C2+Strengths.Growth

C2 Areas of Strength and Opportunities for Growth

//**Below you will find the results of the work done by Focus Group chairs and the Core Team to hone in on and prioritize dominant growth items that appeared across the category. In addition a DRAFT Action Statement was developed to encompass those dominant items- this will become part of the Schoolwide Action Plan in Chapter 5 of the Self Study document. Please review the prioritized growth items and the action statement. At the bottom of the page, you will see your focus groups original Areas of Strengths/Growth. Please make comments/edits/additions at the bottom of the page- not directly into the text.**//

Category C: Areas of Growth (Boldface indicates incorporation into ACTION STATEMENT)

CATEGORY C: PRELIMINARY ACTION PLAN for October 22: Increase opportunities for interdisciplinary learning, using and serving the resources within the greater community.

Areas of Growth:

1. Opportunities for incorporation of service learning across all departments

2. Formalized assessments for CCS program to insure formative understanding ( NOTE: Benchmark for ACTION STATEMENT )

3. Effective strategies to better involve parents in school activities and academic/spiritual growth of their children ( NOTE : This would be an identified __ACTION STEP__  toward the fulfillment of the ACTION STATEMENT below.)

Instructions for Identifying Strength and Growth
Utilize the **Narrative** for the identification of areas of strength and areas of growth. These should be a bulleted list of noun statements.

For example, your list would look like. . ..
 * **Areas of Strength (a good thing)**
 * "what do we have. . . "** || **Areas of Growth (a thing we need)**
 * "what do we need. . . "** ||
 * * The use of a wide variety of research data in programmatic improvement || * Greater inclusion of higher order thinking skills across all content areas ||

Area C2 Chart for Strengths and Areas of Growth


 * **Areas of Strength (a good thing)**
 * "what do we have. . . "** || **Areas of Growth (a thing we need)**
 * "what do we need. . . "** ||
 * * a system of school wide coordination of support services that allows maximum effectiveness
 * various support services and activities to heighten classroom instruction
 * constant involvement of teachers with students within and outside the classroom || * strategic use of student profile data
 * constant demonstration of respect for diversity and engagement of more informational resources for cultural diversities
 * better strategies to develop students' self-esteem
 * personalized approach to student learning
 * connectedness of teachers to the learning environment ||