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1 Assessment 2: Frame Your Issue and Collect Your Data Samantha Wasinger School of Public Service and Education, Capella University EDD-FPX8030: Investigating Problems of Practice Frances Dolley January 20 th 2024
2 Framing an Organizational Issue LeMay Elementary is a school located in Bellevue Nebraska who served students from preschool to sixth grade. The preschool program at LeMay serves children aged 3-5 years old who have a disability or are at risk for developing a disability. This program is a play-based, half-day program. The preschool program is part of the Early-Childhood Program in Bellevue Public Schools (BPS) serving over 300 families. In May of each year, BPS sends out a survey to families in the preschool program. The survey is set-up for caregivers to provide feedback on their experience in the program. The survey contains questions regarding curriculum, student’s growth, communication, and teacher interactions. The results of this survey provide administrators with a list of potential professional development opportunities to ensure growth and satisfaction. The purpose of this paper is to define the research details as Maxwell (2012) states that research problems are the most important elements in a research study. Based on the survey results from parents, the number one problem is parental concern with the current curriculum. The dissatisfaction and the results of the last four years show there is a need for further research and discover of the underlying problem. Significant Problem of Practice Based on the results of the survey, LeMay preschool program tries to improve their quality of operations and education. The results of this survey show a low level of parental satisfaction with the programs pre-academic curriculum. The expected performance is to implement a curriculum that prepares children for kindergarten. The current program utilizes a play-based curriculum with a heavy focus on social-emotional learning and a small focus on pre- academic skills. The program does not explicitly teach pre-academic skills such as letters and
3 numbers. Parents report concern with their children transitioning to kindergarten without learning those skills. For the last ten years, BPS has utilized the Creative Curriculum for their preschool programs. The Creative Curriculum utilizes a child’s natural environment to teach social- emotional skills. The units in this curriculum include things like clothing, buildings, trees, and pets. The gap between current performance and expected performance is affecting students and their parents. Children are not prepared for kindergarten therefore parents are having to spend additional time outside of preschool prepping their children for the upcoming year. Guiding Research Questions What concerns do stakeholders such as administrators have with the BPS preschool program? What do the stakeholders believe the current curriculum teaches? What percentage of stakeholders such as BPS preschool teachers are utilizing the entire curriculum each day? What is the perception of the curriculum from the current preschool teachers and other stakeholders? What do other stakeholders such as the kindergarten teachers think about the readiness of incoming students from preschool over the last 4 years? What options do the stakeholders propose are available to supplement the current curriculum with reading and mathematics? Guiding Research Questions Justification
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