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All work should reflect research, support, and include citations from your readings and research at the master's level. See Rubric for specifics. 

Read the Introduction, The Political Context of School Improvement, Chapter 1: What We Want, Chapter 2: What We Believe from: Danielson, C. (2002). Enhancing Student Achievement A Framework for School Improvement

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1.If you were a parent and walked into a school, what might you see or hear there that would cause you to say to yourself: “I would like my own child to attend this school”?
2.If you were to walk into a school, what might you see or hear there that would cause you to say to yourself: “I would like to work here”?
3.Looking at your current school setting do your goals include “what we want”? Explain your answer.
4.How does your school provide for the learning of all students?
5.Why is it important to help all students learn, and what do we even mean by “all students”?
6.What is “high level learning”? What does it include?  How does it relate to state or district curriculum standards, or to high-stakes tests that students may be required to take?
7.Most educators recognize the subtle influence of institutional regulations on the school culture; with this in mind respond to the following questions: a.How do teachers and other staff treat the students?
b.When students go to the office, are they kept waiting while the office staff talks?
c.Are student requests treated as unwelcome interruptions?
d.Are all students regarded as either real or potential troublemakers?
e.Are students permitted to assume genuine responsibility for their achievements?
f.Are the rules for attendance and homework sufficiently flexible to accommodate individual circumstances?
g.Are students permitted to establish and maintain a culture that systematically discriminates against peers?
h.Are bullying and its effects on its victims tolerated?

8.In order to provide students with the best possible learning opportunities, teachers must continuously work to advance their knowledge and skills, how is this achieved in your educational setting?
9.What types of beliefs might find their way into a school’s philosophy and have the potential to drive practice?
10.What staff attitudes, if universally adopted, might set the stage for a school culture of learning and success?
11.As the school leader how would you help staff and parents explore the school’s beliefs and their impact on the school.