...Learning Culture Strategy EDU 647 School Operations Submitted To: N/A Graduate Studies in Education N/A ***** University Student Name Address Phone Date Learning Culture Description School climate and culture are critical elements to school performance. The Michigan State University brief School Climate and Learning noted, “The terms school culture and school climate describes the environment that affects the behavior of teachers and students. School culture reflects the shared ideas, assumptions, values, and beliefs that give an organization its identity and standard for expected behaviors. (Michigan State University, 2004, p.1). A school’s learning culture is shaped by various collective experiences, both successes and failures. The learning experiences of students are a reflection of the norms, practices and policies of the school developed as a result of such shared experiences. The following is a snapshot of a local middle school learning environment in Jacksonville, FL. Fletcher Middle School (FMS) has a long tradition of cooperation with surrounding schools, strong partnerships with local community stakeholders and benefits from a high level of parental support. FMS is an attractive, well maintained campus serving to Beaches communities and provides educational services for over 1,200 students (Fletcher Middle School Improvement Plan, 2009, para.3). FMS has an experienced and dedicated staff of seventy faculty and four full time administrators...
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...Based on the colleges mission statement, the committee would decide on specific areas that are significant to the overall well-being of the organization and if the chose is feasible. For example, the Hoke County School Board Strategic Plan included building a school, because of the county’s population growth. There were no more options, it had to be built – it was a priority. In addition, it was feasible, not in the traditional aspect, but it was still feasible. As previously stated, since the strategic plan is a long-range plan, it cannot be as specific as short-term or operational planning, which is a working plan with particular annual objectives, however since the strategic plan is a working document, it is appropriate to revise the plan, once the committee understand that a specific element of the plan is not working for the over all goal. This initiative (e.g., revising and...
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...The City School District of Albany Looking at an organization’s environment and its culture we can estimate the strategic direction of the organization. A great organization sets long term directions and builds the support of everyone. The educational system decisions are very complex and include a team of discipline and expertise. Goals and objectives provide the blue print that determines the future of the organization. The city school district of Albany provides guidance, direction, facilitates planning, motivates and inspires employees, and helps evaluate performance. The mission of the City School District of Albany is to educate and prepare all students for college and career, citizenship and life, in partnership with our diverse community. The district serves nearly 8,900 students in 15 schools: 11 elementary schools, two middle schools, one prekindergarten-grade 8 school and one comprehensive high school. Nationally recognized Albany High School features four themed academies, the prestigious International Baccalaureate program and the largest selection of Advanced Placement courses in the Capital Region. At the elementary level, the district offers full-day prekindergarten at every school and at several community locations, and outstanding school-choice options that include three theme-based magnet elementary schools, the Dual-Language Program and open enrollment options across the district. Under the leadership of Superintendent Marguerite Vanden Wyngaard,...
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...VISION STATEMENT Every school has its own story to tell. The context in which teaching and learning takes place influences the processes and procedures by which the school makes decisions around curriculum, instruction, and assessment. The context also impacts the way a school stays faithful to its vision. Many factors contribute to the overall narrative such as an identification of stakeholders, a description of stakeholder engagement, the trends and issues affecting the school, and the kinds of programs and services that a school implements to support student learning. The purpose of the Vision Statement is to provide schools with an opportunity to describe in narrative form the strengths and challenges it encounters. By doing so, the public and members of the school community will have a more complete picture of how the school perceives itself and the process of self-reflection for continuous improvement. This statement is structured for the school to reflect on how it provides teaching and learning on a day-to-day basis. Mission Statement: The mission of Gardner Newman Middle School is to meet students' needs by providing quality educational and personal growth opportunities ensuring success in our ever-changing world. Our commitment is to guide and inspire students to be responsible, productive citizens, to nurture students to achieve full potential in the classroom, to maximize students' intellectual, artistic, technological, and physical abilities, and to seize every...
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...A Foundation 1 Analysis of a Foundation Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation By: Nonprofit Org. Management: PA 571 Professor: August 19,2012 The name of the organization I chose is Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation http://gatesfoundation.org/. Introduction Today’s recession has forced human service agencies and the government to become partners in order to serve the poor. Government funding and grants have decreased and the needs of the poor have increased. According to an 2010 Urban Institute study on nonprofits, the government depends on nonprofit human service agencies to serve the poor (Boris, 2010). Consequently, human service agencies depend on government funding and grants. A financial shift have caused human service agencies to lose funding or cause the agencies to operate waiting on late payment schedules from the government that result in many organizations having to close their doors to needy people. Well known human service agencies such as Chicago’s Jane Adams Hull House, YMCA, domestic violence shelters, childcare facilities, soup kitchens and organizations serving the youth population have stopped providing programs and services because they do not have the budget to pay for the programs. Although many nonprofit human service agencies are funded by the government, a human service organization must compete to get a piece of the dwindling funding pie for its human service programs. The key assumption of this paper is because of the unreliability of government...
