Capstone Project Reflection

Data Considerations

Is this clearly defined? (Yes, No)

If yes, how is this moving the school toward improved student achievement?

If no, what action should be taken to define this element/consideration?

School purpose

Yes

two goals, producing workers and creating citizens

N/A

School mission/vision/goals

Yes

Your new vision should be tied to your district’s Mission Statement, but build up on it. The vision should describe why it is important to achieve your mission statement while looking to the future. It should portray what will be achieved if the school is successful in achieving its goals. Everyone should be invested in the vision with a total buy-in from the entire school. You have to keep your eye on the prize and never veer from your vision.

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Student expectations

Yes

Introduce Students to Their Data — As obvious as this may sound, many times teachers take on the burden of the responsibility and do not allow students to take ownership of their education. Involve students by sharing their data with them from standardized test data to classroom data.

.Expectations — Expectations go hand-in-hand with increasing rigor. Students will rise to expectations. Make sure the expectations are not set too low and demonstrate an expectation that all students can achieve the objectives of courses.

Teach Students How to Learn — Students are taught what to learn. In order for them to be successful as learners, they also have to discover how to learn and to develop an appetite for learning. I’m convinced that one of the reasons some students do not succeed in college is that they sail through high school learning the prescribed curriculum, but never learn how to learn.

Students, at an early age have to be taught how to:

•self-regulate theirlearning

•set their own academic goals

•develop strategies to meet their goals

•reflect on their academic performance

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School Improvement Plan

Yes

School Improvement Planning is more than a plan, it is a framework for change. The plan, itself, is simply a map that identifies the school’s destination and requires both decision-making and action from a variety of stakeholders to reach that destination in the most direct route. As Dr. Sam Redding wrote in The Mega System Handbook, “high-functioning schools and schools cited for their effectiveness do the right things, do them continuously, and always look for ways to improve. Schools that fail with comprehensive school reform do so not for lack of resources, other than time, but for want of determination and internal discipline.”

N/A

Curriculum Map or Sequence Chart

Yes

Curriculum mapping is

a method to align instruction with desired goals and program outcomes.

It can also be used to explore what is taught and how. The curriculum map is a table with one

column for each learning outcome and one row for each course or required event/experience (or

vice versa: each row contains a course and each column lists a learning outcome).

N/A

Special Programs

Yes

Enhance Learner Outcomes

N/A

Master Schedule

Yes

The master schedule is to a school what grading policies are to teachers and classrooms. It reveals the

true beliefs, attitudes, values, and priorities of the school. The school’s master schedule is like looking at

an MRI of the inner workings of a school. It is the window to the soul of the school.

N/A

Professional Learning Communities

No

N/A

PLC’s should be established at the school level

Communication with all stakeholders—plan

presently in place

Yes

Stakeholders are the people and organizations whose attitudes and actions have an impact on the success of your project or your company. Your stakeholders include employees, labor unions, suppliers, customers, business partners, investors and shareholders, the local community, government authorities and regulators. Different stakeholders have different interests, attitudes and priorities. Effective communication ensures that they receive information that is relevant to their needs and builds positive attitudes to your company or project.

N/A

Disaggregate Math/Reading Scores where

Applicable by:

Ethnicity

ELL

Socioeconomic levels

Special needs children (any additional)

Yes

Data help:

• Measure student progress

• Make sure students don’t fall through the cracks

• Measure program effectiveness

• Assess instructional effectiveness

• Guide curriculum development

• Allocate resources wisely

• Promote accountability

• Report to the community

• Meet state and federal reporting requirements

• Maintain educational focus

• Show trends (but not necessarily solutions)

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Processes in place for fair and equitable evaluation of staff

Yes

It does both…and more! - It is to protect yourself, and the company, in the event of a legal action by a disgruntled ex-employee by documenting negative behavior or below-average work-related performance and it is to keep track of high performing workers in order to reward them appropriately

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