School Plant Management and Organization

1. School Plant
Management and
Organization
ED308
AILEEN B. LAPID

2. School Plant
• - one of the major aspects of school administration
• - refers to everything within the school premises which
includes the site, buildings, equipment and all essential
structures, permanent and non-permanent as well as
machines and laboratory equipment and others.
• - an integral part of the learning environment
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3. Why should a school head/principal show concern
about the use of the equipment and instructional
materials in his/her school?

4. because it is one of his major duty as a school
head and a major aspects of his being a school
administrator
should ensure that the school plant is ready for
use when due and that it is correctly used for the
purpose for which it is meant.
This also the right way to prolong the life spans
of the equipment and prevents avoidable
damage.

5. The school head can enhance the use of
appropriate teaching materials by careful planning
and supervision, and it involves the following;

6. •Ascertaining that each room in the building is
used to its capacity.
• Ensuring that assignment of space reflects the
best educational use of that space.
• He should make sure that non-instructional
spaces are used for intended purposes.

7. The school head should encourage effective
utilization of school materials and equipment
by;
• Producing and giving to every teacher, a list of the
available special teaching equipment, materials and
supplies in their respective subject areas and
encouraging them to sign them out and make use of
them regularly.
• Making them aware of any newly purchased
equipment in the school and, if necessary, organizing a
workshop, demonstration or talk on how to use it for
the relevant teachers.

8. • Undertaking some classroom visits from time to time
to see whether and how they use the available school
equipment.
• Complementing his/her observation with analysis of
data on how such equipment are signed out by the
teachers. This presupposes that such records are kept
by the property custodian or whoever oversees the
equipment and materials

9. • As in the case of school buildings, the school head has to
make sure that the available teaching aids in the school are
optimally used to facilitate students’ learning.
• The reason for this may be either that the teachers do not
know that such materials exist in the school, or that they are
not skilled at using them. In some cases, the teachers may be
aware of the availability of the materials, they may know how
to use them, but they may not be willing to use them.
• The school head can encourage effective utilization of school
materials and equipment.

10. Reshaping School Plant Maintenance
Culture in the country

11. Students:
• The students can keep their classroom clean and tidy by sweeping
and scrubbing and wiping the areas in the classroom that needs it.
• They can preserve the cleanliness by showing good behaviors and
caring like avoiding vandalism, breaking the windows through
playing and making sure that trash or garbage they will see
anywhere should be put in the cans or the proper disposal place.
• As student they should maintain the cleanliness and orderliness of
their classroom and school as a whole.
• They should participate in the activities like making or composing a
poem or a song, a slogan or collage, a mottos or banners that
emphasize how to take care of the environment in the school and
other facilities.

12. Teachers:
• They can supervise their students in maintaining the cleanliness.
• Teachers can follow up students to clean the classroom and
surroundings and the orderliness in the classrooms and school
facilities.
• They can create an activity in the class for their students that
would encourage them to do their part in the maintenance of the
school buildings, equipment and facilities.
• They can make their own classroom rules and regulation pertaining
to the maintenance of the cleanliness and include in it somewhat
punishment or measures for the bad display of behavior by the
students.
• Each teacher should act as the maintenance crew, manager and
supervisor in their area where their faculty room and classrooms
are situated, and their class sections are located.

13. “The quality of physical
learning environment…
goes hand in hand with
academic performance”
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15. Promoting School Plant Maintenance
Culture
‘School Culture’ is the major determinant of how its
members in the school like the teachers, staff, head
teachers and students behave in that school. Their
interactions in every aspects of school life, are usually
based on existing acceptable standards of behavior, the
values of the group members, and their beliefs and
assumptions about school and other aspects of life. All
these constitute the culture of the school.

16. Promoting School Plant Maintenance
Culture
Rules and regulations are formulated by the members
of the school to ensure compliance with behavioral
norms. Acceptable standards of behavior are rewarded
in one way or the other while unacceptable ones
receive appropriate sanctions. The school culture
persists over time unless there is a reason to change
some aspects of it. But even if there is any good reason
to change any aspect of it, it is often a difficult task
doing so.

17. Promoting School Plant Maintenance
Culture
The extent to which members of a school value and take
care of the school plant is determined by their beliefs
about the worth and significance of the school plant.
Their general attitude towards the maintenance of the
school plant, in turn, determines to some extent, the
efficiency in the use, and effectiveness of the school
plant in supporting the academic program and satisfying
the needs of the users including the members of the
local community.

18. Promoting School Plant Maintenance
Culture
In the same way that a school head influences the school
culture, so also can he/she influence their attitudes towards
the school plant and its maintenance and operation. His/her
attitudes, pronouncements about the care for school plants
and the promptitude, or otherwise, with which he/she pays
attention to school plant maintenance issues, and his/her
discussions and manner of involvement of staff and students
on matters concerning the school plant, influence the
attitudes, beliefs and values of his/her subordinates and the
student body.

19. Promoting School Plant Maintenance
Culture
The occupants of a positive school maintenance culture
of a school plant will gain appreciation of the efforts and
importance of each individual in the group. They will
see the beauty and attractiveness of the school plant
and will sustain the prevailing attitudes towards the
maintenance of the school plant. They would be very
happy, contented and active in doing their work in their
workplace.