Week 3 EDLD 5399 C.A.R.E. model

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. Revisit comprehensive needs assessment for each campus
2. Improve all STAAR tested areas to 10% above state average
3. Improve Physical Fitness Plan of all children and staff        

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. Vertical teaming of teachers
2. Hiring highly qualified/experienced teachers
3. Rewrite curriculum for PE classes and better communication to staff about physical fitness

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. Have each principal do a comprehensive needs assessment for their campus
2. Put principals on the district site base team along with assistant principals
3. Meet more than twice a year in order to assess strengths and weaknesses of the plan

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. Desegregate state assessment data
2. Survey teachers about vertical teaming’s strengths and weaknesses and adjust if necessary
3. Survey students and teachers about the school physical fitness plan and its strengths and weaknesses and listen to input from parents on the committee to get their views