Die bestuursrol van die skoolhoof met betrekking tot ouerliggame
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Kilian, Petrus Willem
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Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education
Abstract
With regard to the education dispensation as proposed by the
HSRC Education Report (1981} a degree of ignorance prevails
among parents as well as practising teaching staff. The
obvious person to make available this information appears to
be the principal. The abovementioned report emphasises an
important aspect related to provision of tuition on the
formal level - viz. that parents are co-responsible, and
therefore should have a say in the educational tuition of
their children.
Organized parent involvement in the educational tuition of
their children in Transvaal is embodied in statutory parent
bodies such as management councils and in non-statutory
parent bodies such as the "Transvaalse Afrikaanse
Ouervereniging (TAO)". These parent bodies can represent
the parents who have elected them at a high level with
regard to matters relating to educational tuition.
The family as a primary community and the school as a
secondary community should work in conjunction with each
other and a spirit of partnership should exist between the
family and the school for the benefit of the educational
tuition of the child. Parent involvement and their dictates
in school matters should take place in an organized and
orderly fashion. It has become evident that the family and
the school as partners have mutual expectations of each
other. These expectations can only be realised if a bond of
mutual trust exists between the partners and if concordant
objectives relating to educational tuition are pursued.
The composition of and the powers and duties of a Management
Council and the TAO are discussed. From the literature
study it has become clear that future clarification and
specification, of these powers and duties are required. This
will prevent any confusion concerning the dual competency
areas of parent bodies and the school.
Further it is pointed out that the principal is responsible
for the management of the school in its totality. The
principal's management embraces the planning, organization,
guidance and exercise of control. The principal also
exercises these managerial aspects within the activities of
the parent bodies. Special emphasis is placed on guidance,
which should emanate from the principal, so as to equip the
parent bodies with the knowledge and the ability by means of
which they will be able to exercise their task fittingly.
It has also come to light that a manager's function is not
only to plan, to organize, to give guidance, and to exercise
control. The manager (i.e. principal) fulfils several other
roles. According to Mintzberg's approach to the managerial
role, it emerges that the principal also interprets
different managerial roles in respect to the involvement of
statutory and non-statutory parent bodies in educational
tuition.
An empirical investigation was made by means of a structured
mailed questionnaire. This investigation confirms that the
principal, as manager of the school, interprets certain
roles and executes managerial tasks in respect of the
activities of organized parent bodies.
Certain conclusions were finally reached and recommendations
relevant to specific facets of statutory and non-statutory
parent bodies were made.
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Skripsie (MEd)--PU vir CHO, 1990