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Assignment: Analysing An Environmental Disaster
Assignment: Analysing An Environmental Disaster
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Recent environmental disasters have significantly impacted the human population in multiple ways. In this assignment, you will identify a recent environmental disaster and discuss potential correlated health impacts.
Begin this assignment by identifying one recent example of an environmental disaster. For example, the BP oil spill or the earthquakes in Haiti or Japan.
Using the readings for this module, the Argosy University online resources, and the Internet, write a research paper including the following:
Provide a description of the environmental event/disaster you have identified. Include the following points:
Consider if the event was caused by humans or natural.
Examine the direct and indirect impact on immediate- and long-term public health.
Identify data regarding mortality and/or morbidity outcomes, if available.
Explain the geographical impact with respect to health. Also consider the number of lives lost, environmental damage, economic fallout, and long-term repercussions or impact.
Examine the research on the likelihood of this event recurring.
Identify and describe the immediate- and long-term emergency response plans and efforts to the disaster you have selected. Be sure to identify which groups, organizations, and/or governments led or are leading the response efforts and the various players who participated or are participating in this response.
Examine the lessons learned from previous responses to similar disasters. List at least three recommendations for protecting public health from a recurrence and/or the aftermath of similar disasters in the future.
Be sure to use a minimum of four external, peer-reviewed journal articles or reliable Internet resources.
Write a 3–4-page paper in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M3_A2.doc.
By Wednesday, March 6, 2013, deliver your assignment to the M3: Assignment 2 Dropbox.
Grading Criteria and Rubric
Assignment 2 Grading Criteria
Maximum Points
Description of the recent environmental event/disaster.
52
Emergency response plans and recovery efforts.
52
Recommendations for the future.
52
Writing Components:
Organization (12)
Usage and Mechanics (12)
APA Elements (16)
Style (4)
44
Total:
200

Organizational Structure Assignment
Organizational Structure Assignment
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Organizational Structure Outline Worksheet: Consider the following:
Workplace trends require employees to connect with a wide array of coworkers, consultants, off-site employees, and other resources. Sharing knowledge is critical to any organization’s success, especially in the health care industry.
Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper that addresses the following questions:
Which organizational model best describes your organization or an organization with which you are familiar?
How does your organization currently communicate or involve employees in formulating solutions to problems?
Include the following in your paper:
The communication techniques that have been most effective for sharing information and ideas
The communication techniques that proved to be ineffective
How these communication techniques might be applied or modified in a health care work environment
How technology might also affect the communication process
Cite a minimum of 3 references to support your position. One reference may be the course textbook.
Format your paper according to APA guidelines.
Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your Organizational Structure Outline Worksheet assignment.
HCS 325 WEEK 5 Organizational Structure Presentation
Resources: Weeks Two through Four Organizational Structure Outline Worksheet assignments
Complete the Week Five section of the Organizational Structure Outline worksheet under Part B: Outline Brainstorm.
Compile and review all feedback given from your Weeks Two through Four Organizational Structure Outline Worksheet assignment.
Develop a 12- to 15-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation on the organizational structure of the rehabilitation center described in the scenario. Create the presentation for the audience you selected in Week Two.
Address the following in your presentation:
The effects of organizational structure on communication
The steps involved in organizational planning and functions of management
Explain the administrative process needed to track outcomes and improve quality and safety
Describe the effects of financial and human resource management controls
Strategies and methods needed to influence organizational change and to minimize conflict
The ethical issues considered important in today’s health care organization
List the major points on the slides. The slide count excludes the title and reference slides.
Include detailed explanations that correlate to each point in the speaker notes.
Include videos, photos, diagrams, graphs, or audio as appropriate.
Include at least a minimum of 5 references to support your presentation.
Format your presentation according to APA guidelines.
Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your presentation and completed Organizational Structure Outline worksheet.

Predicting Longevity Activity Assignment
Predicting Longevity Activity Assignment
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Search the Internet for a life expectancy calculator. Use it to predict your life expectancy.
Write a 700- to 1,050-word summary answering the following questions:
What is your reaction to your results?
