WSU Puyallup Educational Leadership Internship Program

Guidelines for Learning Environment Profile

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One of the dominant themes of Jim Collins Good to Great research is that
results come about by making good decisions. One thing that distinguished the
decision making of the good-to-great companies is that they examined the
brutal facts of reality by applying a continuous cycle of analysis.
#he Learning Environment Profile $LEP% is a document intended to help you &e more
'no(ledgea&le of the &rutal facts of your school &y e)amining a num&er of critical
elements or the reality of your school* #his 'no(ledge (ill help you ma'e more
informed decisions and give you insights to the culture of your school and its
community*
Continuous Cycle of Analysis
Decision Making Involves
Types of Decision Making
+ process
,e-uires a perceived pro&lem
Influenced &y information and data
Influenced &y situational constraints
Influenced &y values and &eliefs
Usually has alternatives
,e-uires analysis
,e-uires a choice
,esults in action
Should &e evaluated
,ational .ecision /a'ing0characteri1ed &y
(ritten rules and regulations2 hierarchical control3
&ureaucratic
Participation3 Shared or Site 4ased .ecision
/a'ing0consensual3 &ased on goals3 values3
and &eliefs3 open communication3 e-ual status3
&ased on professional e)pertise*
Strategic .ecision /a'ing0comprehensive3
&ased on 'no(ledge and analysis of internal
and e)ternal environment3 long range plan3
e)tensive involvement &y participants3 shared
philosophy and purpose*
Situational .ecision /a'ing0recogni1es
am&iguity and uncertainty3 culture and climate
are important3 ethical dilemmas often present3
decisions often more process
than goal &ased3 effectiveness and efficiency
are important elements*
The Learning Environment Profile (LEP) is a ork in progress throughout your
internship! The complete" pro#ect is to $e inclu"e" in the Collection of
Evi"ence! It is e%pecte" evi"ence ill $e inclu"e" ith the LEP so it is
important to collect it throughout the internship!
&! The LEP is to contain the folloing information'
/ission Statements $.istrict and School%
Location and .escription of School $map5pictures%
6.escription of the 7eigh&orhood $map5pictures%
#ypes of housing
4usinesses
6It is e)pected you (ill ride the school &uses that
service your school noting neigh&orhood information3
&us stops3 etc*
Learning Improvement Plan
.escription of school improvement process $(ho3
ho(3 etc*%
,elationship to district goals
,elationship to 7ine 8haracteristics
,elationship to #PEP3 8ommon 8ore and Smarter
4alanced
Learning goals $gro(th% for students and teachers
Strategies for achieving goals
,esources targeted to goals
Evaluation strategies for goals
School 4udget
,evenue $ho( much3 from (here%
E)penditures $for (hat%
.ecision ma'ing process
Partnerships
Grants
9olunteers
Student Profile Information $racial3 ethnic3 socio!
economic3 gender3 special programs3 etc*%
Student +cademic Information $+ccounta&ility Inde)3
test scores3 num&er of students going on to
college3 graduation rate3 etc*%
Student 4ehavior Information $discipline referrals3 drop!
out data3 attendance information3 mo&ility rate3 etc*%
Program Information $types of programs3 enrollment3 etc*%
:aculty Information $certified%
7um&er of faculty
7um&er of 7ationally 8ertified teachers
;ears of e)perience
7um&er of years at school
Education
Staff Information $classified%
7um&er of employees
#ypes of responsi&ilities
;ears of service
Parent Information $racial3 ethnic3 socio!economic3
household configuration3 si&lings in school3
involvement in school3 etc*%
8ommunity 8onnections5Partnership
8ulture of School $climate surveysl or similar assessments%
Positives
Level of trust
+reas of concern
<ther information specific to your school that should &e
considered
(! )or each of the a$ove items you nee" to provi"e the folloing'
a* #he information gathered
&* + description5summary of the information
c* +n analysis5evaluation of the information
)inal pro"uct is a thoughtful* ell ritten paper that synthesi+es an"
integrates the information ($rutal facts) an" its implications for "ecision,
making regar"ing the improvement of learning for stu"ents! -hat
recommen"ations oul" you make for your school $ase" upon your
fin"ings an" analysis of the information. ($e very specific)