Week Three Assignment, Part 1 – CARE Model
Analysis of District/Campus Improvement Initiatives or Action Research Plans
Please
review your intern plan. In the first course, students were encouraged to
engage in some action research, or participate in district or campus
improvement initiatives. Each of you has had some experiences with such
initiatives or action plans. Please review those experiences and complete the
following analysis:
Concerns – Review your participation in improvement
initiatives or efforts to engage in action research, and list at least three
concerns that you have identified from these experiences – a concern may be any
matter that engages your attention or interest.
1.
Creation and Implementation of “Passport to Kindergarten”, a community
wide registration opportunity held at 4 locations in the city and offering
multiple services to families as part of the registration process
2.
Implementation of One to One IPAD ratio at High School level
3.
Implementation of Common Intervention Time system, utilizing push-in
student services
Affirmations - Review your participation
in improvement initiatives or efforts to engage in action research, and affirm
or identify at least 3 actions that must be sustained and supported to achieve
the District/Campus improvement initiatives.
1.
Sustain effort to host the registration events at each high school,
communication efforts, and family services offered at each site. These included
registration, ELL testing, Tips and Tools for Parents, Health Services,
Nutrition Services with opportunity to apply for free and reduced lunch
2.
Continue process of upgrading infrastructure to support adding almost
10,000 IPADS to the system.
3.
Sustain effort toward offering professional development and the
coordination of site visits to schools that have successfully implemented the
model.
Recommendations - Review your participation
in improvement initiatives or efforts to engage in action research and describe
at least 3 recommendations you would make regarding the District/Campus
Improvement plans or action research plans.
1.
Improve the coordination of registration event and ELL testing,
Bilingual testing, publicity of the PRE-K portion of the registration event.
Tighten up coordination of services at the event so it is easy to get qualified
for free and reduced lunch, have ELL testing done, and qualify for PReK, then
register. Improve copier access and flow at all 4 high schools.
2.
Implement staff development for educators in how to use IPADS in the
classroom, with a particular emphasis on addressing classroom management
concerns.
3.
Implement a staff development component to monthly principal meetings
that provides an emphasis on the “push in” model of intervention.
Evaluate - Review your participation in improvement
initiatives or efforts to engage in action research and identify at least 3
strategies for evaluating the improvement plans or recommendations.
1.
Compare registration numbers as a portion of the subsequent fall
enrollment numbers and survey campuses/parents about the services provided at
each site.
2.
Conduct walk throughs to analyze use of the IPADS at the high school
level. Focus on engagement, use of devices across multiple subjects, and
classroom management techniques seen.
3.
Compare access to the general curriculum before and after implementation
of the model and scores over a three year period, as well as survey of campus
personnel on effectiveness of the model.
Week Three Assignment, Part 2 – Part C of the
Comprehensive Final Report
Describing
Recommendations and District/Campus Improvement Initiative/Action Research
Lessons Learned
Review
the above analysis, and write at least one page thoroughly describing
recommendations and lessons learned from experiences with the improvement
initiatives or action research plans.
Blog Follow-Up: Be sure to post your above
reflection on your Recommendations and Lessons Learned to your blog, and read
and comment on at least two other students’ assessment reflections.
Over the course
of the school year, I have had the opportunity to be involved in three very
important change efforts in our district. Upon arrival in the district, I
implemented a model of intervention that provided a common intervention time in
each grade level on my campus of 50 minutes. The time is split into a 25 minute
segment for math intervention and a 25 minute segment for reading intervention.
During this time, the teacher takes the lowest performing group. A “helper”
arrives in the classroom do do intervention in the classroom as well. This
could be an ELL teacher, reading or math specialist, or paraprofessional. The
teachers maintain intervention logs or real time information on each child
receiving assistance. During this same time, any student needing special
services like resource will leave. Inclusion through co-teaching accompanies
this initiative. Inclusion students are clustered in one class per grade level.
