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Volume 7 Issue 4
July-August 2025
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School Governance in Complex Contexts: A Systems-Informed Framework for Public School Leadership
Author(s) | Dr. Fernando Bonajos Enad |
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Country | Philippines |
Abstract | In the evolving landscape of Philippine public education, school leaders face complex, interconnected challenges that extend beyond instructional supervision to include financial management, stakeholder engagement, and strategic planning. This study develops and field-validates a systems-informed school governance framework designed to support public school heads in diagnosing root causes, identifying leverage points, and executing coherent, sustainable interventions. Drawing from systems thinking, adaptive leadership, and complexity theory, the framework was constructed through deductive theory synthesis and field-validated during a strategic planning session at San Agustin National High School in Sagbayan, Bohol, Philippines. Using design-based qualitative methodology, the research integrated causal loop diagramming and participatory planning to assess the framework’s contextual relevance. Findings reveal that the framework's six iterative stages: Diagnosis, Mapping, Focus, Leverage, Grounding, and Execution, enabled school leaders to shift from reactive compliance to strategic coherence. The study concludes that a systems-informed approach can enhance the strategic capacity of school governance, particularly in resource-constrained and policy-saturated environments. |
Keywords | systems thinking, adaptive leadership, school governance, strategic planning, DepEd Philippines, complexity theory |
Field | Sociology > Education |
Published In | Volume 7, Issue 4, July-August 2025 |
Published On | 2025-07-30 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i04.52442 |
Short DOI | https://doi.org/g9vpm9 |
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