Case Study: Payette School District

I was placed in a 2nd grade classroom at Bailly Elementary School for about 9 weeks. Bailly Elementary is a public school within the Duneland School Corporation of Indiana. It supports Kindergarten through 4th grade students, and currently serves about 450 students in 20 classrooms, one of which is a hearing-impaired class. The grade levels themselves are contained in separate parts of the building, each consisting of around 4 to 5 classrooms, similar to a pod-style layout. It has a counseling center for students to utilize at will and is equipped with aides and other specialists as needed. The facility has a full-sized library and gymnasium, along with a computer lab, and cafeteria.

BES feels like they have the perfect setup for Professional Learning Communities because they have the right number of teachers for each grade level. Burge said: “this makes our school unique, because no other school in the district has four teachers for each grade. Most elementary schools have one, maybe two classes per grade. Blanding Elementary school is the largest primary school in the district, no other school in the district has four teachers per grade level, which according to Burge is an ideal number for effective PLC’s. Grade level teachers met every week, at a set time for 50 minutes, and discuss students, common assessments, and analyze their own teaching methods in order to improve. The school feels like they have done really well, but there is always room to improve. Burge attributes schoolwide growth and success to PLC work: “Some of the teams are really awesome, and some still struggle, but they are working hard, and they are working together, which breeds success (March 9, 2017).” The principal has spent time training the PLC’s to ensure focus and

The issue that causes the most tension at Westside Consolidated School District No. 5 is the school shooting. Many families moved out of the school district as a result and the district has not recovered fully from the departure of those business leaders and students. The projected growth is another community issue that is causing tension. The state of the district buildings and amenities is not on the level of our former rival Valley View nor our current rival Brookland and the district has few options to build new buildings, retain teachers, and offer new class curriculums for the student

There are approximately 300 children enrolled in California Elementary School under the age of eight. These 300 would have to find some alternative to school on Fridays if the Moniteau County R-1 School District’s schedule changed from a five day week to a four day week. Additionally student involvement and safety would suffer. Changing the Moniteau County R-1 School district’s schedule to a four-day week would be detrimental to students’ safety and involvement in activities.

Clay Country Schools are located in the southwest corner of North Carolina. The school district is currently the only that serves the county providing all grade levels, Pre-K through 12th Grade located on one campus. The campus consists of Hayesville Elementary School, Hayesville Middle School, and Hayesville High School. Historically Clay County Schools has not always been the only public school system to serve the county. Below is a case study of the history of the schools in Clay County and the demographic and fiscal characteristics of the current school system along with statewide comparisons and a recent North Carolina school lawsuit.

When dealing with larger school districts, there are several different positions in which play vital roles in the success of the school ‘s in the county. Deputy superintendent, chief financial officers, executive directors, and chief technology officer, are the crucial four. From there smaller roles are delegated to address issues based on needs and situations that may happen with schools, students teachers and

Hello parents of our upcoming class! It is an honor to be able to teach your 4 and 5 year olds this upcoming school year. This school was founded in the year 2016 by, the school’s principals, Dr. Kaydriana Simpson ph.d and Dr. Morgan Tinsley M.d; Phd. The two created this preschool to educate the extraordinarily gifted toddlers. Your children were invited to come to this school due to outstanding recommendations and scored high enough on the little people advancement test ,or LPAT, to be accepted. This school only allows 5 children per classroom, therefore we could only accept 110 students.

On Wednesday, April 12, 2017, I, Officer McDaniel #147, while at James Coble Middle School, located at 1200 Ballweg Rd, Arlington, TX, I was approached by Assistant Principal Myers, Laura, W/F, DOB 02/16/1968, in reference to a cell phone screen that was broke by another student.

Round 12,000 kids and teenagers go to Lake Elsinore Unified School District 's eight primary schools, two center schools (seventh and eighth grades), two secondary schools and Ortega High School, a continuation secondary school. "We don 't have twofold sessions or swarmed classrooms," says Vick Knight, an individual from the Elsinore Unified School District 's board. "We 've possessed the capacity to keep pace with development. Our test scores are better than expected and we have the most astounding secondary school graduation rate in Riverside County."

Rancho Minerva Middle School (RMMS) is located in the rural area within the Vista Unified School District (VUSD). A major issue occurring at RMMS is corresponding to sixth to eighth grade male students being recipients of ineffective punishments as a result of their disruptive behavior. Students’ disruptive behavior refers to those who engage in altercations, disrupt teachers during instruction time, and become involved in substance use. The ramifications for students with disruptive behaviors are followed by disciplinary approaches such as expulsions, suspensions, Saturday school, and after school detention. Such approach has resulted in students achieving lower academics which can also increase the chances of engaging in risky behavior outside the school. According to RMMS School Accountability Report Card (SARC), in the 2014-2015 school year, RMMS reported 10.4% suspensions which demonstrated to be higher than the previous years. Additional factors that have had an effect on suspension rates are the limited in house services provided to this particular population at RMMS. Though RMMS does not have an appointed mental health provider or personnel to assist with mental health support on site, students are granted the opportunity to be referred to outside providers/therapist for counseling services. However, this has been a major limitation for our

For my Rural Urban Collaborative experience, I am placed at Salem Elementary School through the Columbus City Schools. Salem Elementary is located on the outskirts of downtown Columbus. The school houses students in kindergarten through fifth grade, with about two teachers per grade level. The school strives to celebrate diversity between students, teachers, parents, and the community. Since placed, the knowledge that I have obtained through my education classes and the information provided by the state report card both interconnect and relate further.

For my observation, I was assigned to Swaney Elementary and it is located in Derby, KS. Swaney serves 304 students starting at Early Childhood – 5th Grade and that includes an Interrelated program. The student teacher ratio is 14:1, this school is open to the public; this school is also a Title 1 school. Since my area of interest is in elementary education, I have chosen to observe a Kindergarten classroom.

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Casper’s population is about 58,000 people. Casper has one school district; Natrona county which allows school of choice, consisting of twenty-four public schools and five private schools ("Casper, Wyoming", 2014). Each elementary school has a different instructional and management philosophy best meeting the diverse population in our district. Individual schools choose the academic programs they wish to use to support the common core performance standards and their school improvement plans.

The program is funded by $518,000 grant from the Maine Department of Education. The agreement between the Wiscasset School Department, the Central Lincoln County School System, the Rocky Channels School System, RSU 1, and the Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit is for three years.