Student Discipline Data Analysis Paper Role: You are the newly hired principal at your school. Goal: As you prepare for the opening of a new school year, understand your school's student discipline data to create an action plan to

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Jan 23, 2024 • 10 min read

Student Discipline Data Analysis Paper

Role: You are the newly hired principal at your school.

Goal: As you prepare for the opening of a new school year, understand your school's student discipline data to create an action plan to proactively shift the focus of your discipline program to one based on restorative justice, equity and inclusion.

Product: Create a 6–8-page paper that summarizes the current state of student discipline at your school with regard to school climate and culture, identify concerns or trends based on the data, identify specific problem areas to address, and create an action plan to proactively address those concerns using the lens of restorative justice, equity, and inclusion.

1. Explore percentages of discipline referrals by students’ gender, ethnic or racial group, gender identity, and participation in special education.

2. Analyze percentages of discipline referrals by the teacher. Include the data in chart/s and identify any emerging pattern.

3. Be sure to include data representations in the narrative.

4. Based on the data and identified patterns, write a problem statement. Use peer-reviewed, scholarly research to support your problem statement.

Based on the problem statement, create a school-wide discipline improvement plan to address it. Make sure the plan:

addresses possible root causes of inequities and bias that exist in the school based on the data evaluates the ethical dimensions of the problem by reflecting on the data and the consequences current school discipline practices could have on the well-being of each student

includes procedures and strategies to cultivate equitable, inclusive, and culturally responsive practices among teachers and staff

describes in detail the resources needed to support the implementation of a discipline program focused on restorative justice, equity, and inclusion includes communication and engagement tools and strategies to advocate for the use of discipline procedures focused on restorative justice, equity, and inclusion among the school's various stakeholder groups

includes a strategy and benchmarks for evaluating the plan's success (initial and ongoing)

Assignment Outline

Introduction

Identify the purpose of the study, the setting of the study, and your role in creating it.

Problem Statement

Quantify and describe types of discipline referrals based on selected multiple data points including discipline, student demographic information, and teacher referral information. Be sure to include data representations for the types of data selected. Obviously, do not include personally identifiable data for staff or students.

Use data to identify potential patterns of inequities and biases

Include ethical reflections or concerns by analyzing three or more potential consequences current practices could have on wellbeing of students

Create a Problem Statement based on the data that is specific to one or more aspects of current discipline issues. Be sure to focus and identify root cause concerns and factors.

Action Improvement Plan

Use research and data to develop a comprehensive discipline management and response improvement process

Identify the goals and objectives for the discipline improvement plan based on the data

Identify at least 3 school-wide discipline management and response strategies to cultivate disciplinary practices based on restorative justice, equity, and inclusion.

Identify the resources needed to support implementation of the proposed discipline improvement plan Identify the staff professional development training and support resources needed to implement this plan

Identify the communication and engagement plan for the various stakeholder groups to include students, parents, staff, and community members.

Identify the evaluation mechanisms and benchmarks to measure the success of initial implementation of the plan and ongoing success monitoring of the plan.

Conclusion – Summarize the problem statement, the key data findings, the proposed improvement plan, and learnings as the new principal from conducting the survey.

Reference page – A minimum of five (5) peer-reviewed, scholarly sources of literature (2018-2023).

One of the citations must be from you course textbook. Use APA 7 Guidelines for reference page and

text citations

Other General Assignment Guidelines

Based on the guidelines outlined above, create a 6–8-page (not counting the cover or reference pages) narrative essay that addresses and includes all bulleted points above. At a minimum, use the subheadings listed in the assignment to organize your paper

Select at a minimum five (5) peer-reviewed, scholarly sources of literature (2018-2023) to identify the current state of scholarship on your topic.

Include a Fischler College of Education APA 7 standard cover page fse_standard_format.pdf Include a properly formatted reference page/list, in APA 7 format, for all the research resources examined and included in the paper.

Assignment #4 Grading Rubric

Criteria

Exceeds

Meets

Approaching

Introduction

Brooks Elementary School located in Duncan, Mississippi Pre-K through 6 grade

200 students, 19 teachers

The

introduction describes the paper in detail and the school

setting, including school size, number of teachers, administrators, and staff.