How accurate do you think your results are, considering your lifestyle and what you know about aging?
How can the decisions you make now ensure that you enjoy a healthy older life? What are you willing to change to increase your life span?
Accounting for biological changes, what type of life would you like to have in your later years?
After completing the life expectancy calculator, how has your perspective on aging changed?
Identify resources in your community that you would use for support or education as you become an aging adult.
Identify two theoretical frameworks.
Discuss how the two theoretical frameworks could support or affect the age determined by the life expectancy calculator.
Format your summary according to APA guidelines. Include the link to the life expectancy calculator in a reference page.
Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your Predicting Your Longevity Activity and Summary Assignment assignment.
HCS 551 WEEK 5 Hospice Presentation
Imagine you are working in a hospice, and you are developing a presentation addressing those experiencing the death of a parent or a loved one for the first time.
Create an 8- to 10-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation.
Include the following:
Explanation of the five stages of grief.
Individual and societal attitudes about death and dying.
Resources and support services.
Cite at least 3 sources.
Format sources according to APA guidelines and include a reference page.
Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.

Disseminating the EBP Assignment
Disseminating the EBP Assignment
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Assignment: Application 5: Disseminating the EBP Assignment
Disseminating EBP Assignments
Many factors influence how successfully an EBP Assignment is implemented and evaluated. As noted in this week’s Learning Resources, using a translation framework can facilitate effective implementation and the evaluation of outcomes.
For this assignment you will prepare a scholarly product that reports the results and implications of your project to designed audience. The scholarly product for dissemination reports the results and implications of your project to a specified audience. Your scholarly product may be in the form of a project summary and evaluation report, poster presentation, program evaluation report, or a media or technology-based deliverable.
To prepare for this week’s section of Application 5:
Reflect on the definitions and criteria for scholarship presented in the Learning Resources and in your weekly discussions.
Consider AACN’s definition of scholarship and their vision of the role of the DNP-prepared nurse in furthering nursing scholarship.
The full Application 5 is due by Day 7 of this week. Instructions for how to prepare for previous sections of this Application have been provided in Weeks 9 and 10
To complete Assignment: Application 5: Disseminating the EBP Assignment:
Assignment 5: Disseminating the EBP Assignment
For this assignment you will prepare a scholarly product that reports the results and implications of your project to designed audience. The scholarly product for dissemination reports the results and implications of your project to a specified audience. Your scholarly product may be in the form of a project summary and evaluation report, poster presentation, program evaluation report, or a media or technology-based deliverable, Your scholarly product must include the following:
Background, Purpose, and Nature of the Project (2 points)
Describe the larger problem or issue you explored in your DNP Project. Identify your practice-focused question. Explain how this problem or issue affects nursing practice and the overall health care system, and describe how your DNP Project explored possible strategies for addressing the problem or issue.
Evidence (2 points)
Identify the practice setting and context in which you conducted your project, a summary of the evidence supporting the project, and the process for implementation and evaluation.
Presentation of Results (2 points)
Explain the results of your DNP Project and recommendations for change that you made to the organization.
Submission and Grading Information
To submit your completed Assignment for review and grading, do the following:
Please save your Assignment using the naming convention “WK11Assgn+last name+first initial.(extension)” as the name.
Click the Week 11 Assignment Rubric to review the Grading Criteria for the Assignment.
Click the Week 11 Assignment link. You will also be able to “View Rubric” for grading criteria from this area.
Next, from the Attach File area, click on the Browse My Computer button. Find the document you saved as “WK11Assgn+last name+first initial.(extension)” and click Open.
If applicable: From the Plagiarism Tools area, click the checkbox for I agree to submit my paper(s) to the Global Reference Database.
Click on the Submit button to complete your submission.
Grading Criteria
To access your rubric:
Week 11 Assignment Rubric
Check Your Assignment Draft for Authenticity
To check your Assignment draft for authenticity:
Submit your Week 11 Assignment draft and review the originality report.
