Improving Your School By Assessing Your Needs
Our thoughtful and detailed analysis will help you understand and act upon your performance in order for your school to support ongoing improvement.
Six Essential Practices of Effective Schools
Our comprehensive needs assessment offers an objective evaluation of the impact school management, professional leadership, and teaching are having on student learning and achievement. We provide a comprehensive and individualized review for each school, within the context of the Six Essential Practices of Effective Schools.
Action Plan for Improvement
Our team provides a written report to the school and/or district detailing the results of the analysis, including areas of strength and recommendations for a course of action. This report provides evidence-based information about the school’s development and serves as a source of feedback for school leaders to improve the school’s support for students.
This personalized plan will also include both long-term performance goals and short-term implementation milestones that are part of an overarching continuous improvement process.
Areas of Focus for Review
Our consultants collaborate with school leaders, staff, teachers, students, and parents in order to evaluate the environment of each school. In assessing the environment, we consider the following elements:
Classroom Instruction
Teacher observations & interviews to determine their knowledge of assessment-curriculum alignment & how effectively standards are utilized to design classroom instruction.
Data
Quantitative data from state assessment scores and school or district benchmarks.
Infrastructure
Instructional time, supportive learning climate, and supplemental instructional services provided to students.
Survey & Focus Groups
With administrators, principals, teachers, students, and parents.
