphum Province are found effective at the highest level. The model can be used as a framework in both elementary and secondary schools to go to quality schools.

Influence of Sex and Job Satisfaction on Turnover Intentions among Private School Teachers

Teaching is an essential profession in building human capital in any society. However, retaining this workforce in schools in Nigeria has become a herculean task over the years. This study examined sex and job satisfaction on turnover intention of teachers in private schools. Data were collected using cross-sectional survey design technique from 490 respondents in twenty-five private secondary schools across three Local Government Areas. 263 male and 227 female were conveniently sampled, with mean age of 23.1 and SD of 5.2; 361 married, 123 single, and 6 divorcees. Result showed that sex significantly influenced turnover intentions (t = 7.98, df (488), P<0.5). Also, there was a significant influence of job satisfaction on turnover intentions of the private school teachers (t = 2.64, df (488), P <0.5). On the basis of this, the researcher recommended that teachers’ job satisfaction programmes should be taking seriously by management of private schools so as to reduce their turnover intentions. Teachers should not be overburdened and time of engagement should probably be made more flexible for male teachers in private schools; they should also be more incentivized so as to attract them to the job;.

The Impact of Organizational Climate Dimensions on School Performance: A Study of UAE K-12 Private School Managers

This study was aimed to investigate whether the United Arab Emirates (UAE) K-12 school managers are conversant with school organizational climate (SOC) in maintaining school performance (SP), and to explore which school organizational climate (SOC) dimensions is mostly observed by the school managers in upholding the school performance. This study also investigated the significant relationship between SOC and school performance (SP) and established whether SOC as a whole or any of its dimensions is a significant predictor of school performance based on the perceptions of UAE K-12 private school managers. The questionnaire used was adapted from Jeswani and Dave, and Lasisi. Utilizing the mean scores, correlation matrix and regression analyses, the findings revealed relatively moderate positive awareness of the school managers about SOC. The findings also showed that there is a significant correlation between SOC and SP, and that SOC is also a significant predictor of SP. Nevertheless, of the SOC dimensions, only communication and supervision were discovered as significant predictors of school performance. On the other hand, orientation, decision-making, and reward management proved to be critical dimensions of SOC as they were found wanting in contributing to the prediction of the study’s model. This issue can be resolved by enhancing the approach used in implementing orientation, decision-making and reward management within the context of the UAE K-12 schools. As an implication, UAE government, education policy makers as well as school managers are encouraged to create and sustain SOC as it proved to be a significant predictor of school performance.

Education Financing During and Immediately After an Emergency: A Case of Effects of COVID-19 on the Financial Management of Private Secondary Schools in Uganda

Although school governing bodies are responsible for raising funds, their ability of fundraising is limited by the set laws or rules in the country, irrespective of the origin of the funds or assets in question. These laws have a big impact on the funding structure and management by private schools. In 2020, schools were closed for more than 7 months because of COVID-19 pandemics. This left many school proprietors bankrupt and it became difficult for them to solicit for the funds to run their schools. Using a qualitative research approach, the purpose of this research was to find out the effects of COVID-19 lockdown of education institutions on the financial management of private schools in Uganda. The study was guided by the following objectives: To determine how the school budget was affected by COVID-19, to examine the plans put into place to balance the budget, and to identify parents’ reactions on the request to continue paying school fees during the lockdown. The findings showed that COVID-19 brought an impact on school budget like reduced income due to re-opening in phases, high operating costs (COVID response equipment, utility costs, office supplies, among others), failure to pay school fees, as well as high bank interest rates on loans taken prior to the COVID-19 era. The study further revealed the different plans the school put into place to balance the budget like to prioritize spending, from support activities (alumni associations, school dinners), support from Board of governors, school extra activities (poultry and agriculture farms). Lastly, the findings revealed the different reactions by parents when told to continue paying school fees during and after the lockdown; whereas some easily accepted to pay because it was their obligation, majority had mixed feelings and almost refused since at the time of school closure, they had just paid. The following recommendations were made; the school administrators should encourage parents to pay school fees, the government should help schools financially, and the school governing bodies should support the schools they lead.

