Degree Name

Education Specialist (EdS)

Semester of Degree Completion

1989

Thesis Director

Larry Janes

Abstract

The purpose of this field experience was to develop a detailed five-year strategic plan for Jefferson Middle School. The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) Middle School Future Planning Consortium had twenty-four middle schools across the nation that worked collaboratively to share and build their plans. Jefferson Middle School was part of this consortium. The researcher utilized the ASCD format and the expertise of those schools involved to develop the Jefferson Middle School plan. The format has four major areas of focus: (1) Organization, (2) Core Curriculum, (3) Improved Teaching and (4) Educational Technology.

This field study report is divided into five chapters. Chapter one explains why Jefferson Middle School wanted to be involved, relates the specific statement of the problem being researched, and gives the limitations of the study. Chapter two is a study of the related literature and research concerning the middle school movement. Chapter three explains the format of the study, the method of data collection, and the data analysis. Chapter four lists the results, recommendations and conclusions of the data that was collected from the twenty-four middle schools. Chapter five summarizes the recommendations of the researcher based on the results of the surveys.

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