CASE STUDY ON A SCHOOL WITH OR WITH OUT A DEVERSE POPULATIONFOLING THE THREE CASES STUDY 1-2- 3 WHICH HAS 6 PEER REVIEW ARTICLES TO SUPPORT THE STUDY
- Final- Topics to be discussed
- Presentation and Term Paper
Select a school-a real school with or without a diverse population and examine the following in THREE phases through Case Study I, II and III.
The final paper should be 1800 to 2400 words and in APA format with significant peer review articles.
CASE STUDY I
DEVELOP THE VISION
- Analyze the organization
- Identify organizational competencies
- Values & organizational culture
- Community cultural pluralism and values
DEVELOP A SHARED PURPOSE
- Empower stakeholders
- Student Opportunities for high achievement
DEFINE THE COMMUNITY
- Culture
- Diversity
- School relationships
- Define the School Board/relationship to the community
- Define the Administration/relationship to the Board and the community as well as teachers and students
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CASE STUDY II
WHAT IS THE SCHOOL’S MISSION AND IS IT BEING ACHIEVED?
STUDENT ASSESSMENTS AND DATA COLLECTION
- Demographics
- District policies
- Retention
- Break out data by gender, race, ethnicity
- Tracking: Examine tracks by gender, race, ethnicity
- ELL students: Examine these students-are they in G/T classes?
- Retention
Are they in Honors classes? Are they in Science labs? Etc.
- Other special populations-e.g. Mainstreamed Special Ed Students
- Homework
- Student opportunities for achievement/student council, clubs, music, poetry, ethnic awareness
- AP classes if high school
- Student organization/reading groups and their demographics
Analysis of community needs
Status of implementing the Vision – e.g. Human Capital, Infrastructure, Resistance
to change
NCLB/RTT
HEAD START OR PRE SCHOOL PROGRAMS (Quality?)
CCC STANDARDS
Leadership Styles
Analyze the organization’s leadership
Analyze the organization’s decision-making process
Analyze the organization’s community relations
Technology-Is it an INNOVATIVE DISRUPTION or just machines in classrooms
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CASE STUDY III
TRANSFORMING THE ORGANIZATION AND ACHIEVING THEVISION
Develop a Plan to change the Paradigm. Think about Senge and Systems Theory
As well as developing a learning organization to take the school to the next level.
THINK TANK
