Exploring School Crises Management: Basis for Program Framework

The aim of the study is to explore the crisis management in schools of Division of Bataan the school year 2021-2022 to provide research-based information in preparedness and responsiveness of schools in crises through program framework enhancement. The population frame of the study consisted of a total of 135 respondents   Specifically, the variables under study involved the profiles of respondents, the level of preparedness of school to crises response, level of responsiveness of the school on crisis response of the division and ability of the leaders to respond to crisis in the context of workplace.The population frame of the study consisted of 135 respondents categorized as follows; 47 of these were school leaders (principals/assistant principals), 46 teachers and 42 parents in quantitative part and 10 participants in qualitative part.  The study utilized the mixed method type of research since the subject under the study is concerned with the implication of both fact and perception acquisition and analysis techniques of school’s preparedness and responsiveness in crisis management. To gather data of respondents, survey -questionnaire was utilized and was analyzed by SPSS v23 thus, a self-structured questionnaire was used in the interview were narrative of participants were coded using MAXQDA software.The result of the study yielded specifically, having the least scores data and yielded to prepared level of crises management are as follows: risk understanding, contingency plan and dissemination and monitoring. Particularly, the findings for the low scores in the area of responsiveness on the crises management of school falls in the area of concerns as follows: internal system and process for monitoring and feedback and collaboration with key stakeholder. In addition, the following themes were extracted: School Leaders must possess qualities necessary for Crisis Response, School Leaders must possess proactive skills and planning abilities, School Leaders must have increased coordinating and communicating capabilitiesIt was then concluded that school’s dissemination strategies and contingency plans are apt but require wider extension for a broader set of focus and should be reassessed frequently due to dynamic nature of challenges. Also, they should enhance stakeholders’ involvement, cooperation, and interaction as important concerns in proper and timely disaster response.  It was then recommended that discuss changes proposed for crisis management in schools include leaders’ development programs, drill, bench marking of best practices in crisis management on different schools and updates of the plan’s contingency, better planning and communication systems and effective involvement of diverse stakeholders. The results contribute to developing more work on increasing preparedness and response measures in educational organizations and institutions.