ADDIE Model
The ADDIE Model consists of five phases. Analyze, Design,
Development, Implement, and Evaluation. I like this model because it incorporates
revision between each major step. This allows for on the fly fixes and review
of what is working and what is not.
Michael Scriven's Goal-Free Evaluation Approach: This
approach is premised on the assumption that an evaluation should establish the
value of a program by examining what it is doing rather than what it is trying
to do.
I liked this approach because its focus is not on what the
programs goals are but on actual results. It is a bit cynical approach in that
it asks if the program is actually doing what it is designed to do.
I could see myself using both these methods as well as the
CIPP and Kirkpatrick models to determine if my instruction is effective. There
is a lot of focus on the results of state testing and while I can see where standardized
testing can be useful it is not the only indication of learning. it would be
useful to know if learners are internalizing information, learning how to think
for themselves and how to acquire knowledge in a dynamic setting.
Part two
I have never worked anywhere where there were unlimited
resources. I can’t imagine a school or business that isn’t interested in saving
money. Situational leadership is changing your style to match your learners.
This fits well with using what is already available at a location. Take a
school for instance; there are already resources in place that can be used to
teach. Be it older computers, projectors, or slides. Using what is already paid
for saves money for the organization and allows you to retrofit older equipment
in new ways.
Several years ago, I left a very large school district to work in the same district where my children went to school. The new district was very small in comparison, but I assumed that funding issues were the same across the board: schools don’t have money. However, in our first staff meeting, our new principal said that if there was ANYTHING we wanted, just ask. He said he had never seen a school with a budget like ours. My first thought was, “How can that be?” My question was answered a few short years later, when we were summoned to the auditorium, where the new superintendent informed us all that our district was several MILLION dollars in debt to the state, and that there would be very hard times ahead.
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I knew at the beginning that it didn’t seem right that a public school should have an unlimited budget. I would rather have operated under a scarcity than end up where we did. I am now back in the first district – and our outlook is realistic. We understand the scarcity of resources that public schools face, and we deal with what we have and make the best of it.
I come from a third world country where financial crisis is an everyday trend, the parents have to buy most of the learning materials that they need. The school has to budget well for the funds it has, but sometimes the stake holders use it for themselves and the school remains even poor.
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