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...buzz word to embed itself deep into America’ lexicon. Accountability is used by parents, community members and other stakeholders as an instrument to raise expectations for schools and educators to an extremely high; sometimes unrealistic, levels of achievement. It has also become a weapon wielded by lawmakers and politicians at the state and national levels to levy punitive actions and sanctions to schools that are not meeting their levels of expectations; branding them with a “Scarlet F” if students are not scoring well on standardized tests. While high test scores, continuous improvement, student achievement and teacher/student accountability are things that all schools and district should strive for, there are certainly beneficial ways, as well as destructive means, to attaining such favorable results without harming the school’s most precious resource – students. Effective school administrators are constantly seeking opportunities to improve within their school and in each classroom. There are numerous tools and strategies that administrators and school leaders can implement that will aid in identifying obstacles and providing solutions to improve student success. One such tool is the Four Circles Model outlined by Charlotte Danielson. The Four Circles Model allows administrators and other school leaders to categorize information into four basic groups; or circles, as they embark on the improvement journey. The first circle, is entitled “What We Want” and is comprised...
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...of Mission Statement For Fast Food Industry Prepared for: Dr Tony Lobo Submitted: 29 March 2010 Prepared by: Wei Zhao Student ID: 6623484 Executive Summary This report is written to evaluate if the mission statement is still necessary for company's succuss and to review mission statements for five quick services restaurants which are competing in the fast food industry including: Hungry Jack’s, McDonald’s, Domino’s Pizza, Kentucky Fried Chicken and SUBWAY chain. This report finds that a well written mission statement is able to guide the direction of the company and positively change employees’ behaviours which directly link to company profitability. Therefore is essential for successful organizations today. This report also finds that except for McDonald’s, all other four companies’ mission statements are either focusing on these companies’ growth or profitability. This report believes it might be difficult for them to cope with this changing macro-environment and plan for the future scenarios. McDonald’s is the only organisation in these five companies that mentions customer experiences and perception towards the cooperation is also it is the only one communicate effectively this to the target audiences. Table of Contents 1.Introduction 1 2.The need of Mission Statement 1 3. Hungry Jack’s 2 3.1 Company Description 2 3.2 Review of the Mission Statement 3 4. McDonald’s 5 4.1 Company Description 5 4.2 Review on mission statement 6 ...
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...Curriculum Articulation and Alignment 1 Running Head: CURRICULUM ARTICULATION AND ALIGNMENT: PRIMARY TO MIDDLE SCHOOL Curriculum Articulation and Alignment: Grade school to Middle School Gwendolyn Platt University of Phoenix, Online December 8, 2014 Curriculum Articulation and Alignment 2 Analysis of curriculum articulation and alignment between two adjacent educational levels is educational levels is essential for the continued growth and success of students. “…for any effort designed to improve student success, we must look at not only the curricula and students, we must also address the role of the administrators and teaching faculty involved in the process.” (Alexson & Kemniz, 2004). The administrators must choose the curriculum carefully, taking into consideration the needs of teachers, students and parents. The administrator must also consider the articulation and alignment between two adjacent educational levels. The transition between a grade school and middle school must be met with goals and bench marks with team work and communication between administrators and teachers of both schools. The teachers must help the students directly by implementing the curriculum and emotionally preparing the students. The administrators must give the essential tools to the teachers that are needed. The parents and teachers are obligated to keep communication open and continual to that...
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...and execute their ideas to achieve a goal. We will examine the three most important strategies for an organization and why the various types of planning is important to the strategy of an organization. We will also examine the factors to creating an effective strategy. Three Types of Strategy Goals A goal is a commitment by an organization to achieve a desired result by a set time. A goal can also be referred to as an objective (Konicki & Williams, p. 144). Strategic, Tactical and Operational are the three types of goals used by organizations to set a goal and formulate an action plan. “Strategic goals are set by and for top management and focus on objectives for the organization as a whole. Tactical goals are set by and for middle management and focus on actions needed to achieve strategic goal. Operational goals are set by and for first-line managers and are concerned with short –term matters associated with realizing tactical goal (Konicki & Williams, p. 144).” Southwest airlines is a very good example of this managing process. They were very successful in their strategic goals. The airline upper management wanted to provide low-fares to their consumer while having outstanding on-time arrival record. They were able to keep a competitive advantage over their...
