Jennifer+Weigle

Jennifer Weigle (Selby)
 * Conewago Township Elementary**

Conewago Township Elementary is an elementary school located in Hanover, Pennsylvania. It is a small school that provides an education for students in grades K-3. Also in this building are classrooms for hearing impaired students, neurologically impaired children, as well as learning support classrooms. This building is comprised of 3 half-day Kindergarten classrooms and 1 all day Kindergarten classroom, 6 first grade classrooms, 6 second grade classrooms, and 6 third grade classrooms. It also houses 3 learning support teachers, 4 ‘specials’ teachers, 2 Reading Recovery specialists and 1 Literacy Coach, 1 ELL teacher that is split between more than 1 building, 1 Guidance Counselor, 1 Nurse, 1 Gifted teacher, 5 employees employed by the LIU, 9 Instructional aides, 4 support staff members, 4 Cafeteria workers, and 1 Principal. All of these faculty and staff members play a major role in helping this school operate on a daily basis. The school is made up of approximately 560 students that range from age 5 to 9.
 * Background:**

The mission statement of the school district that this school is a part of is "The Conewago Valley School District, in partnership with family and community is to develop productive and responsible citizens by education students to their fullest potential" (from district website [|__www.conewago.k12.pa.us__]). This school has a responsibility to the students to provide them with a quality education which means they need to have faculty and staff members that are well trained and can perform the necessary tasks to accomplish this goal. The teachers in this school need to be well trained in ‘how’ to teach students and the most effective way to go about teaching. The support staff members need to be trained in the routines of the school as well as the goals that the school has for their students. All of these employees need to be guided by the school district in order to meet the district’s goal which happens to be the mission statement.
 * Mission Statement:**

Our school has recently implemented a new reading series. This series is just a tool being used in order to teach our district's curriculum. **Each grade level needs to be consistent with the materials being chosen from the series used to teach the curriculum. GOOD AND SUCCINCT.
 * Statement of Needs:**

The Problem:** There is a lot of material included in the series and it is too much to cover. This creates inconsistency among the classrooms because teachers are choosing different activities based on what they feel is the most important.

Teachers need to have knowledge of all of the different components of the series and how to implement them into their classroom for everyday use.
 * Tasks and Conditions of the Job:**

Teachers are choosing materials and activities at random based on what they feel is important. GOOD OBSERVATION
 * Current Performance Levels:**

Teachers do not have adequate training on each of the components of the series. Teachers do not collaborate on what they are using in their classroom.
 * Causes of the Problem:**

At each grade level, teachers should have knowledge of each component and should collaborate. They should be using the same materials to teach core concepts and supplementing with others in order to meet their specific classroom needs.
 * Desired Outcome:**

My recommendations would be that each teacher would leave the training with knowledge of the components of the series and how to implement them in the classroom.The stude nts need to be exposed to the same 'base' curriculum in order to go on to the next grade with the same skills. I would hope that the teachers would be well trained in how to use the pieces of the series to their fullest potential and make them fit the school district's curriculum. GOOD EXPECTATIONS HOWEVER YOU SHOULD STATE THEM AS A RECOMMENDATION AND NOT YOUR EXPECTATIONS. YOU ARE MAKING A RECOMMENDATION TO THE ORGANIZATION. SELLING YOUR IDEA.
 * Expectations of Training:**

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 * Needs Analysis Statement:** At CTE the new reading series has posed a problem for teachers. The teachers have not been well trained in each of the parts of the series which leads to inconsistent usage of the materials. Students in each grade level are not being exposed to the same activities and skills. It is required that teachers in each grade level choose what is best based on the curriculum of the district and each teacher teaches the same skills. However, teachers are not well trained in every component and some things are being left out by those that aren't sure. This is leading to different skills being taught and different activities being done in each classroom leaving children in different rooms with different knowledge and skills. This is caused by lack of Tatraining and little time provided to teachers to learn about the new series. There are so many pieces to the new series that it is impossible to use everything. Teachers need to decide what is best for their grade level and for the students based on the curriculum. These causes were determined based on usage of new series as well as observation. A recommended training solution for this problem would be to provide the teachers with training from the company of the reading series. The teachers should leave with knowledge about each component. I would also recommend that time is given to teachers to observe other schools implementing this program as well as talking with teachers who had been using the program. Finally, the teachers need to use this new knowledge of the series and collaborate on how to make it work as a grade level so that each classroom has the same foundation and supplemented materials are based on need of the students.======

Class 3
Needs Analysis Report

[|Survey Results]

Class 4
[|Design Document]

[|Prototype--Phonics Component]

[|Development: Lesson Plan]

Prototype