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Needs Assessment: Behavior in an Elementary School

By: Riley Phillabaum

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Table of Contents

Context/ Problem

Plan for Needs Assessment

Rationale

Next Steps

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Context and Problem

  • Elementary school with a high percentage of students living below the poverty line.
  • The primary goal of this organization is to enhance student learning and growth at the elementary level.
  • The administrative structure follows a top-down approach to ensure academic success

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  • Many of the behaviors that are being seen in classrooms make it hard for teachers to complete lessons and disciplinary actions up until this point have seemed to have no impact on behaviors of students

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Needs Assessment Plan

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Data Collection Methods

  • Surveys
  • Interviews
  • Convenience Sampling

Justification

Research Approach: Qualitative

Participant Selection Criteria and Sampling Strategy

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Rationale

  • Context Selection
  • Problem Description
  • Needs Assessment Plan

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Next Steps

School PD

Things to think about

Findings and out comes of current behavior intervention

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What we can change in the future

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Question to think about?��What behavior management techiques are being implemented in your school or in a school you are familiar with?