K12 School Organizational Analysis

You are to choose one K-12 school (elementary, middle, or high school), private or public, and complete an organizational analysis on the institution. You are to research the following to provide an organizational description:

School’s Mission
Policies and Practices
Organizational Structure
Organizational Efficiency-Productivity
Organizational Climate
Organizational Processes
Counselor Conceptualization

Suggested Paper Format and Headings

Introduction to Organization

Organizational Description
School’s Mission
Policies and Practices
Organizational Structure
Organizational Efficiency (Productivity)
Organizational Climate
Organizational Processes
Communication, Decision-making, and Evaluation
Counselor Conceptualization
a. How was counselor’s role defined
b. Clarity of counselor’s role
c. Appropriateness of role definition
d. Congruence between actual and written definitions
e. Congruence of counselor’s role definition between differing constituents (teachers,

administration, parents)