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Pella CSD

District Needs Assessment Discussion

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Students Having Balance

Chart 2

  • Teacher perspective was almost 10% more negative than parents and community.
  • What do people think of as balance?
  • How do you balance excellence and overcommitment?

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Problem Solving vs Facts

Chart 4

  • 15% of the community disagreed that Problem Solving was more important while only 5% of the staff disagreed.
  • Why does each group feel this way?

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Communication Skills

Charts 5 and 6

  • Over 1/4 of most groups felt that writing was an issue and an even larger percentage felt that speaking and listening is a problem.
  • How should we address these issues as a school and a community?

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Technology with young parents

Chart 7

  • Why do you believe this was an issue with young parents?

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Cultures

Chart 9

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  • What could be done to enhance the awareness and appreciation of cultures which are different from a students own experience?

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Skills for the Workforce

Chart 12

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  • What are the specific skills that people see students not possessing?

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Use of the District Website

Chart 13

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  • What would cause a community person to want to see things on the website?

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Positive Brand

Chart 16

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  • Nearly 100% of respondents said the Pella Schools were known for excellence.

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Student Commitment

Chart 28 and 27

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  • Why do students feel their peers are not committed to doing quality work?

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Having Good Friends

Chart 29

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  • Students overwhelmingly stated that they had good friends with them at school.