PHILIPPINE PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS FOR SCHOOL HEADS (PPSSH) FRAMEWORK
The PPSSH Framework depicts the synergy between maximizing school effectiveness and ensuring people’s effectiveness through a broad sphere of instructional and administrative practices stipulated in the five domains of the PPSSH.
PPSSH Framework
The five domains constitute a broad conceptual sphere of leadership practices for all school heads. The placement of learners at the center of the framework emphasizes the important role of school heads in the improvement of learner achievement.
DOMAIN 1: Leading Strategically
- Vision, mission and core values
- School planning and implementation
- Policy implementation and review
- Research and innovation
- Program design and implementation
- Learner voice
- Monitoring and evaluation processes and tools
DOMAIN 2: Managing School Operations and Resources
- Records management
- Financial management
- School facilities and equipment
- Management of staff
- School safety for disaster preparedness, mitigation and resiliency
- Emerging opportunities and challenges
DOMAIN 3: Focusing on Teaching and Learning
- School-based review, contextualization and implementation of learning standards
- Teaching standards and pedagogies
- Teacher performance feedback
- Learner achievement and other performance indicators
- Learning assessment
- Learning environment
- Career awareness and opportunities
- Learner discipline
DOMAIN 4: Developing Self and Others
- Personal and professional development
- Professional reflection and learning
- Professional networks
- Performance management
- Professional development of school personnel
- Leadership development in individuals and teams
- General welfare of human resources
- Rewards and recognition mechanism
DOMAIN 5: Building Connections
- Management of diverse relationships
- Management of school organizations
- Inclusive practice
- Communication
- Community engagement