An Inclusion teacher co teaches with the general education teacher during reading
and math. This method has resulted in dramatic gains. As a result, our campus
has been visited by over 200 educators from 30 schools. The district recently
promoted me to Area Superintendent. I will have the opportunity to serve and
lead the 22 elementary schools in the district. There is much excitement about
this model of RTI within the district. My recommendation for implementing this
model across the district is to provide staff development session at the
monthly principal meetings I will lead. I plan to continually reinforce how the
model works, have question and answer sessions, and provide continuous staff
development and the follow up needed to build on the excitement already seen.
I also had the
opportunity to chair the Kindergarten Round Up committee. The strategic plan
listed this activity as one that should undergo change. The plan advocated for
the creation of a unified and community wide event to be held in fewer
locations. Previously, it was held on each campus, but the strategic planning committee
had the vision for the creation of an event that featured multiple community
services, registration opportunities, etc. This morphed into Passport to
Kindergarten! Families received a
“passport” upon arrival and headed to one of seven color coded stations. It
went off very well and we were able to register almost 1000 students in a three
hour period on a Saturday morning. Evaluations from the 22 campuses gave the
events a 4.5 out of 5. Minor problems like copiers seemed to get the most
attention. However, after it was over, we realized that there needed to be
tighter coordination of the ELL Bilingual testing and the preK registration
portion. Next year, I would like to see nutrition services, and ELL services
set up next to designated PreK registration areas. It is important that we get
as many people registered as easily as possible. Because I was coordinating the payroll for personnel working
the event, and was doing so for the first time, with a budget that was never
set for this new event, I will work to evaluate this years budget and the way
payroll worked so that I can improve upon the communication in this area.
The third big
opportunity I had to serve on a committee related to the strategic plan is
ongoing. It is the IPAD project at the secondary level. The plan seeks to
improve infrastructure and increase access for our students. We are currently
in the process of taking a One to One Ipad proposal to the school board. This
plan would use money allocated for textbooks and other educational resources
for the IPADS. It would put a device in the hands of every high school student.
So far, we have piloted a classroom at the high school level. The proposal also
provides for increasing bandwidth and improving infrastructure across the district
to accommodate this endeavor. It also provides funds for internet filtering and
security. My recommendations are to provide professional development in a wide
range of areas. Teachers need to
know how to load apps on devices, help students manage the devices. They also
need to know how to use them for instruction, and techniques for classroom
management that will keep students engaged and away from questionable
activities. The district is working very hard to win approval and manage all of
the technical aspects of the project. My recommendations will help to ensure
that the tool is taken advantage of the highest degree.
I have enjoyed
learning about and being a part of several efforts that are part of the
district plan.
Week Three Assignment, Part 3 - Scheduling
a Conference with the District Site Supervisor to review the SISE
Please
schedule a conference with your District Site Supervisor between now and Week 5
to review the Supervisor’s SISE (Superintendent/Supervisor Internship Summative
Evaluation). To confirm this scheduled conference, please describe your
efforts below – this may include “sending an email request for a scheduled
conference, visiting with the supervisor to schedule a conference, or any other
efforts describing your efforts to schedule this conference.”
****I met with my Superintendent on Friday, April 27 and reviewed the SISE, which he completed. I forgot to note this in the copy I submitted in my assignment.
Reminder regarding the parts
of your Comprehensive Final Report
Part A of the Comprehensive Final Report: Career
and Leadership Goals
Week Two – Part B of the Comprehensive Final
Report: Summarizing Leadership Experiences in each of the SBEC Superintendent
Competencies
Week Three – Part C of the Final Report: District
Improvement and Recommendations
Week Four – Part D of the Final Report: Reflections
on Reflective Leadership
Week Five – Part E of the Final Report: Three Year
Professional Development Plan
The Educational Leadership faculty has developed a template for each
candidate to develop a three year professional development plan. Based on the
lessons learned during their internship, the candidates are asked to complete
the following Template:
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Goal
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TExES
Competency and Domain
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Objective
(What do you
want to improve?)
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Course Work/Book/
Workshops
(How do you
want to improve?)
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Mentor
Professional Support
(Who will help
you improve?)
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Date of
Completion
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Evaluations
(How will you know you have improved?)
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