SCHOOL

ASSESSMENT

PPE

310

REBECCA HAMILTON
9/12/15

Step 1
Assessment Results
Overall Grade: F
During School: 20%
Let's get to work. The school day is the critical time for implementing the Active & Healthy Schools Program, which can benefit students, teachers
and staff. Let's look at some steps for improving your Active & Healthy score during the school day.

Curriculum: 40%
Room for improvement. Studies show the importance of an effective PE curriculum to overall student health and academic performance. A
stronger emphasis on PE can go a long way toward creating an Active & Healthy environment.

Recess / Lunch: 75%

Great potential! How about some more nutritional education? A little more activity? Together, these key Active & Healthy areas can deliver
outstanding results.

After School: 40%

Room for improvement. Use Active & Healthy communications (such as a newsletter) to encourage AHS fundamentals and have a significant
impact on students' activity choices.

Step 2
What are at least two strengths and two weaknesses of your school? Describe each strength and weakness based on your
observation/experience as well as your results from the School Assessment Tool.
Two strengths concerning health and activity in my school are after school programs and recess/lunch. Since I am in
a middle school placement there are a variety of sports that the kids can participate in. In these sports the coaches all
give information and recommendation to eat healthy. Our kids are encouraged to play sports after school no matter
what the sport may be. During school hours the kids have to move outside after they are done eating lunch. During
lunch they can check out various types of balls while playing outside. Two weaknesses of my school are curriculum

and during school. I think it is important that all of us, as teachers give brain breaks through out our blocks because
this gives a chance to get up and move around for a bit. Also, we should be teaching about being healthy and active
in a more proactive manner.
What are at least two ways to improve the policies in place at your school? Explain detailed information for each way and
what you expect from each way.
Two ways to improve the policies in place at my school are to be more proactive and model better life choices. As
teachers our students look up to us and see us more than their parents during the day. When they see us making bad
health decisions on a daily basis, they think it is okay that they do the same. It is a domino effect and this will lead
into bad health decisions as an adult. Being more proactive throughout the school and advertise healthy living will
give a constant reminder to students to make wise decisions all day. We can achieve this by putting posters up,
having healthy snacks provided either through a school store or through vending machines, giving constant
reminders through announcements.
What are at least two ways that you can you use this information to engage administration, teachers, parents, students and
the community in promoting more healthful behaviors? Include a specific description for how to use the results from
the School Assessment Tool as well as your ideas for improvement.
I can use this information to engage the community by making them aware and having a plan of action. I believe that
a lot of the community thinks it would be expensive and a lot of work to make our school healthier since schools
have had such drastic budget cuts in the past several years. By having a plan of action the community will be more
willing to listen to what I have to say and be able to do their own research and make up their own opinion. Having
this plan will also make it easier on the school because some of the hard work will already be done.

How can the information obtained be used to support your potential topic for the Signature Assignment?
This information can be used to support my potential topic for the Signature Assignment by making the community
aware of how much more we could be doing for our children. This information will help me educate the community
and the school, get them involved, take a stance and start making healthier decisions in their own daily lives. I think
that making the community and school aware of how much more we could be doing is the first and most important
step to a healthier school and community.

Step 3

School Name, District, Enrollment: Connolly Middle School: Tempe Elementary: 1021 students
% free/reduced lunch: 67.8%
Enrollment: 1021 students
Proportion ELLs: This is not listed on any website I could find, but I am assuming this proportion is a little high due to the
amount of parents that do not speak fluent English.

 Average class size and grade levels: 6th-8th : 16.6 students to 1 teacher
Urban/rural/suburban: urban
Ethnic makeup and any demographic information of the surrounding community infrastructure:
White: 282 African American: 90 Asian: 36 Hispanic: 487 American Indian: 70 Pacific Islander: 12 Two or more
races: 44 Not Specified: 0
The School Letter Grade (A,B,C etc) or AYP status if applicable: B
Title 1: Yes
Public/Charter/Private: Public

Citations
Assess Your School. (n.d.). Retrieved September 14, 2015.
(n.d.). Retrieved September 14, 2015, from https://azreportcards.com/ReportCard?school=5231&district=-1
Connolly Middle School. (n.d.). Retrieved September 14, 2015, from
http://www.schooldigger.com/go/AZ/schools/0831000768/school.aspx?t=tbStudents&st=tbSTR

Criteria
Assessment

Exemplary: Points (5)

SCORE:

School
Context

SCORE:

Proficient: Points (3)

A minimum of 2 strengths and 2

weaknesses were described
Assessment was completed online
and posted to your EPortfolio
Suggestions to improve school
policies were clearly stated
At least 2 suggestions to engage
stakeholders were provided

School context contained detailed

information on
grade levels
% free/reduced lunch
enrollment,
proportion ELLs
average class size
urban/rural/suburban,
ethnic makeup
state test scores
AYP status
All of the following are listed in the
file document name submitted
Lastname.firstname.assignment#.cou
rse#
This rubric was added to the last
page of the document submitted

Unsatisfactory: Points (1)

A minimum of 1 strength and 1

weakness was described
Suggestions to improve school policies
were stated but lacked sufficient detail
At least 1 suggestion to engage
stakeholders was provided
Assessment was completed online and
not in your EPortfolio

School context contained some

detailed information on
grade levels
% free/reduced lunch
enrollment,
proportion ELLs
average class size
urban/rural/suburban,
ethnic makeup
state test scores
AYP status
Most of the following are listed in the
file document name submitted
Lastname.firstname.assignment#.cours
e#
This rubric was added but not at the
end of the document submitted

Assessment was not completed online or

in your EPortfolio
Strengths and weaknesses were not, or
poorly described
Suggestions to improve school policies
were not stated
No suggestions to engage stakeholders
were provided
School context contained little detailed
information on
grade levels
% free/reduced lunch
enrollment,
proportion ELLs
average class size
urban/rural/suburban,
ethnic makeup
state test scores
AYP status
Few of the following are listed in the file
document name submitted
Lastname.firstname.assignment#.course#
This rubric was not added to the
document submitted

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