Current Reality: Identify a current student
issue or need that interferes with academic achievement at your school. Cite
data that supports the need. This could be data that relates to academic
achievement, student attendance, discipline, or other sources. Look at trends
of data and disaggregated data, where available.
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A current student issue that interferes
with academic achievement at my interning school is the behavior of a 2nd
grade male student that I will refer to as Needs2. Since December Needs2 has outbursts
involving disrespect to the teacher and other students. These outbursts
involve some type of physical and verbal disrespect. He has a daily behavior log that travels
with him wherever he goes that has documentation of his good and bad
behavior. Teachers have documented his
behavior in the Skyward computer system, which is an educational software
program used by schools. He has these
behavior outbursts logged on forms, labeled “Outclass Conduct Notices” as
well. He has a cool-off spot in the
classroom. Interventions from the school psychologist have been put in place
for the teacher in dealing with Needs2.
Some of the behaviors he exhibits is running in classroom, making loud
noises with his mouth, doesn’t stay on task, sings out loud, doesn’t follow
simple rules, bangs on things in classroom, yells out, throws objects, talks
back to teacher, refers to his teacher as “lady”, and has other inappropriate
behaviors as well. His behavior is
detrimental to the other 2nd grade classmates and their learning
as well as his own. While this is just
one student, there are more students at the school with severe behavior
issues. The school does not currently have a program in place to engage with
parents over the long-term to address these behavior issues. Whether it is
one student with severe behavior issues or ten, these students have the
capability of disrupting the entire classroom and lowering academic
achievement for the whole classroom. Therefore, we must develop a program to
systematically deal with these behavior issues.
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Vision: How
will the family-school-community partnership that you are proposing resolve the
issue by meeting the demonstrated need, and how will it support student
achievement?
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I plan on building a model for engaging with
parents of students with severe behavior issues, using the specific facts of
Needs2 (outlined above) as the basis for the model. Upon looking at this student issue, it has
lead me to inquire about other students in this school that have had severe behavior
issues within the classroom that have disrupted student achievement for the
entire classroom. There are a couple more students that also have behavior
issues that would benefit from a partnership with the community at this
school. Needs2 is definitely not the
first nor will he be the last student with a strong behavior issue! Therefore, my plan is to develop a
discipline model plan that is implemented by all staff members. This plan is a step by step process that
allows the parents and the school to work together to resolve behavior issues
that are occurring at school. It will
be beneficial for all other students-parents-school members when the
occurrence arises with a different student.
It will help guide the parents and school towards successful behavior
that will not deteriorate the learning environment. This model program will be the standard for
engaging families across the entire school year in addressing severe
discipline issues. Applying this model for each family will not only increase
the student achievement of the children with poor behavior, but will also
provide a better learning environment for other students in the classroom and
grade level.
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