After reviewing my internship log and reflecting on other activities embedded in the different courses, I found activities that were directly related to school improvement. I participated in many activities that led to school improvement at the school where I currently work. For example, in my Contemporary Issues in American Education class I prepared a report on our school concerning teacher absences. I made a chart of the number of days certified teachers were absent each month of the 2014-2015 school year. This report gave insight on how teacher absences impact student learning. It showed how many teachers from my school were absent on a regular basis from August 2015 to June 2015. The results were unbelievable. The students were
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This plan would be put in place for the safety and wellbeing of the students and staff. This plan is a plan to upgrade the Crisis Information Chart that we currently have in place. For this plan, I recommend that our School Leadership Team choose several staff and community members to serve on the crisis team along with providing a specific room so that the team would know where to go to strategize and make decisions concerning different crisis. The team should also develop procedures to activate support services, channeling communication, controlling rumors, and bringing closure to the …show more content…
I surveyed our school counselor, a classroom teacher, and our Dean of Students at the time. The results of the survey found that fighting was our main discipline issue. At the time of the survey, we were having fights at our school three to four times a day. The fights began over something that was so minute that by the time the students finished fighting they forgot what they were fighting about. Most fights started because of miscommunication and at a time where they were unsupervised. I recommended that students are supervised at all times by an adult. Most students were left unsupervised while traveling from class to an activity or vice versa. If students are continually left unsupervised, that teacher responsible will be reprimanded. I also recommended that our Dean of Students become more knowledgeable of the actions needed when disciplining students. We no longer have a Dean of Students but an Assistant Principal who handles discipline for our
This plan would be put in place for the safety and wellbeing of the students and staff. This plan is a plan to upgrade the Crisis Information Chart that we currently have in place. For this plan, I recommend that our School Leadership Team choose several staff and community members to serve on the crisis team along with providing a specific room so that the team would know where to go to strategize and make decisions concerning different crisis. The team should also develop procedures to activate support services, channeling communication, controlling rumors, and bringing closure to the …show more content…
I surveyed our school counselor, a classroom teacher, and our Dean of Students at the time. The results of the survey found that fighting was our main discipline issue. At the time of the survey, we were having fights at our school three to four times a day. The fights began over something that was so minute that by the time the students finished fighting they forgot what they were fighting about. Most fights started because of miscommunication and at a time where they were unsupervised. I recommended that students are supervised at all times by an adult. Most students were left unsupervised while traveling from class to an activity or vice versa. If students are continually left unsupervised, that teacher responsible will be reprimanded. I also recommended that our Dean of Students become more knowledgeable of the actions needed when disciplining students. We no longer have a Dean of Students but an Assistant Principal who handles discipline for our