Family Literacy Event Proposal

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Family Literacy Event Proposal

Planning For a Family Literacy Event

For this assignment, you will develop a Proposal for a small Family Literacy Event that you can create at your school/preschool setting. Keep the ideas for the event simple and the focus on building relationships with families and on authentic engagements with real books. *Remember that you will not be required to actually create this event; you are just developing a usable proposal for the event that takes all of your learning from this course into consideration.

What you will submit:

Part One:

· A description of your the setting including grade level, your role in the setting and a proposed number of participants for your event (this proposal should be for a small event, not a schoolwide event).

· Select one of the reading tip sheets linked below and explain how you will use this with families. Plan to include a read aloud and demonstrate some of the tips on the tip sheet.

· Reading Tip Sheets for Parents

· Links to an external site.

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· Explain how you will share information with families about resources in the community (including library resources for your community).

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· Describe how you might learn from families about home literacy practices and how you might use this knowledge to help enrich the literacy learning in the classroom.

· Describe how you might use at least ONE of the ideas described in your Accelerating Literacy textbook for your proposed event. (Find these in Part II of your book).

One approach that you might explore is to connect with parents of children in an after-school program and offer to provide a 30 minute workshop around a read aloud. Demonstrate an interactive read-aloud with students and offer parents some tips (see link above) on how to support literacy learning at home though simple things like conversation, songs, simple activities, books to provide literacy enrichment and a love for reading.

Part Two:

Reflecting on this assignment:

Write a reflection on your growth and new learning around this assignment.

· How did your research into literacy learning needs for the discussion assignment influence your literacy learning event?

· Do you think that you could help meet a recognized need in the community?

· What might your vision be for expanding on your ideas for this event?

· Reading Tip Sheets for Parents

· Links to an external site.

· The Resources at Your Library

· Links to an external site.

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Clinical Field Experience C – Evaluating Campus Operations

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Clinical Field Experience C: Evaluating Campus Operations

Having a complete understanding of the needs of a campus and a willingness to learn the facility management aspects of running a school will enhance a principal’s ability to be proactive and intentional in maintaining a clean, safe, and secure learning environment. 

Allocate at least 2 hours in the field to support this field experience.

Reflect on the key roles of a principal as they relate to explaining, clarifying, and demonstrating the duties and functions required for managing a school facility.  

With the site facility manager/maintenance supervisor, tour your school campus, review his or her campus operation duties (based on the job description), and evaluate items regarding, but not limited to, safety, repairs, maintenance, and cleanliness. Determine issues that would be considered a liability by the district insurance company. Identify possible solutions to any areas of needed improvement.

Use any remaining field experience hours to assist the principal mentor and, provided permission, seek opportunities to observe and/or assist the principal mentor.

Write a 150-200 word reflection summarizing your observations and solutions. Include in your discussion the safety and welfare of students and staff, the allocation of resources, and what procedures your principal mentor uses to monitor and manage operations. Incorporate PSEL Standards 7 and 10 into your reflection and describe how you will apply what you have learned to your future professional practice.

APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A link to the LopesWrite Technical Support Articles is located in Class Resources if you need assistance.

Clinical Field Experience D – Protecting The Welfare And Safety Of Students And Staff

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Clinical Field Experience D: Protecting The Welfare And Safety Of Students And Staff

As a leader on your campus, it is important to understand the safety procedures you are responsible for implementing with your students and staff.

Obtain and review your school’s emergency plan, drill schedule, any additional action steps to address adverse situations in the school setting, district policies relating to student and staff safety, and any other existing emergency plans.

If possible, participate in an emergency drill, acting from the principal’s role. Interview your principal mentor or another campus leader about maintaining safety on the school campus.

Suggested questions include, but are not limited to:

  • What do you consider are the most important tasks related to keeping students and staff safe on the school campus?
  • Do you feel your school campus is safe for students and staff? What is working? What would you like to add to your campus to ensure their well-being?
  • How do you train teachers and staff for emergencies? What is required by law? Do you do anything beyond what is legally required?
  • Are you always able to follow your planned emergency drill schedule? If not, how do you document that?
  • How do you decide what safety or emergency information you will communicate to families? The community?
  • When communicating safety or emergency information to families and/or the community, what methods do you use?

Use any remaining field experience hours to assist the principal mentor and, provided permission, seek opportunities to observe and/or assist the principal mentor.

Write a 250-500 word reflection on your experiences. Incorporate PSEL Standards 5 and 8 into your reflection and describe how you will apply what you have learned to your future professional practice.

APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

Clinical Field Experience C – Assessment Analysis Feedback

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Clinical Field Experience C: Assessment Analysis Feedback

As a school administrator, you will be required to review data to determine student success at your school. Being able to analyze data is not enough; you also need to be able to communicate the data to teachers in order to collaboratively create an action plan to improve the school.

Allocate at least 1 hour in the field to support this field experience.

Obtain a copy of your school’s most recent state standardized test scores or benchmark assessments to review. After reviewing the data, meet with your principal mentor to discuss the results and their interpretation of the data.

Include the following in your discussion:

  • How are teachers chosen to be part of the assessment and data analysis process? What responsibilities do they have in the process?
  • What strategies are used to analyze the academic data?
  • How will the data be disseminated to the teaching staff?
  • What considerations and possible actions steps will be used to improve student scores on future assessments or benchmarks?
  • How will this data be used to improve instruction and create the school’s Continuous Improvement Plan?

Use any remaining time from this field experience to assist the principal mentor and, provided permission, seek opportunities to observe and/or assist the principal mentor.

Summarize your experiences analyzing and interpreting assessment data in order to identify areas for improvement in a 150-250 word reflection. Incorporate PSEL Standard 4 into your reflection and describe how you will apply what you have learned to your future professional practice.

APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.