Summer End 3

For this assignment you should use the readings and works you did for summer 1 - summer 6 it

is the same course work and no new readings are required. You can also use the reading memo

template you helped me with.

The issue we will focus on is teacher retention, teacher burnout, hiring issues/certification

issues in the Philadelphia School District the below link is to hiring events they have coming

up. With covid and the ongoing issue in America of not having enough teachers to teach

particularly in urban school districts philadelphia public school district is experiencing even

larger hiring issues than before

https://www.philasd.org/blog/2022/07/22/district-to-host-hiring-events-now-through-august

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https://philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2022/2/25/22951454/staff-teacher-shortage-philadelphia-

district-pandemic

The culminating assignment for the course is a paper applying concepts from organizational theory to a practical setting or experience.

● The goal of the paper is to provide you with the opportunity to synthesize your learning across the various ideas that we have been studying

● Process o Choose a particular problem/conundrum/dilemma/issue currently being encountered

by your organization or another organization with which you are very familiar ▪ You may focus on the organization that you studied for the Civic Leadership

course ▪ The chosen problem must be complex enough and interesting enough to engage

the readers’ attention throughout ▪ This problem may not have a resolution, it may just be the way things are

currently ▪ If there is an interest in addressing the problem, the strategy should not be

readily apparent, and of course any approach will have trade-offs ● You can describe potential means of addressing the problem, though

you need not actually enact them o Select a range of resources to assist you in understanding the problem from an

organizational perspective ▪ Review the literature that we have studied, as well as our notes and your Reading

Guides ▪ You can draw on other resources and your experience as well, but there is no

requirement to seek out additional resources ▪ You should not use every article that we read, but be judicious, based on what

helps you best explain the problem

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o Provide an understanding of the problem and its context from a range of theoretical perspectives, across the various traditions we have studied

▪ If the problem lends itself to resolution, again use multiple perspectives to interpret the potential consequences (intended and unintended)

o Organization ▪ The problem that you describe should provide a thread throughout the paper ▪ Include, inasmuch as possible, unbiased observations and quotes

● Avoid inferences and comments not connected to the problem, except where necessary to provide context

▪ Vignettes are useful, but not too many ▪ Charts and diagrams—always a plus ☺ ▪ Format

● Length: 25 pages maximum, exclusive of the references and any figures ● Double-spaced, 1” margins ● References as per APA 7

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