Submit Your Assignment by Day 7
To submit your Assignment:
Week 11 Assignment
Practicum: Journal and Time Log
By Day 7
You will submit a journal entry (along with your time log) for Weeks 8-11. Journal entries need to connect your previous professional experience with your practice, competencies/concepts in the program, and the literature. Your journal entry should be week-based and sequential so that all journal entries are contained in one file.
Describe the observed activity
Using an evidence-based approach, analyze the problem, issue, or situation. Address questions posed in the weekly practicum pages if appropriate.
Reveal how the real-world might mirror or diverge from program-related evidence, concepts, and/or theories.
Time Log submission
Submission and Grading Information
To submit your completed Practicum for review and grading, do the following:
Please save your Assignment using the naming convention “WK11Practicum+last name+first initial.(extension)” as the name.
Click the Week 11 Practicum link.
Next, from the Attach File area, click on the Browse My Computer button. Find the document you saved as “WK11Practicum+last name+first initial.(extension)” and click Open.
If applicable: From the Plagiarism Tools area, click the checkbox for I agree to submit my paper(s) to the Global Reference Database.
Click on the Submit button to complete your submission.
To access your rubric:
Week 11 Practicum Rubric
Check Your Practicum Draft for Authenticity
To check your Practicum draft for authenticity:
Submit your Week 11 Practicum draft and review the originality report.
Submit Your Practicum by Day 7
To submit your Practicum:
Week 11 Practicum
Week in Review
In this final week you analyzed the role of the DNP-prepared nurse in scholarship and assessed the practicum experience.
Congratulations! After you have finished all of the assignments for this week, you have completed the course. Please submit your Course Evaluation by Day 7.
NURS 8410 Week 11: Dissemination, Part I
One of the chief purposes of translating evidence into practice is to advance the field of nursing. Dissemination is a critical step in this process.
It is important to disseminate and share the information gained from a translation-of-evidence project to enhance the body of knowledge within the profession, thus furthering the science of nursing. Yet how does one prepare to disseminate research findings? What is required to engage in this form of scholarship?
This week, you assess the role of dissemination in scholarship. You also complete your practicum experience and submit your time log and final journal entry.
Learning Objectives
Students will:
Analyze the role of the DNP-prepared nurse in scholarship
Assess the practicum experience
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Learning Resources
Note: To access this week’s required library resources, please click on the link to the Course Readings List, found in the Course Materials section of your Syllabus.
Required Readings
White, K. M., Dudley-Brown, S. & Terhan, M.F. (2016). Translation of evidence into nursing and health care practice (2nd ed.) New York, NY: Springer.
Chapter 18, Dissemination of Evidence
American Association of Colleges of Nursing. (1999). Defining scholarship for the discipline of nursing. Retrieved from http://www.aacn.nche.edu/publications/position/defining-scholarship
American Association of Colleges of Nursing. (2006). The essentials of doctoral education for advanced nursing practice. Retrieved from http://www.aacn.nche.edu/publications/position/DNPEssentials.pdf
Boyer, E. L. (1992). Scholarship reconsidered: Priorities of the professoriate. Issues in Accounting Education, 7(1), 87-91.
Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.
Carina, K., Chan, Y., Oldenburg, B., & Kasisomayajula, V. (2015). Advancing the science of dissemination and implementation in behavioral medicine: Evidence and progress. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 22, 277-282 doi 10.1007/s12529-015-9490-2
Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.
Glassick, C. E. (2000). Boyer’s expanded definitions of scholarship, the standards for assessing scholarship, and the elusiveness of the scholarship of teaching. Academic Medicine, 75(9), 877-880. Retrieved from http://www.academicpeds.org/events/assets/Glassick article.pdf
Lane, J.P. & Stone, V.J. (2015). Comparing three knowledge communication strategies – diffusion, dissemination and translation – through randomized controlled studies. Assistive Technology doi:10.3233/978-1-61499-566-1-92
Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.
Leeman, J., Myers, A.E.,Ribisl, K.M.,& Ammerman, A.S. (2015). Disseminating policy and environmental change interventions: Insights from obesity prevention and tobacco control. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 22:301–311 doi 10.1007/s12529-014-9427-1
Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.
