1. Dr. Majors, the principal of a local elementary school, will apply both National PTA Standards and Epstein’s Six Types of Involvement to engage parents and families in improving student achievement. Based on these models, a key component of the program should be:…
Harlem Children’s Zone relies on their quantifiable impact in the Harlem community to measure their success and continue to receive the grants and contributions they currently receive. Therefore although their current strategy is for market expansion, it would better suit them to continue honing their current services to increase the quality of their results. Currently it was noted that 95% of their middle school students were behind in both reading and math skills. If…
As a result of these practices some schools became synonymous with death and disease. When a smallpox epidemic struck Blue Canyon Day School located in the Navajo Nation, agency officials feared the death of children, knowing that if a child died at the school, the Navahos would immediately declare the building shinkie, or devil haunted, and remove their children. A shortsighted and expedient policy of filling schools beyond their intended capacity or overworking the children in manual work programs cost hundreds of students their lives as epidemics swept through dozens of schools (DeJong, 2007).…
The state that this group is at right now is the “storming stage”(Robbins & Judge, 2013). Even though there are clear differences on the thinking of different groups of how to implement the after school program or who should head it, the common goal is still to meet the needs of the students and to better their learning and scores. The Woodson Foundation, the school and the NCPIE are coming together to form a development team but is having conflict on who will control the group and this is clearly a sign that the group is in its “storming stage”. If the group knew that there are five stages to fully become a functional group, they may come into an agreement to move onwards…
The school’s main ethos is “Learning and Caring Together”. The school is a very close knit community school and they work very hard to try and build good relationships with the children and their parents.…
The aim is to close the achievement gap between disadvantaged children and others. EYFS provides a flexible framework, grasping an idea of all children’s way of development from birth and using observational assessments made by the practitioners, systematically to plan for individual children’s progression at a pace that is right for them. EYFS works strongly with children to help them achieve all five Every Child Matters outcomes.…
This article pointed out a vast number of pros that endorse this program as a positive way to change negative behaviors and improve academics at the same time over an extended amount of time. Some of the pros that were pointed out in this program include but are not limited to positive social and academic outcomes for targeted students, increase family involvement, decrease out of district student placement,…
The ultimate goal of Acelero Learning is to support a successful future for the children and families served through the program. In order to do this, it is important that data is collected and analyzed continuously so that planning for improvement is effective. According to Bernhardt (2004), a system has to be created that will lead to desired results the results are reviewed and reflected on so that all aspects of the system in improved upon (p14). The Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) Model looks at improvement not only success in the classroom but at success of the school. It can be adapted to a program when seeking school improvement through the establishment of goals, identifying methods used to achieve goals, collecting data and evaluating it. Currently, the assessments used in the school revolve around student achievement. While data is gathered regarding family goals, at this point educational assessments are the only ones available to a school system where the classrooms are all mixed aged (3-5) Head Start students and the results are visible to the teaching teams that serve them. Data is…
“In February 2010, Superintendent June Atkinson created NCDPI’s Office of Early Learning to implement a strategic focus on the Pre-K – Grade 3 learning continuum and its impact on high school graduation. NCDPI’s focus on…
Bibliography: Learning First Alliance. (2003). Beyond islands of excellence: What districts can do to improve instruction and achievement in all schools. Retrieved July 28, 2008, from http://www.learningfirst.org/publications/districts/…
This program is designed to provide a smooth transition from pre-school to kindergarten and maintain positive development in each child. WaKIDS focuses on four main areas in child development they are physical, social/emotional, cognitive and language. The program aims to maintain a collaberation between child care provides, preschool, early education and policy makers in an effort to provide the best arena for children to develop. These collaborations are in person meetings when a child is transitioning from one “grade” to another. For example, preschool teachers will meet with kindergarten teacher and discuss each child…
Today many public schools have pre-kindergarten programs. The children in these programs come from different experiences, backgrounds, and all have different needs. Pre-kindergarten programs give children an advantage to learning prior to kindergarten. I performed my second filed observation at Pinkston Street Elementary School in Henderson, NC. The elementary school is in a rural county and this school has lots of diversity in which there are African-American, Caucasian, and Mexican students. The classroom that I observed is one of four pre-kindergarten classrooms in the school. The elementary school is also one of three of the schools in the county to require…
This document was prepared under Grant #90HC0003 for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,…
As administration changed so did the operations of Head Start programs, including classroom management. The changes included a focus on the health and school readiness of young children living in poverty. Head Start programs have manipulated to meet the challenges of financial strain but implementation of quality control and performance standards. It acts in context with society to meet the needs of eligible children and the realities they present within the classrooms, also. To meet the ecological impacts of children by their exosystem, Head Start classrooms have identified the importance of connecting with families and community resources. Quality Head Start programs have made the commitment to refine their approaches to foster social competence, leading to the ability to meet defined school readiness goals and program performance…
To promote school development the school should follow the American School Counselor Association’s (ASCA) competencies and indicators for academic, personal/social, and career development. During…