Needs Assessment
Just as a lighthouse guides a ship safely to the harbor, the Needs Assessment will be your guide to a safe journey's end as you accomplish the goals set out in your organization's Strategic Plan.
Our guide for all our activities is our Framework for 21st Century Education which includes our 3 compasses. These compasses are then embedded within an intentional designed 21st century Learning Environment:
Our guide for all our activities is our Framework for 21st Century Education which includes our 3 compasses. These compasses are then embedded within an intentional designed 21st century Learning Environment:
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3 Compasses are:
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Learning Environment includes:
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Areas of Focus . . .
Upon the conclusion of our Needs Assessment you will be provided with specific recommendations and strategies for developing 21st century schools. We will help you to achieve the following:
- Articulate a vision or mission
- Design and provide students with a Learning Environment supporting 21st century learners
- Build capacity for sustainable leadership
- Create an organizational structure and schedule that supports teachers and students
- Strengthen professional communities
- Design and implement a 21st century model of curriculum and instruction
- Ensure that students develop critical 21st century skills
- Ensure that students develop critical 21st century literacies
- Integrate technology meaningfully into curriculum
Components of a Needs Assessment . . .
When 21st Century Schools organizes and implements a Needs Assessment we include the following:
- Meetings with key administrators and committees
- Tour of schools, including many classroom observations
- Interviews on-site with campus administrators
- Interviews on-site with teams of teachers, parents and students
- Analysis of curriculum and instruction - curriculum guides, materials, lesson plans, etc.
- Analysis of student products
- Data, including test scores, attendance rates, graduation rates, etc.
- Surveys of stakeholders, including students.
