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EDAD 694 Chris AtkinsonProject 2 March Madness Discipline Program
ISLCC Standard 5
School discipline is something that can be a large time consumer
for any middle school administrator. At Creekside, the Junior High
where I did my off-level internship, administrators determined that the
amount of time spent on discipline issues increases significantly in
March as it is the month that leads up to Spring Break. Therefore,
focusing on ISLCC standard five, I was able to help strengthen an annual
positive behavior program used to motivate student behavior and
therefore, decrease discipline referrals during the month of March.
The idea of the program is simple: use rewards to encourage
students not to receive discipline referrals. Below is a video that Icreated where I interviewed the principal; this video was played to the
students to introduce the program.
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This program essentially helps to promote a safe learning
environment for staff and students (ISLCC S3.P21).
In preparation for the launch of the program I filmed some
student-created skits that would be played for their peers to promote
our program: March Madness. Along with these videos there were
posters hung around the building, and I also created a website where
weekly updates were posted in order to communicate to the
community, staff, and students the weekly results.
In this particular project, my goal was to communicate the idea of
the March Madness discipline incentive program in a more streamlinedand efficient way. I believe I did this, and in turn, students worked to
treat staff, peers, and other community members with even more
respect and dignity. Modeling respect and dignity for everyone in the
school environment is a standard that needs to be set by the
administrator to see its reciprocal effects.
Using the office staff and resources to promote March Madness
was crucial to the success of the program. In order for us to keep
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idea how much discipline the administrators dealt with on a daily basis.
At Creekside Junior High there are two assistant principals, and they
deal with almost 90% of all the discipline. This, of course, was
somewhat of a shock to me coming from the elementary where very
little of our administrators days are spent dealing with student
discipline cases. Over the course of my time at the Junior High and
through this project I saw how using a positive school culture to
incorporate programs really can help minimize the amount of time
spent on discipline (ISLCC S2.P3).
As a future administrator, I want my school culture to be a
positive environment where my staff is not afraid to try new things,including incentive programs. This is directly related to how well the
school leader is able to develop a caring school community (ISLCC
S5.P7). This semester I also read an article by Jim Collins, author of
Good to Great. In this article Jim ponders the idea that values should
be directly tied into the organizations vision. Jim says, But there is a
big difference between being an organization with a vision statement
and becoming a truly visionary organization. The difference lies in
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2. What ISLLC performances (skills) have YOU
developed?
I have developed several ISLCC performances through my work on
the March Madness project. Some that I feel I have developed the
most are: ISLCC S5.P2 demonstrates values, beliefs, and attitudes thatinspire others to higher levels of performance, ISLCC S5.P6 treats
people fairly, equitably, and with dignity and respect, and ISLCC S5.P5
uses the influence of the office to enhance the educational program
rather than for personal gain.
I firmly believe in the saying practice what you preach. The
school leader is responsible to promote a safe positive school culture,
and one of the biggest factors in doing this is by modeling integrity and
ethical behavior. This is something that I did while I facilitated my
internship at Creekside. Unfortunately, modeling ethical behavior is
something that many principals seem to lack these days. In fact, this
year in the Indianapolis area (including the district where I teach andconducted both internships) there have been news stories of principals
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The dispositions that were developed are in step with the
performances practiced during this project. Again, the school leader
must be an example of ethical and just behavior.
During this project, it was crucial that I looked ethically at data
each week as I assessed who had the least amount of discipline
referrals. It could have been tempting to fudge numbers in order to
make students think it was closer than what it was, but in order to stay
ethical in the eyes of the staff, and by my own moral standard I did not.
The school leader must also work to shape a positive school
culture. The leader must work beside the community to initiate
programs that will help the school be seen as a positive learningenvironment. The school must be developed and valued among the
community, this March Madness program promoted the school into the
community. The success of the project was communicated via a
website that was accessed by parents and other members of the
community. Theses dispositions developed will help me as a future
school leader.
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during the day on school televisions). Making sure this all got done
required me to work with various stakeholders.
Artifacts Attached Below Rubric
Rubric On Next Page
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RUBRIC FOR REFLECTIVE ESSAYS (Revised 6/07)
Name Chris Atkinson Date 3/28/09
Self-Assessment Score 99/100 Professors Score ________/100
Project Standard # (1-Vision, 2 Culture/Instruction, etc.) : Standard 5
22 or 23 20 18 16 14 < 12
Excellent Marginal Poor
Evidence of
Leadership &
Administrative
Skills(23 points possible)
23 pts.
The essay clearly demonstrates
current knowledge and practice
of effective leadership skills
such as collaboration,
communication, interaction with
key stakeholders, identifying andresolving problems, organiza-
tional skills, & applying multiple
perspectives to problems.
Essay provides minimal
evidence that effective
leadership and
administrative skills have
been practiced. Conclusions
show some alignment witheffective leadership
practices. Minimal use of
multiple perspectives.
No evidence of leadership and
administrative skills being
practiced. Conclusions do not
support current knowledge on
effective leadership practices.
No references to employingmultiple perspectives.
Professional
Growth
Through
Analysis(23
points possible)23 pts.
The essay clearly demonstrates
professional growth through the
analysis of experiences and
changing assumptions and
beliefs. There is evidence of
new learning (being stretched).Thoughtful self-assessment
comments are included.
Some professional growth is
evident and some basic
assumptions and beliefs
have changed. Self-
assessment comments are
minimal.
Experiences are usually
assessed from only one
perspective and little or no
change in assumptions or
beliefs are shown. Self-
assessment comments notfound.
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Videos I Created to Promote March Madness- Skits were written by students
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Website Created for Project:
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94.7%
93.3%
94.1%
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No, not the basketballkind of madness!!
We are talking aboutthe kind of madness
caused by behavior!!!
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Dont let this
happen to you!
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Prevent MarchMadness!
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Good behavior during March =GREAT Rewards!!!
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