School Evaluation Summary

This by far was the biggest challenge of this course.  The assignment has great purpose, but since I have been out of the classroom for almost six years, it was quite difficult to come across the information especially during the month of July.  Since I left Southfield Christian there has been major changes in the administration and the vision for the school.  Technology has been a major focus of the school, not only to benefit the staff and students, but also to make it more marketable as a private school.

I was not able to collect as much information as I would have liked to for my research, so in some areas I feel it is a little incomplete due to lack of information.  To complete my research I contacted the former administrator for Global Christian School Online, which is based out of SCS.  He was active in the technology at the school and gladly helped me complete the survey.  I was able to discuss with him the changes that have been made at the school and the improvements that still need to be made.  To get another perspective I talked to a high school history teacher who has taught there since 2004.  I was surprised to see just how far the school has come in less then a decade and the potential it has in the future.  By attaining a administrative and teacher perspective I feel like I got a well-rounded view of where the school stands with technology.

I was not expecting to see that the overall benchmark rating was "integrated".  When I taught there previously, I would have rated it a "emergent" school.  I am very pleased with the progress made by the school overall and look forward to advancements in the future.  The one piece of information I would have liked to research was the school's technology use plan.  I was unable to reach anyone at the school to get a copy and according to my sources it is not readily available.

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Maturity Benchmarks Survey

School Evaluation Summary