Gordon Elementary School Case Study

Last year, at Kingsland High School’s Graduation Ceremony, Josie Hinze not only receiveed her High School Diploma, but also her Associates of Arts Degree before even attending any college or university. Fast-forward to one year later, and seven Kingsland students will be graduating high school with both their High School Diploma and AA Degree thanks to the collaboration of Riverland Community College and Kingsland High School for allowing high school students to take college-level courses in high school and receive college credit for them. Not only that, but there are several others who will be graduating Kingsland High School with transferrable college credit so their first few semesters might

In New on the Job: A School Library Media Specialist’s Guide to Success, Ruth Toor and Hilda Weisburg present a one-stop manual for first-year school library that details numerous aspects of what it means to be a successful school library media specialist. The authors, both of whom are veteran former school librarians, outline everything from the job interview to the last day of school, sharing years of wisdom and practical insight into the ins and outs of the profession. Special attention is paid to developing relationships between the various members of the school population and associated individuals, including students, teachers, administrators, school board members, parents, and volunteers. The authors remind school librarians to keep

In LIS 601 students write a Community Resources Audit. The audit asses the needs of a particular community and develops strategies for best serving the patrons of that community. I focused on how the library could best serve international and English as a Second Language (ESL) students.

Furthermore, school library media centers provide students from poverty with access to print and digital information. As a school library media specialist, I will use my expertise in children’s literature and information literacy to lessen the educational gap between high-income and low-income students through providing equitable access to information for all students. Moreover, by pursuing a career as a school library media specialist at the elementary level, I will be able to help early childhood students from diverse backgrounds develop literacy skills. I am seeking a career as a library media specialist to use my expertise as a information professional and the resources of library media centers to empower students through instilling their love of reading and increasing their information literacy to foster educated and empowered school

The process I used to create the advocacy video provides evidence of how my core values as a school librarian can positively affect the students and teachers around me. Based on the Texas Education Agency’s SBEC School Librarians Standards for the initial Preparation of School Librarians the following standards were met:

At Jayhawkville Central High School I noticed that the school showcased different circuits of communicating that is affecting the overall dynamic of the school. At Jayhawkville Central High School the Principal, is a strong leader and direct when he communicates, but is reluctant to implement ideas or suggestions from his building staff. The Principal has also alienated the staff, and showcases strict rules, but the staff is usually unclear about his expectations, and afraid to ask questions. With the Principals leadership style, there’s a clear disconnect among staff members which has interrupted the effectiveness of the curriculum being taught in the classrooms. The assistant principals at the school are also driven by different entities.

As humans, we are all free thinkers and are meant to think beyond normal expectations. In my own life, I have continuously worked to open my mind to new beliefs, keeping myself from being closed off to the world around me. Even the most simple act of defiance against a generally accepted principle is notable and important. One example in my life is my own defiance against my local school board in regards to school closures.

Crichfield Elementary School is an elementary school within the La Porte Community School Corporation. The entire corporation is composed of 11 schools, eight of which are elementary schools. The elementary schools are comprised of grades kindergarten through fifth grade. 559 students were enrolled at Crichfield Elementary during the 2016-2017 school year, of which 86% of students were Caucasian, 5.7% Hispanic, 2.3% African American, 0.5% Asian, 5% Multiracial, and 0.2% as Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander (IDOE, 2017). For the 2015-2016 school year, Crichfield employed a total of 31 educators who were mostly Caucasian (93.6%) in ethnicity (IDOE, 2016). Crichfield also employed 9 other school staff (custodians, principals, office administrators,

(AS) verbalized that she has struggled with her school attendance for a very long time. She has had an extensive history of poor school attendance beginning at age seven. Prior to her enrolling in Morris High School for collaborative studies, she attended two other schools. In these schools she experienced numerous challenges due to problems with socializing, behavioral issues, low self-confidence and educational gaps. In addition (AS) has periodic episodes of anxiety; she is currently taking medication to help manage her symptoms, which she states prevent her from attending school regularly. (AS) wishes to address her trauma issues, and improve her self-confidence.

Lyon Park’s CommUNITY Scholars After School Tutorial Program is a free afterschool program that provides homework and literacy help for students from kindergarten to sixth grade. On Tuesdays and Wednesdays, I work in the K-2nd grade room which is comprised of eight students, the head teacher (Ms. Parker), and four to seven Duke students that serve as tutors. Because it is later in the day (I arrive at 4:15 and the program ends at 5:30),

Lastly, a priority of Park Middle School is to provide each student the most support and assistance on a daily basis. A major goal of counseling and administrators is to keep the teacher-student ratio as low as possible so that students receive immediate feedback and help through a class (see Appendix P, Table P1). At the same time, not only is important to have a low student to teacher ratio, it is vital to hire and develop highly qualified staff. When evaluating the staff throughout the Scotch Plains’ district, 316 teachers were scored as effective and 103 as highly effective resulting in only 4 teachers scoring below those marks (see Appendix Q, Table Q1). A priority of the district is to provide their constituents with the tools and knowledge

The King County Library System is the fifth largest library system in circulation in the United States. The current director of the KCLS, Bill Ptacek, started with the organization three years ago and is in the process of working towards a new strategic plan titled "The Year 2000 Plan, which has a long-term goal of integrating all the resources of the library system equally and to coordinate all the efforts to ensure it was providing the best possible service to the community. In the three years, Ptacek worked to expand the mission to cover services for the community to include children, life-long learning, career development, and literacy (case study, 1996, pg.2) The reworking of the mission and services of KCLS was in full swing, but there were still many organizational issues dealing with advocacy, encouraging public service motivation, and both human resource and structural problems.

The data summary of office referrals of disciplinary incident shows major trends for Lacey Elementary School. The first pattern noticeable, of Disciplinary action, the number of incidence progressively went down each school year. This analysis shows that Lacey Elementary made the effort to intervene and set a plan into place. Upon further investigation, Insubordination and disorderly conduct incidence progressively continued to increase in numbers. Although the incidence per 100 students went down in disorderly conduct, it then increased the next year. This data shows Lacey Elementary needs to be consistence with actions and consequence. As a school, they need to work on behavioral plans and interventions. The thrid major trend presented in the data, a large number in action by ethnicity shown as percent of action in black males and white males. The data consistently showed larger numbers in this these two

The current media coordinator is pulled for various duties outside of the role that would be described within her evaluation rubric. Testing encompasses many days within the school year. She acts as one of the testing coordinators and is responsible for not only administering tests, but also as coordinating placement of students and collecting materials. She also acts as the in-school suspension teacher during part of the day, technology facilitator, and as a substitute for classes. Throughout her day, students and teachers constantly flow into the library for her to repair devices and troubleshoot programs. She also must cover classes during the day when teachers are pulled for meetings or other outside duties.

Peyton Smith is a senior at Greenville Central High School in New York City. She has a 4.2 G.P.A., is president of her school’s debate team, and resides with both of her parents in a suburban home. When Peyton was a freshman in high school, her parents were able to afford a family trip to Europe. There they spent two weeks shopping, site-seeing, and visiting colleges in the area. Ever since that trip, Peyton has been determined to attend Oxford University, one of the best schools in the world. Considering her stellar grade point average, and other extra-curricular activities, her acceptance should come easily.