Running head: FAMILY FUN NIGHT

Project Overview Table: Family Fun Night

Michelle S. Conner
University of St. Thomas

Dr. Eduardo Torres

EDUC 5390 Educational Leadership
Spring 2016

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Student: Michelle S. Conner

Area of Concern

Needs Assessment

Clear View High

School is a charter
school in Clear Creek
ISD. Parents of
students attending
Clear View High have
mandatory
participation
requirements. Family
Fun Night is one of
six opportunities for
parent participation.
In the past attendance
has been low. This
open house, Family
Fun Night will
provide family
opportunities to win
items provided by the
community.

Clear View High

School has allowed
me to work with their
campus to increase
open house
participation. As an
instructional coach at
Internship II High, it
is within my job
description to help my
content area achieve
higher scores and
STAAR distinctions.
The campus principal
assigned this project
to me so I may assist
the entire staff. The
assigned objective
was to educate the
teachers on the
necessity and
techniques to increase
the rigor of lessons
and engagement of
students. Our campus
goal is to increase the
number of STAAR

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Project Overview Table
Name of Project: Family Fun Night
Projects Action
Plan
Late January 2016

Competencies
Addressed

Evaluation
Pre-Assessment of
previous CVHS open
house evenings,
number of
participants, teacher
input, and survey of
wanted prize items.

Reflection

1. Overall the
enjoyment of the
22nd Met with the
C001- Facilitating
evening was
principal and assistant implementation of
fantastic. The
principals to discuss
campus vision.
parents, students,
open house,
and teachers
community support,
C002appeared to be
and campus
Communication and
excited about the
information.
collaboration with the Teacher Input: Each
evening as they
school community.
teacher was to email
interacted with
rd
23 Investigate Math
stating the game
each other
Night to gain a better C004- Facilitating
they were planning for
completing mock
understanding of
strategic plans that
and their location. A
classroom
campus interest
ensure alignment of
follow-up meeting
activities.
vision and curriculum. was scheduled for
2. As an outsider
25th to 29th Review of
departments that had a
coming into a
CVHS master
C006- development difficult time with
campus, it is
schedule and set up
system to improve the ideas.
difficult to align a
and meet with each
performance of all
school climate and
department
staff members,
*See map and
vision with
assignments on
complete buy-in.
C009- Ensuring a safe Weebly site
Many teachers
learning environment
needed additional
for all participants.
Final evaluation
support,
This is one option for
encouragement,
parents to participate
and positive
in one of six activities
response to

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distinctions from zero
to a minimum of
three.

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Early February
20163rd Review and update
information created
campus access
spreadsheet for the
upcoming evening.
Went out in the
community to request
community support:
gift certificates,
baskets, prizes, etc.

throughout the school

year. Parents of
students at CVHS
C003- Act with
must attend a
integrity in a legal
minimum of three
manner.
events a year to
support their children.
C007- Apply
This will be an
decision-making
ongoing event.
skills.
Attendance increased
from 208 last year to
C008- Management of 247 this year.
campus budgeting and Evaluation of this
materials use.
project is long-term.

Late February 2016

Final Steps:
1. Create event
map and send
it to the print
shop
2. Final meeting
with teachers
3. Communicate
with Belfour
for graduating
student
4. Meet with
CIIC team
5. Food order

C005- Advocating an
instructional program
C007- Apply
decision-making
skills.
C008- Management of
campus budgeting and
materials use.
C009- Ensuring a safe
learning environment
for all participants

negativity.
3. Next year, Family
Fun Night will
continue. It would
be beneficial to
begin the
organization of
activities and
community
donations much
earlier.
4. This activity
allows student,
parents, teachers,
and the
community builds
relationships
necessary to
develop
individuals vested
in their
community. In an
all at-risk school,
it is importation
for students to feel
valued and be
given
opportunities to
explore and see
individuals
interact.

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February 25, 2016Family Fun Night.

Family oriented open
house.

C001- Facilitating
implementation of
campus vision.

Dinner served at 6:30

in the cafeteria

C004- Facilitating
strategic plans that
ensure alignment of
vision and curriculum.

17 classrooms
providing 3-5 minute
game/activity to
correlate with
classroom instruction
including microscope
scavenger hunt,
Rubens Tube, Girl on
Fire!, Flame Lab Test,
Visual Puzzles,
English Alive,
Battleship, What in
the world? Robotic
Marshmallow Toss,
Cookies for Literacy,
Food plate
scramble, and

C005- Advocating,
nurturing, and
sustaining the
instructional program
and campus culture.
C007- Apply
decision-making
skills.
C008- Management of
campus budgeting and
materials use.
C009- Ensuring a safe

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Graduation. Tickets
are given for
completed
task/participation
provided by
community
organizations such as
Dave & Busters,
Freebirds, Balfour,
Canes Chicken, and
Putt-Putt Fun House.
Two price number are
called every ten
minutes.

learning environment
for all participants