EDLD 5326 Week 4- Stakeholder Outline and Presentation

 

 

 

Week 4 Assignment: Stakeholder Outline and Presentation

To complete this assignment, answer the questions provided. Then, complete the outline chart on the next page to organize your presentation to stakeholders, and then create your presentation using the M/S Office or Web 2.0 Technology Tool of your choice.

Identify current or potential stakeholders you might invite to a presentation on your family-school-community partnership idea. Why should they be included in your audience?

I would extend an invitation to community members, students, parents/guardians, teachers, and administrators, to join me in my family-school-community presentation. It is important to include the people who will directly, and indirectly have an impact on the proposal and in the goals/objectives of the plan. Although it would be most likely that only stakeholders who are highly interested in the matter at hand, get involved and participate. Working together as a team with all possible stakeholders is essential in order to achieve our goal for student success. It is important to get these group involved especially they will come with various points of views and ideas that can be included in our student success plan.

How might your presentation sell stakeholders on your partnership proposal? What strategies do you envision using in your presentation that will help you state your position and secure stakeholders’ support? What specific considerations will you emphasize to reach this audience?

I must include all stakeholders from the start. It is important to present and communicate the goals/objectives, as well as the data to proof our claim, clearly and in an easy to understand format. It is also necessary to create a supportive and welcoming atmosphere. I envision the creation of a partnership that is committed in advocating student success. In addition, the partnership must embrace and respect all stakeholders and understand the various points of view that others might have. I would also need to address the needs of the audience, such as: language, transportation, and child care (among a few). It is important to have the meeting take place at a central location that is easily accessible to all stakeholders, so that transportation is not a barrier. In some cases a translators might be necessary, so that also needs to be considered. Lastly, providing some form of child care for those parents that have little ones, can help encourage parent involvement, because their needs are being met. Overall the partnership proposal would focus on increasing involvement to embrace the same goals and expectations, which will help improve student achievement.

Title of Family-School-Community Partnership Project

Attendance-2-Grade Success

I. Data-Evidenced Student Need

Focusing in on a current student issue that interferes with academic achievement, would definitely be the correlation between student attendance and grades. After reviewing the data that I collected from the grades and attendance of my students, I observed that the students who are failing the class, or have the lower grades, are the students that have the most attendance problems. The data that I collected and reviewed shows the following:     Attendance for Trimester 2 (58 instructional days) Grade Language Arts Grade Social Studies Student A 17 absences 29% 47.7% Student B 15 absences 43.3% 55.2% Student C 8 absences 48.4% 56%   Data Collected from Zangle

II. Benefits for Student Achievement

Students will learn to be responsible for their school work and their attendance. Students will be accountable for all of their school work and their attendance. Students will create study habits at school that will help them at home. Students will acquire additional support in specific subject areas as needed.

III. Proposed Activities/Strategies

To create awareness of the impact of attendance on grades. To review/revise the data of “Attendance 2 Grade Success” To involve the community, students, parents, teachers, and administrators on ways to support student attendance. To provide a student-parent-teacher guidance and support. To maintain good communication among all stakeholders. To provide consistent student attendance and grade reports to view progress. To provide some form of tutoring or study hall for the targeted group.

IV. Proposed Process for Planning and Implementation

Identify and create a database of students who have attendance issues. Identify and create a database of students who have low to failing grades, or GPA’s. Compare data between attendance and grades, and identify the students that are low in both areas. Form a community, student, parent, teacher, and administrator committee to discuss ways to support student success. Hold monthly meetings with community members, students, parents, teachers, and administrators to review data and student progress. Create an “Attendance 2 Grade Success” incentive that involves all stakeholders, in order to achieve student success.

V. What You Want from Your Audience

In order to support student achievement, a family-school-community partnership needs to be implemented, a partnership that focuses on our Jr. High students-parents-teachers. Our school offers a positive school climate, and although there are many programs that reach out to families, I find that there is a need to reach out to the parents of our Jr. High students, because our young teens are struggling with their attendance and their grades. As an educator I want to create awareness of the correlation between attendance and grades. I want the community, students, parents, teachers and administrators to take an active role supporting student’s attendance. We need to create incentives the promote attendance, so that students grades improve. I want to help families understand that in order to achieve student success, we must work together in decision making, and in building awareness, knowledge and skills to be an advocate for all student success.