Academic Analysis on the Factors Affecting the Parent's Negative Behavior towards the Business in the Private School Management Sector

Academic Analysis on the Factors Affecting the Parent's Negative Behavior towards the Business in the Private School Management Sector

Integration of Education, Business and Marketing Management in Private School Management

Integration of Education, Business and Marketing Management in Private School Management

Implementation of Learning Continuity Plan in School Management of Private Schools: Basis for Action Plan

The researcher conducted this study to evaluate and explore the difficulties faced by the private school sector in the division of Tarlac Province as a result of the pandemic Covid-19. This pandemic has indeed posed challenges for schools, especially since the government announced and ordered that face-to-face sessions for the 2020-2021 school year would not begin until the COVID-19 vaccine was available. As a result of the economic downturn, there was a significant drop in enrollment in private schools, as parents who could afford the private schools’ exorbitant fees lost their jobs during the pandemic. Furthermore, the abrupt transition in learning and teaching mode imposed significant burden and expectations on school principals, teachers, and students. All private schools in the division of Tarlac Province were asked to comply with all government criteria for the school year 2020-2021 if they wanted to continue teaching and continue to operate. Because of the compliance and quick implementation and strict requirements, the LCP and health procedures imposed additional burdens. Despite the fact that instructions were provided on how private schools can prepare all the requirements for the start of classes, the process of the documentation itself is difficult and must be completed quickly. Finally, the research was to prepare private schools in the event of another disaster, such as a pandemic, by a proposed action plan ensuring that no private schools are forced to close and stop providing quality education to children. Keywords: private school institutions, learning continuity plan, covid-19, compliance

Implementation of Learning Continuity Plan in School Management of Private Schools: Basis for Action Plan

Implementation of Learning Continuity Plan in School Management of Private Schools: Basis for Action Plan

4-Head Teacher AS A Leader: An Analysis of Head Teachers Practices Based on Hersey Blanchard Model in Azad Jammu & Kashmir

The purpose of the study was to compare the leadership practices based on Hersey Blanchard model in AJK. The major objective of this study were to: compare the leadership practices of male and female Head teacher based on Hersey Blanchard Model, compare the leadership practices of public and private school Head teachers based on Hersey Blanchard Model. The study was descriptive in nature as it based on survey. The population of the study were Head Teachers of three District of AJK i.e. (kotli, Sudhnuti and Poonch) Stratified sampling technique was used for selecting the sample. The sample is selected according to (Gay, 2009). Data were collected using a survey questionnaire prepared on five-point Likert scale. Collected data were analyzed through independent sample t- test. On the basis of analysis and findings conclusion were drawn that the leadership practices of male Head teachers are better as compare to female Head teachers regarding direction and coaching while in supporting and delegation female Head teachers’ practices are better as compare to male Head teachers’ practices. It was concluded that the leadership practices of private Head teachers are better as compare to public Head teachers regarding direction, coaching and supporting while in delegation, public Head teachers’ practices are better than private Head teachers’ practices. The finding of the study recommended some ideas to be made for improving leadership practices. Government should provide forum in which both public and Private Head teacher share their practices. Government should upgrade their teacher and Head teacher regarding coaching according to modern era. Department of education should organize a proper ongoing training for their teacher and Head teacher regarding directing, coaching, supporting and delegation. The management of private schools should organize a proper ongoing training for their teacher and Head teacher regarding directing, coaching, supporting and delegation.

IMPLEMENTASI WAJIB PENDIDIKAN DASAR 12 TAHUN DI KOTA TANGERANG

The policy of the Tangerang City Government in increasing compulsory basic education that must be taken by its people from 9 years to 12 years, especially in increasing the number of senior high school public schools, is felt by private school managers to be a threat to its continued implementation, with an indication of a decrease in the number of people interested in school in schools that are managed by the private sector. The results of the analysis show that the existence of this policy must be responded positively by private school managers to further improve the quality of learning in schools. In fact, the decline in the number of students in private schools is more dominant by the emergence of new schools that offer a much better quality of learning

An assessment of private schools’ management strategies amidst COVID-19 lockdown in Nigeria

The sudden disruption of academic activities by Covid-19 in the year 2020, compelled government to introduce total lockdown in Nigeria. It is on this premise that this study examined private schools’ management strategies amidst lockdown. Four questions were generated to guide the study. The research resign of descriptive and correlation type were used for the study. The study population comprises of proprietors of nursery, primary and secondary schools across the six geo-political zones in Nigeria. An instrument tagged “Private School Management Strategies Questionnaire (PSMSQ)” was employed to collect comprehensive information from the respondents. Findings revealed different strategies employed for managing schools during the lockdown differs. While some perceived no significant difference on income and teaching strategies on the basis of gender, some perceived differences on the basis of population and communication. In the same vein, a significant difference exists on income generation and teaching strategies based on school type and geo-political zones. The study concluded that different strategies employed by proprietors for managing schools during lockdown helped to ensure seamless teaching and learning despite the lockdown. The study recommends that private schools should have uniform strategies that can be used to ensure continuous teaching if there is any pandemic in the future. Lastly, online teaching and learning should be integrated into the school curriculum

State-funded secondary education policy: Implications for private school management in Ghana

ABSTRACT This research explored the implications of state-funded secondary education policy for private school management in Ghana. The research used the qualitative approach relying on the phenomenological design. Based on expert and modal purposive sampling techniques, a representative of Ghana’s Ministry of Education, and 10 managers of 10 accredited private senior high schools in one of the country’s regions took part in individual interviews. I analyzed the data using interpretative phenomenological approaches. Falling enrollment, inability to recruit enough qualified teachers and low revenue emerged as challenges facing private secondary school management. To overcome the issues, the managers resorted to contingency measures.