Rieger, K. & Schultz, A.S. (2014). Exploring arts-based knowledge translation: Sharing research findings through performing the patterns, rehearsing the results, staging the synthesis. Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing, 11(2), 133–139.
Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.
Tricco, a.C., Ashoor, H.M., Cardoso, R., MacDonald, H., Cogo, E., Kastner, M., Perrier, L., McKibbon, A., Grimshaw, J.M. & Straus, S.E. (2016). Sustainability of knowledge translation interventions in healthcare decision making: a scoping review. Implementation Science, 11(55) doi 10.1186/s13012-016-0421-7
Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

Assignment: Weight Status and Pregnancy
Assignment: Weight Status and Pregnancy
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Case Studies Chapter 15
Case Study: Weight Status and Pregnancy
Sadie is a 37-year-old teacher in her 20th week of pregnancy. She is 68 inches tall and weighs 195 pounds. Her pre-pregnancy weight was 180 pounds. She gained 50 pounds with her first pregnancy two years ago. Her doctor has recommended that she limit her weight gain this pregnancy. She likes to swim but has not been exercising regularly since she found out she was pregnant. She has had morning sickness through much of this pregnancy and says that she feels better when she eats starchy foods such as bread, potato chips, and pasta. She complains of recent problems with constipation and is seeking ways to relieve this discomfort.
1. Calculate Sadie’s body mass index (BMI) based on her pre-pregnancy weight. Based on her weight status and information in Table 15-1, how much weight is Sadie recommended to gain during her pregnancy?
2. Using the charts in Figure 15-6, evaluate Sadie’s weight gain at this point in her pregnancy. How does it compare to what is recommended?
3. What medical complications of pregnancy are associated with being overweight or obese? Describe risks for the mother and the infant.
4. What would you tell Sadie about the benefits of water exercises during pregnancy? What precautions would you give her about other water-related activities during pregnancy? Explain.
5. What are some strategies presented in this chapter that would help alleviate Sadie’s constipation as well as improve her nutritional status during this pregnancy?

Week Report Assignment
Week Report Assignment
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Read the following scenario:
Data has been collected to identify specific cases of people who are infected with a dangerous virus. Your organization has an interest in knowing where the population is most affected in an effort to move resources to areas that need them.
Create a bar chart using Microsoft Excel® and the data provided in the Cases by City document to identify the cities with the highest counts of cases.
Note: This information will be used for further analysis in future assignments.
Write a 350- to 525-word report or create a 5- to 7-slide presentation with substantial speaker notes of your analysis of the data. Include an answer to the following questions:
What are the top five cities for infected cases?
How many infected cases does each of those cities have?
What is the prevalence rate per 100,000 people?
What else can be deduced after evaluating the chart?
Include your bar chart in the report or presentation.
Include three peer-reviewed references.
Format your citations according to APA guidelines.
Save your assignment as TeamletterWeek3. Example, TeamAWeek3.
Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your MHA 507 WEEK 3 Report I assignment.
MHA 507 WEEK 4 Report II
Read the following scenario:
Now that we know where the outbreaks are located, your organization wants to know more about who it affects. The age of the patient will determine what kind of resources will be needed in those areas.
Create a side-by-side bar graph using Microsoft Excel® and the data provided in the Ages Impacted document to identify the age groups affected by the virus.
Note: This information will be used for further analysis in future assignments.
Write a 350- to 525-word report or Create a 5- to 7-slide presentation of your analysis of the data. Include an answer to the following questions:
Which age groups are most affected?
Which age groups are least affected?
What is the prevalence rate per age demographic?
What else can be deduced after evaluating the chart?
Include your side-by-side bar graph in the report.
Include three peer-reviewed references.
Format your citations according to APA guidelines.
Save your file as TeamLetterWeek4. For example, TeamAWeek4.
Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.
MHA 507 WEEK 5 Report III
Resources: How to Plot Data onto a Map in Microsoft Excel
Read the following scenario:
Now that you know where the outbreaks are located and which age groups are most affected, your organization wants to map out the areas that pose the highest exposure risk.
