Leadership Teams

Leadership Teams

Andria Garcia-McElvain

Grand Canyon University: EDD 577

11/17/2014

School Improvement Team: Problem to Address

Problem | In order to complete requirements to earn a high school diploma in Arizona, students are required to complete a minimum of three science courses (Arizona, n.d). Students who come in on the honors track as freshman take honors biology, honors chemistry, and then choose from physics, AP biology, AP chemistry, AP physics, or human biology to fulfill their third year requirement. Students who are not on the honors track are required to take investigative science, biology, and may then choose between chemistry, physics, of human biology to fulfill their third year requirement. Select students consider additional credits above and beyond state and district requirements. |

Objective | Increase the number and diversity of science courses offered in order to allow students to fulfill the third year science requirement based on individualized educational goals. |

Who is needed | * Principal * Director of Curriculum * Assistant Principal in charge of site curriculum * STEM Coordinator * Science Department * Students * External stakeholders (parents, community, colleges) |

Processes affected by the improvement efforts | * Registration * Class schedules * Class size (previous and proposed courses) * Teacher master schedule * Room utilization * Resource allocation for supplies |

Narrative

In order to complete requirements to earn a high school diploma in Arizona, students are required to complete a minimum of three science courses. Currently at Perry High School, students who come in on the honors track as freshman take honors biology in ninth grade, honors chemistry in tenth grade, and then choose from physics, AP biology, AP chemistry, AP physics, or human biology. Students who are not on the honors track are required to take investigative science as a freshman, biology as a sophomore,...