Wide Professional Development Plan Jv Educational

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Wide Professional Development Plan Jv Educational

Part 6

Research the assessment strategies and current assessment results from the school district in which you currently reside or teach. You will need to find information on the types of assessments used, when students are assessed, the policy for student accommodations, the test results for the past few years, and anything that the district is doing to address improving student scores and achieving state standards.

Use the Internet, to research one (1) topic from the list of recommendations the superintendent provided or your own approved topic. Justify your topic selection by highlighting its relevance to your chosen district being able to successfully meet its K-12 assessment goals. Your research should also focus on locating current issues, applications, assessment strategies, and tools related to your selected topic. Once you complete your research, submit this portion of the white paper to your superintendent for review and feedback.

Write a five to seven (5-7) page paper in which you:

  • Explain your research topic in which you detail its relevance to meeting one (1) or more K-12 assessment goals in your chosen school district, focusing on a specific grade level, discipline, or target student population (gifted students, students with special needs, traditionally underserved students, etc.).
  • Examine at least three (3) key political, legal, and / or current issues related to your chosen topic.
  • Describe at least three (3) specific needs of the students in the school district including students with special learning needs.
  • Propose at least three (3) applications your topic has to K-12 assessment in your chosen school district.
  • Provide atleast four (4) sources that document detailed information about your proposed topic. The sources must be written within the last five (5) years.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

  • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides
  • Citations and references must follow APA format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

Part 7

Now that your superintendent reviewed your first submission and provided feedback, you will make the suggested revisions. You will also complete this section of the white paper. You will justify your topic selection and its relevance to the school district’s goal of improving its assessment results.

Write a three to five (3-5) page paper in which you:

  • Revise Assignment 1 using the feedback that the superintendent provided. (The revision of the previous assignment is not included in the page count for this assignment).
  • Evaluate your district’s assessment strategy for the area(s) that are relevant to your research and make any recommendations. Consider the following points:
    • Does your district’s current assessment strategy meet the needs of certain populations of students?
    • What can be done to improve assessment results, especially within specific populations?
    • Are there any concerns about your district’s assessment strategy that you have based on your research?
    • How does your research and recommendations fit into the boarder picture of improvement?
  • Ascertain three (3) new advances in computer and web technologies that would benefit K-12 assessment that are related to your topic. Highlight one (1) of these new innovations that might be practical for the district to implement in the near future. Provide a rationale for your response.
  • Propose the strategic manner in which you would conduct a training needs analysis for teachers related to your topic.
  • Provide at least three (3) additional reliable, relevant, peer-reviewed references published within the last 2 years.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

  • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

Part 8

Your white paper that you have developed on your selected K-12 assessment topic is now ready for you to present to the locally elected board of the school district. Create a presentation using Prezi or similar software in order to present your research to the task force. The information within your presentation will assist the Task Force in developing a district-wide professional development plan geared toward improving the overall test scores of the schools within the district.

Recorded Presentation

Overall presentation style and structure

  • Present your findings in ten (10) slides using Prezi, PowerPoint, or a presentation software of your choice. (Note: Notify the professor on Week 7 concerning the software you choose to use for the presentation).
  • Include a title slide and references section (These two [2] slides are not part of the ten (10) slide requirement).
  • Develop a coherent, organized presentation using your chosen tool for a professional audience, using clean design, readable text, and visuals that support the information presented.
  • Provide audio narration of the presentation slides as if you were delivering the speech. (Note: If you do not have access to a microphone, then you should provide detailed speaker notes with your presentation.)
  • Overview and recommendation section (first five [5] slides) in which you:
    • Provide an overview of the white paper. The overview should include, at a minimum, background on your topic and its relevance to K-12 assessment and the demographics of the district.
    • Discuss the significant recommendations that you have made within the white paper regarding changes to the district’s current assessment goals.
    • Provide three (3) methods by which the Task Force might use the white paper in order to develop a district-wide professional development plan geared toward improving the overall test scores of the district.
  • Personal reflection section (last five [5] slides) in which you provide:
    • What you have learned from developing the white paper as well as what you have learned during this course.
    • Your personal reflection on the new technologies that you researched in Assignment 2 and the manner in which such technologies have changed your views on how to approach assessment in the classroom.
    • The manner in which you would implement the recommendations made in Assignment 2 within your own school district or within your classroom practices. Provide specific examples of the changes that you have already made or would like to make.