The purpose

for the study is clear identified and described. The author’s role in the study was clearly identified.

The

introduction describes the paper and the school setting. The purpose

for the study is clear identified and described. The author’s role in the study was identified.

The

introduction fails to describe the paper and the school setting.

The purpose for the study was minimally identified and/or described. The author’s role in the study was vaguely or not identified.

Data collection and analysis NELP Standard 1.2

Included detailed student demographic, teacher referrals, discipline incident data. Described percentages of discipline referrals by students’ gender, ethnic or racial group, special education, and gender identity. Analyzed in detail the percentages and types of discipline referrals by teachers. Included multiple data representations in charts and illustrated data with graphs.

Included basic student demographic, teacher referrals, discipline incident data. Analyzed percentages of discipline referrals by teachers. Included data in charts

Included one of the following components: student demographic

data, teacher referral

data, discipline incident data. Listed percentages of discipline referrals by teachers

Uses data ethically and equitably NELP Standard 6.2

Identified emerging patterns and explained them in detail.

Identified emerging patterns.

Failed to identify emerging patterns

Data Use

NELP Standard 1.2

Based on the data and identified patterns, a problem statement was clearly stated, exemplified, and supported with theory by citing more than two concepts.

Based on the data and identified patterns, a problem statement was clearly stated and supported with theory by citing two concepts.

A problem statement was clearly stated.

Use research and data to develop an improvement process.

NELP Standard 1.2

To address the problem, a plan was developed that analyzed two possible root causes of inequities and bias in the school. It offered three or more examples and supported the analysis theory by citing more than two research sources.

To address the problem, a plan was developed that analyzed a possible root cause of inequities and bias in the school. It offered two examples and supported the analysis theory by citing two research sources.

A plan was developed that mentioned possible root causes of inequities and bias in the school. It did not support the analysis with research sources.

NELP Standard 1.2

The plan included three or more school-wide procedures to cultivate equitable, inclusive, and culturally responsive practices among

teachers and staff.

Examples of each procedure are included. Procedures were aligned with theory supported by more than three research sources. Detailed steps, timeline, participants, and leaders in charge of each procedure are explained and exemplified. Roles of all participants are explained as well.

The plan includes two school-wide procedures to cultivate equitable, inclusive, and culturally responsive practices among

teachers and staff.

Examples of each procedure are included. Procedures were aligned with theory supported by more at least three research sources. Detailed action steps, timelines, and participants were included.

The plan included a school-wide procedure to cultivate equitable, inclusive, and culturally responsive practices among

teachers and staff.

Action steps, timelines, or participants were minimally addressed or not included.

NELP Standard 6.2

The action plan advocated for allocating resources to support it and thoroughly described strategies to obtain the resources. A narrative described specific resources allocated to support the implementation of culturally responsive pedagogy. A table synthesized the allocation of resources to support tasks.

The action plan advocated for allocating resources to support it. A narrative described the resources allocated to support the implementation of culturally responsive pedagogy.

The action plan met only one of the following criteria: Listed resources needed to

support initial implementation. Listed resources allocated to support the implementation of culturally responsive pedagogy.

NELP Standard 3.3

The plan advocated for teachers’ collaboratively designing a set of equitable practices to enact among teachers, administrators, and staff.

Procedures, resources, and examples were offered to facilitate the task.

The plan also advocated for allocating resources by describing in detail ongoing strategies to obtain resources needed for support. The operating theory of the plan was supported by citing more than three research sources.

The plan advocated for teachers’ collaboratively designing a set of equitable practices to enact among teachers, administrators, and staff. The plan also advocated for allocating resources to support this plan. A strategy to obtain the resources is included. The operating theory of the plan was supported by

citing at least three research sources.

The plan failed to advocate for teachers’ collaboratively designing a set of equitable practices to enact among teachers, administrators, and staff. The operating theory of the plan was not supported by

citing at least three research sources.

Communication Plan NELP Standard 2.2

Described in

detail, exemplified, and included in the timeline the communication tools and strategies that will be used to advocate for the ethical and equitable practices in the plan.

Described the communication tools and strategies that will be used to advocate for ethical and equitable practices in the plan.

Listed communication

tools or strategies to advocate for ethical and equitable practices in the plan.

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