Social Studies, JSS 2, Week 6
Topic: The School Community
Contents:
- Meaning of school
- Meaning of school community
- Members of the school community
- Functions of the school community
- Duties of the school community member
Meaning of School
A school is a place where learning takes place. It an institution where instruction is given, especially to person under college age. It is an institution for instruction in a particular skill or field.
A school is an organized structure made available for imparting and educating people
Community is a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common.
School Community
It refers to the various individuals, groups, businesses, and institutions that are invested in the welfare and vitality of a public school and its community—i.e., the neighborhoods and everyone around the school environment.
Members of the school communities
- The school administrators
- The teachers
- The other staff members; the cleaners, gate men etc.
- The students
- The parents
- The local residents
- The school board members
Functions of the school to the community
- Provision of employment
- Educating the students in the community
- Ensuring law and orderliness in the community and environment
- Contributing to the development of the community
- Improving the culture of a school
- Strengthen relationships between students and teachers
- The school should foster feelings of inclusion, caring, shared purpose and collective investment
Duties of the school community members
Duties of the school community member are
School administrator
- Enforce discipline and attendance rules.
- Confer with parents and staff to discuss educational activities, policies, and student behavioral or learning problems.
- Observe teaching methods and examine learning materials to evaluate and standardize curricula and teaching techniques
- Collaborate with teachers to develop and maintain curriculum standards, develop mission statements, and set performance goals and objectives.
- Recruit, hire, train, and evaluate primary and other staffs.
Teachers
Teachers have so many duties to perform, some of them are
- Demonstrates communication and interpersonal skills as they relate to interaction with students, parents, other teachers, administrators, and other school personnel
- The teacher imparts knowledge to the Students
- Maintains confidentiality of students and students records
- Works cooperatively with school administrators, special support personnel, colleagues, and parents
- Complies with state administrative regulations and Board of Education policies
- Conducts assigned classes at the times scheduled
- Enforces regulations concerning student conduct and discipline
The Parents
- The parents are responsible for providing the students with text book and other materials to facilitate learning
- Assist the students in their take home assignment
- Ensures the students wake up early to go to school
- The parents imbibe good morals in their children
Test and Exercise
- An institution where instruction is given, especially to person under college age (a) school (b) home (c) prison (d) toilet
- What is a community?
- The functions of school to community members are the following except (a) employment opportunities (b) contributing to the development of the community (c) causing environmental hazards (d) all of the above
- The person responsible for imparting knowledge to students in school is (a) parents (b) cleaners (c) nurse (d) teachers
- The school is aim at (a) imparting knowledge (b) destroying government facilities (c) disobeying authorities (d) arresting offenders. for more notes; see: http://passnownow.com/classwork-support/