Create a symbols map using Microsoft Excel® and the data provided in the High Risk Areas document to determine the areas of the country with the most risk.
Note: Watch the “How to Plot Data onto a Map in Microsoft Excel” video for more information about plotting data on a map in Excel. Note also that this information will be used for further analysis in Week 6.
Write a 350- to 525-word report or create a 5- to 7-slide presentation of your analysis of the data. Include an answer to the following questions:
Which cities are high risk and low risk?
What areas of the country are high risk and low risk?
What else can be deduced after evaluating the chart?
Include your symbols map in the report.
Include three peer-references that support your analysis.
Format your citations according to APA guidelines.
Save your assignment as TeamLetterWeek5. For example, TeamAWeek5.
Submit your Turnitin and Grammarly reports.
Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.
MHA 507 WEEK 6 Data Utilization
Compare the charts and graphs that your Learning Team created for the Reports I, II, and III assignments and come to a consensus of the analysis of the data.
Select a health care facility or service (e.g., hospital, physician practice, long-term care facility, ambulance service, pharmacy, or skilled nursing facility).
Write a 350- to 525-word memo or Create a 7- to 9-slide presentation of how your selected health care facility or service can benefit from the information you gathered and analyzed in the Reports I, II and III assignments. Be sure to include any conflicts of interest, ethical considerations, or community health effects that may factor into the benefits identified.
Cite 3 peer-reviewed references.
Submit your Turnitin and Grammarly reports.
Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.

Assignment: Analyzing With ANOVA
Assignment: Analyzing With ANOVA
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Analyzing with ANOVA
Submit your answers to the following questions using the ANOVA source table below. The table depicts a two-way ANOVA in which gender has two groups (male and female), marital status has three groups (married, single never married, divorced), and the means refer to happiness scores (n = 100):
What is/are the independent variable(s)? What is/are the dependent variable(s)?
What would be an appropriate null hypothesis? Alternate hypothesis?
What are the degrees of freedom for 1) gender, 2) marital status, 3) interaction between gender and marital status, and 4) error or within variance?
Calculate the mean square for 1) gender, 2) marital status, 3) interaction between gender and marital status, and 4) error or within variance.
Calculate the F ratio for 1) gender, 2) marital status, and 3) interaction between gender and marital status.
Identify the critical Fs at alpha = .05 for 1) gender, 2) marital status, and 3) interaction between gender and marital status.
If alpha is set at .05, what conclusions can you make?
Source Sum of Squares (degrees of freedom [df]) Mean Square Fobt. Fcrit.
Gender 68.15 ? ? ? ?
Marital Status 127.37 ? ? ? ?
Gender * Marital Status (A x B) 41.90 ? ? ? ?
Error (Within) 864.82 ? ? NA NA
Total 1102.24 99 NA NA NA
Please Note: The table that you see in the assignment has been slightly modified from the one presented in the module notes since it is beyond the scope of this unit to have students calculate p values. Instead you are asked to calculate the F value and compare it to the critical F value to determine whether the test is significant or not.

Health Care Innovation Assignment
Health Care Innovation Assignment
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Health Care Innovation and Regulatory Compliance
Select a health care related law or regulation which has resulted in adoption of new operational processes to ensure compliance with regulatory guidelines.
Identify five important aspects of the law or regulation that would impact organizational approaches to risk management in a health care organization of your choosing.
Create a 15- to 20-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation that includes the following:
Summary of your selected health care related law or regulation
Outline of the five identified aspects of the law or regulation
Overview of effects of the law or regulation on your selected organization
Organizational changes in procedure resulting from the law or regulation
Organizational benefits and challenges associated with the changes
Effects of the changes on risk management initiatives within the organization
Develop detailed speaker notes for each slide.
Include at least five scholarly references in your presentation.
Format your work according to APA guidelines.
Submit your assignment to the Assignment Files tab. Health Care Innovation and Regulatory Compliance
DHA 715 WEEK 6 Aligning Human Resources and Organizational Culture
Scenario: The Moreno Medical Center planning committee has asked you to determine the degree to which the organization’s human resources, defined as clinical and administrative staff, contribute to the hospital’s mission and objectives. Assume the role of chief operating officer of Moreno Medical Center.
