B3+Strengths.Growth

B3 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 B: PRELIMINARY ACTION STATEMENT: (for October 22)__ Using a wide variety of learning modes, technology tools, academic support structures, and various assessment strategies, faculty will design and more consistently implement higher-order thinking tasks by which to develop and to assess student learning and achievement of the ESLRs across all of the disciplines. Category B: Areas of Growth

(Boldface indicates incorporation into ACTION STATEMENT.)

__B 1 AREAS FOR GROWTH__ 1. Ongoing recruitment of highly qualified students ( Also stated in CATEGORY D ) 2. Increase in inter-departmental communications 3. Greater progress in student learning outcomes using technology tools 4. More rigorous student academic support

__B 2 AREAS FOR GROWTH__ 1. Inclusion of a greater variety of modes for student learning 2. Greateruse of and consistency in higher-order learning tasks

__B 3 AREAS FOR GROWTH__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Greater and more transparent integration of the ESLRs into assessment of student learning. ( <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">NOTE: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> This would be an <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">__ACTION STEP__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> toward the fulfillment of the ACTION STATEMENT below.) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Development of professional resources for instructional diversity/flexibility. ( <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">NOTE <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">: This would be an identified <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">__RESOURCE__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> toward the fulfillment of the ACTION STATEMENT below.) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. More rigorous investigation of the connection between homework and student achievement. ( <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">NOTE <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">: This would be an identified <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">__ACTION STEP__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> toward the fulfillment of the ACTION STATEMENT below.) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. More assessment strategies throughout the instructional process that focus on the higher levels of Bloom's taxonomy and that shape the instructional process to that end.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">(from B 1: #3, #4; B 2: #1, #2; B 3: #1, #2, #3, #4)

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.

Area B3 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. . . "** ||
 * * The use of a wide variety of research data for programmatic improvement including the examination of school wide testing data to determine strategic plan goals and departmental objectives.
 * Development/enhancement of multiple curricular programs across disciplines designed to better prepare students for 21st century life/learning.
 * Development of support structures and positions to enhance and refine intervention programs which are designed to intervene with students prior to their reaching the probationary level.
 * Adoption of Curriculum Mapping program, and in particular the addition of the reflection column which functions as a professional portfolio, prompting professional reflection. || * Greater integration of the ESLRs into assessment of student learning, making more transparent to students that the ESLRs are being taught and assessed.
 * Development of professional resources for instructional diversity/flexibility.
 * More rigorous investigation of the connection between homework and student achievement.
 * More assessment strategies throughout the instructional process which focus on the higher levels of the Bloom's taxonomy and which shape the instructional process to that end.

**Focus Group Comments on Prioritized Areas Growth**
<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**We ratify the action statement but for the following edits:**

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">__B 3 AREAS FOR GROWTH__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Greater and more transparent integration of the ESLRs into assessment of student learning. ( <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">NOTE: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> This would be an <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">__ACTION STEP__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> toward the fulfillment of the ACTION STATEMENT below.) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Development of professional resources for instructional diversity/flexibility. ( <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">NOTE <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">: This would be an identified <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">__RESOURCE__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> toward the fulfillment of the ACTION STATEMENT below.) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. T**eachers** will routinely modify their instruction according/in response to the results of on-going assessment of student achievement. NEW AREA FOR GROWTH - THIS WOULD BE AN ACTION STEP <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. More assessment strategies throughout the instructional process that focus on the higher levels of Bloom's taxonomy and that shape the instructional process to that end. NO CHANGE - except for ordering. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5. More rigorous investigation of the connection between homework and student achievement. ( <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">NOTE <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">: This would be an identified <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff0000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">__ACTION STEP__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> toward the fulfillment of the ACTION STATEMENT below.) ** NO CHANGE - except for ordering. **