InterimActivityA:ProgramImprovementDecisionPoints: UsingStakeholderAssessmentstoIdentifyStrengthsandNeeds

Due:November20,2015Name:

Programand State:

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1.Selectand administer a stakeholderassessment

1.Whichstakeholder assessment did you select? (Markone)

ProgramSelf-Assessment / Teacher Self Assessment / Local Manager Self-Assessment
Student FocusGroup / Student Questionnaire / Partner SurveyPartner FocusGroup

2.Who did youengage inadaptingor refiningthe stakeholder assessment?

ChecklistResponse
1.I identified thenumber of staff ontheworkgroup.
2.I described thepositions of the staff onthe workgroup.
3.I explained howtheworkgroup membersare representative ofmystaff and whyIselected themtoparticipate.

3.Howdid the adaptation/refinement processwork,and were you satisfied withthe processandthe result?

ChecklistResponse
1.I describedhowIexplained the overallprogramimprovementprocessto theworkgroup members(stakeholderassessments, research,and data).
2.I describedhow theworkgroup membersparticipated inadaptingthe stakeholderassessment.
3.I have included myreflections onhowtheadaptation/ refinementprocessworked.

4.Brieflydescribe the processyou used to administer the adapted stakeholderassessment.Include the number ofpeople who were asked to participate, the number ofrespondents, accessprocedure (hard copy, online, electronicfile,etc.), and other relevant information.

Checklist / Response
1. / I included the
number of people who
were asked to
participate.
2. / I included the
number of actual
respondents, which
represented at least a
20% returnrate.
3. / I describedhowthe
stakeholder assessment
wasadministered (hard
copy, online, etc.).

2.Engage the workgroup to reviewthe results;clarifyand prioritize needs.

1.Whatstaff did youengageinreviewingthe resultsof the stakeholder assessment and clarifyingand prioritizingneeds?

ChecklistResponse
1.I included adescriptionof the staffwho reviewed theresults of thestakeholder assessment.(Indicate whether thiswastheinitialworkgroup, asubset, ora different group ofindividuals).

2.Brieflydescribe howthatprocessworked.

ChecklistResponse
1.I described theprocesswe used toprioritize our top threeneeds.

3.What werethe top threeneedsthat were identified throughthe stakeholderassessment?

Checklist / Response
1. / I have listed the topthree needsidentifiedfromthe stakeholderassessment.

4.Did those needs(or anyofthe other needsfromthestakeholder assessmentfindings) surpriseyou? Why?

ChecklistResponse
1.I have identified anysurprisesand explainedwhytheywere asurprise.
2.If there were nosurprises, Ihavedescribed why.

Review and reflections on the Interim Activity

1.Reflect upon Suroweki’s Wisdom of Crowds:

Checklist / Response
1.
2.
3.
4. / I havedescribed whatSurowieckimeanswhenhe sayscrowdsare“informationminuserror.”
I described whatSurowieckimeanswhenhe sayscrowdsaresmarterand make betterdecisionsthanindividuals.
Whatare theproblems orobstaclesthatgroupsface andmust overcome if agroup is toact withintelligence?
Whichof theanecdotesinthebookdid you findmost intriguing?

2.What did you learnfromthisinterimactivitythat had the mostimpactonyou?

Postyourresponses in yourelectronic portfolio bythe designated due date.

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