Effective Management of Private Schools in Nigeria: Necessity for Governments’ Intervention

Private schools and owners invest a lot of worthwhile input in the provision of functional educational service delivery thus paving way for further access, equity and fair play to every intending learner as complement to the effort of government, the public school providers in Nigeria. This development actually met the world declaration of the expectation from all nations of the world to provide mass, quality and free education to all citizens. By and large, education service delivery as a social service requires huge sum of money in its operations across all levels of educational institutions – basic, post basic and tertiary. The paper examined effective management of private schools in Nigeria and the necessity for governments’ intervention. In a nutshell, the paper espoused: the world demand on provision of quality education; available sources of funding for private school ownership; challenges of private school ownership and management; justification for the establishment of private schools to support government established institutions; comparism of funding and management pattern of private schools in Nigeria and diaspora; and core constraints of private schools. The paper concludes and recommends that, respective governments, their agencies and parastatals should participate actively in rendering adequate support regarding award of grant-in-aid to owners of private schools; and that cost of registration and set up cost on infrastructural facilities for private schools - low, medium and high scales should be cut down by FME or SMoEs , ZIE, LIE, UBEC, TRCN, and similar institutions thus, affordable to create more access to learners with standards.

Characteristics of school-based drug prevention programs in Brazil.

The aim of this study was to identify the main characteristics of school-based drug prevention programs in Brazil and verify whether these interventions apply the prevention principles suggested by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). A cross-sectional study was conducted using a random national sample of 1,151 public and private school managers. The data were collected using an online questionnaire. Poisson regression was used to identify factors associated with the application of a greater number of prevention principles in the programs. The findings showed that programs were generally sporadic, had an average duration of one semester, incorporated different program models, and primarily directed at students. The most active organization in the delivery of programs was the Military Police. Private schools were shown to be 14% more likely to apply more good practice principles than public schools. Furthermore, programs delivered by school staff, health institutions, or departments of education were more likely to apply more prevention principles. Efforts are needed to improve drug prevention practice in Brazilian schools. Our findings show that, overall, school-based drug prevention programs do not apply the NIDA prevention principles.

Publicness: An Analytical Foundation for Categorization Standards under the Legislation for Private Schools

The central tenet of the revisions to the Law on the Promotion of Private Education is the implementation of categorized management of private schools, establishing a legal basis for categorized management. Private education is characterized by publicness, and upholding and guiding private schools in exercising their public nature is the target value of legislation on private education. Publicness determines the criteria under standards for the categorization of private schools, and differences in publicness provide an analytical foundation for private school categorization standards. Publicness defines the focal points of private school standards, including the subjects of the law for private education, as well as the rights and obligations of these subjects.

Liberia’s experiment with privatising education: a critical analysis of the RCT study

To experiment with the possible privatisation of its primary education system, Liberia initiated the Partnership Schools of Liberia (PSL), which turned over the management of 93 public schools to eight private contractors. A randomised controlled trial (RCT) study was initiated comparing the PSL schools with matched public schools and the results were recently published. This paper is a critical analysis of the PSL and its RCT study and has three main conclusions. First, increases in test score were more likely on the order of 35 percent to 45 percent instead of the reported 60 percent. Second, the increase in test scores had little, if anything, to do with the private management of schools. Test score gains likely resulted from policy changes that could be enacted in regular public schools. Third, the PSL is an extraordinarily expensive experiment, costing upwards of $25 million, and is unlikely to be worth the investment.

Prioritisation of factors influencing teachers' job satisfaction in the UAE

This study is the first to include four main factors with proven influence on teachers' job satisfaction in a comprehensive model for the UAE: motivation, school leadership style, job characteristics, and cultural intelligence (CQ). The objectives of this empirical study are (a) to provide an overview of the 20 sub-factors associated with each main factor, (b) to determine the preferences and priority that UAE private school teachers attribute to the four main factors of job satisfaction and their 20 sub-factors, and (c) to summarise these findings into a new analytical hierarchical model. An analytic hierarchy process (AHP) method has been chosen to resolve this multi-criteria decision-making dilemma to construct a comprehensive model. 'Recognition', 'pay', and 'autonomy' scored as the teachers' highest concerns. Focusing on these aspects should, therefore, be a priority for private school management in order to decrease teacher turnover.