To properly analyze the hospital’s human resources function, you will need to review all of the available materials within the Moreno Medical Center Virtual Organization, including each of the posted personnel folders. Use only the materials within Moreno Medical Center for this assignment. Do not create hypothetical documents or scenarios.
Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper responding to the planning committee’s request.
Address the following concerns in your response:
How can health care organizations recruit personnel who align with the organizational culture and understand the importance of cultural fit?
What programs would be appropriate to recognize employees and strengthen retention?
Which different leadership styles can executives use to cultivate a high performing team? Include specific skills and techniques.
What social media guidelines are recommended to ensure compliance with regulatory mandates?
Include at least five scholarly references to support the findings of your response.
Format your paper according to APA guidelines.
Submit your assignment to the Assignment Files tab..

Patient Satisfaction
Patient Satisfaction
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Data collection is an important part of both quantitative and qualitative research. Although the actual approach to gathering information may vary, for either research design, researchers need to plan in advance how the data will be gathered, reported, and stored, and they need to ensure that their methods are both reliable and valid. As nurses review research when considering a new evidence-based practice, it is important to be familiar with sound collection practices in order to ascertain the credibility of the data presented.
Consider the following scenario:
Nurses and other health care professionals are often interested in assessing patient satisfaction with health care services. Imagine that you are a nurse working in a suburban primary care setting that serves 10,000 patients annually. Your organization is very interested in understanding the patient’s point of view to help determine areas of care that can be improved. With this focus in mind, consider how you would create a survey to assess patient satisfaction with the services your organization provides. You may wish to consider variables such as the ease of accessing care, patient wait time, friendliness of the staff, or the likelihood that a patient would recommend your organization to others.
For this Discussion, you generate questions and an overall plan for data collection that would be appropriate for a patient satisfaction survey in relation to the above scenario.
To prepare:
Consider the guidelines for generating questions presented in this week’s Learning Resources.
Review the scenario and formulate at least five questions that you could use to evaluate patient satisfaction.
Reflect on the different methods or instruments that can be used for gathering data described in Chapter 13 and Chapter 22 of the course text. Which methods or instruments would work well for the scenario?
Determine an appropriate sample size for the scenario.
Post on or before Day 3 the questions that you created for gathering information about patient satisfaction based on the above scenario. Explain which method or instrument you would use to gather data. Describe the sample size appropriate for the population and how you would select participants. Provide a rationale for your choices, and explain how you can ensure high standard of reliability and validity

Case: Integration of The Course Content
Case: Integration of The Course Content
Case: Integration of The Course Content
Module 12: Discussion How will your clinical practice improve with the integration of the course content? In a minimum of 150 words, provide a main discussion to the questions above by Wednesday at midnight. Respond to one of your classmates on a separate day of the week from your original posting.
What Is Integrated Curriculum?
Recall when you were a student in high school. You probably shuffled from subject to subject, with each class having its own unique goals, requirements and assessments. Ms. Gorman’s English class looked and felt very different from Ms. Crask’s math class.
However, today, teachers and administration are seeing that there are cross-cutting themes, both in content and skills, that span all classes at school. Many schools are seeking to implement integrated curriculum, where different academic teachers collaborate to create integrated lessons to strengthen students’ skills and achievement. These can be seen as whole-school projects, writing initiatives, whole-school debates and more. Today, we’re going to look at the steps needed to implement this type of curriculum in your own school.Before you can start any new plan, you first need to figure out what your strengths and challenges are in terms of student learning. The entire staff should be involved in choosing a problem of practice, or an area of growth, that the staff wants to focus on. The staff might choose to improve literacy, writing or math skills. Staff should brainstorm together to decide on the most pressing problems by using both qualitative observations and data, such as those from standardized tests. Staff members also need to consider what the best outcome could be. What is the vision for the plan, and what are some action steps you can take to achieve your goals?Determine the Current State of Student Achievement