Prompt 1: Understanding and Managing School Climate
Scenario: You are the principal of a grades 6-8 middle school in a suburban/metro area. Your school has a majority-minority student population of 900 comprised of multiple ethnic subpopulations; however, your teaching, administrative, and support staff are primarily Caucasian. Recently, you have received numerous complaints from students, staff, and parents about a negative school climate. As a result, you sent out a series of surveys for each of the three target groups to better understand the concerns. Listed below are some of the key data points from the surveys.
|
Student Survey |
Strongly Disagree % |
Disagree % |
Agree % |
Strongly Agree % |
|
I feel respected by my teachers at school. |
20 |
40 |
30 |
10 |
|
I feel safe at my school. |
20 |
50 |
20 |
10 |
|
I feel my opinions matter to others at school. |
35 |
45 |
15 |
5 |
|
I feel my uniqueness (culture and values) is understood and valued at school. |
35 |
45 |
15 |
5 |
|
Staff Survey |
Strongly Disagree % |
Disagree % |
Agree % |
Strongly Agree % |
|
I feel respected by administration at school. |
28 |
37 |
30 |
5 |
|
I feel safe at my school. |
30 |
30 |
25 |
15 |
|
I feel my opinions matter to others at school. |
35 |
45 |
15 |
5 |
|
I feel my uniqueness (culture and values) is understood and valued. |
5 |
10 |
35 |
50 |
|
Parent Survey |
Strongly Disagree % |
Disagree % |
Agree % |
Strongly Agree % |
|
I feel respected by my child’s teachers at school. |
25 |
45 |
25 |
5 |
|
I feel valued as a person at my child’s school. |
30 |
40 |
25 |
5 |
|
I feel my child is safe at school. |
10 |
20 |
50 |
20 |
|
I feel my family’s culture and values are understood and valued at my child’s school. |
25 |
50 |
20 |
5 |
In your assessment response, you must now build an action plan to address the concerns of school climate in light of this data. Select two groups of your choice and create a plan that contains the following components:
1) What do you think the data is indicating about each group?
2) What connection(s) does the data have between groups, if any?
3) What immediate steps will you take (next 60 days)?
4) What intermediate steps will you take (next 6 months)?
5) What long term steps will you take (next 12-18 months)?
6) How will you measure the effectiveness of each step?
General Assignment Guidelines
- Based on the guidelines outlined above, create a minimum 500 word narrative essay that addresses the questions in the prompt.
- Research citations are not expected since during the FELE you will not have access to online research. However, you should reference best practices based on research you are familiar with
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