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...You and Your Agency as a System This paper talks about Children’s Crisis treatment Center (CCTC). CCTC as a system is concern with meeting the needs of children and families with mental health and those that have experienced abuse, neglect and trauma. The focus here will be on the School Therapeutic Services component, the connection it has to the system and the environment and attempt to bring to light whether CCTC is functioning in line with its mission statement. I will also be describing my place in the institution as a system. CCTC is a nonprofit organization and has been in existence going to four decade now and provides mental health services to children and families in the Philadelphia area. CCTC is system with various components and provides several services to people with physical and emotional trauma. The company’s mission statement is found on its website, brochures and is posted on the wall in the human resource office. The mission statement identifies what the organization is trying to accomplish. The statement reads “To passionately serve the emotional needs of children and families beginning in early childhood. We meet children where they are and help them reach their full potential regardless of their challenges”. CCTC is a system that is made up of seven components and four subsystems working together to form a whole. A system is an organized whole made up of components that interacts in a way distinct from their interaction with other entities and...
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...County Public Schools (AACPS). Part A: Interview Questions 1. What is your current position, and what is your role with respect to curriculum planning, development, and/or implementation for your school system? I am the AACPS Science Resource Teacher. I work specifically with Elementary schools, but also have some duties related to Middle and High schools. I am part of the committee who picks curriculum writers from the applications. I also prepare the professional development for the teachers, prepare the templates they will be working with, create the timeline, set goals, make assignments, establish protocol for the finished product and work environment, as well as oversea and edit work prior to being turned in for print. 2. Based upon your experiences as an educator, how would you describe the purpose of education in our society? What do you feel are the major influences on what happens in the educational community? I feel the purpose of education in society is to help all students realize their full potential in being a successful and contributing member of society. The major influences include the political climate, technological advances, and community values and expectations. 3. To what extent do you feel the curriculum of your school (school system) is consistent with the vision/mission statement of your school or school system? The mission statement of our school system is: It is the mission of the Anne Arundel County Public Schools to educate...
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...Question With respect to hypothetical Business Organisation, Develop strategic intent and implementation after critical analysis of the environment. Case Study: SS SECONDARY SCHOOL Strategy is a unified, comprehensive and integrated plan relating strategic advantages of the firm to challenges of the environment. The strategy designed to ensure that the basic objectives of the enterprise are achieved. Strategic business management refers to a set of managerial decision and actions that determine the long run performance of a business or corporation, which is basically a process of achieving organisational objectives, by establishing a framework to perform various processes and focusing on relating the organisation to its external environment, that there is continuous interaction between the organisation and its environment. There are various limitations to strategic business implementation which includes complex and dynamic environment, rigidity, inadequate appreciation of strategic business management, limitation in implementation and seldom corporate strategy. Strategic management process involves three stages which includes strategy formulations, strategy implementation and strategic control. Strategic intent which is part of strategic formulation involves establishing a vision, mission and long term broad objectives. It is a big hairy and audacious goal that set by the organisation to be achieved at a certain period, which stipulate the kind of environment an organisation...
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...corporation specializing in retail that operates a chain of department and warehouse stores. (Wal-Mart. Our Story. http://corporate.walmart.com/our-story. Walmart’s customer base is pretty much made up of everyone. However, according to Brenden Gallagher’s article, there are types of people that frequent these stores. The first type is the wild animals, the loners one would say. They are the ones that you see in school but never wanted to talk or have any interaction with them. Then you have the shoplifting teens, these customers are there just to cause trouble, then you have the dads that don’t normally do the shopping, but have been asked to go get something. They are the ones lost, wondering around the store searching helplessly to find that one item that he has been asked to bring home. Next you have the drug users, the stoners. These customers are there because of the vast variety of muchies available to them at all hours of the night. There is also the bored elderly couples that are just there to walk around the store just to get them out of the house, the middle aged divorce that could only be there to either sulk or look for the next husband. Let’s hope it’s the sulking not the latter. Then of course, you have to have the town gossiper there to see what he/she can find to spread around town, because we all know this is where everyone goes! I know I can’t go to Wal-Mart without having to stop and talk to someone I know. Next comes the t-shirt junkies, these customers are...
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...Abhinay Madidi Patrick Guillaume Hannah Yue Table of Contents 1. Executive Summary ............................................................................................................................. 4 a) Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 4 b) Summary .................................................................................................................................. 5 2. Strategic Focus and Plan ...................................................................................................................... 5 a) Mission Statement .................................................................................................................... 5 b) Goals ….................................................................................................................................... 5 c) Core Competencies and Strategic Advantages ......................................................................... 6 3. Target Market …................................................................................................................................... 6 a) Who is our target market? ….................................................................................................... 6 b) Market Segments …....................................................................................................................
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...Abhinay Madidi Patrick Guillaume Hannah Yue Table of Contents 1. Executive Summary ............................................................................................................................. 4 a) Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 4 b) Summary .................................................................................................................................. 5 2. Strategic Focus and Plan ...................................................................................................................... 5 a) Mission Statement .................................................................................................................... 5 b) Goals ….................................................................................................................................... 5 c) Core Competencies and Strategic Advantages ......................................................................... 6 3. Target Market …................................................................................................................................... 6 a) Who is our target market? ….................................................................................................... 6 b) Market Segments …....................................................................................................................
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