Shelley Behrns

CAPE 3: MANAGEMENT AND LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

As education leaders, we are called to manage our organization, making sure it is a safe and productive learning and working environment, and this is a challenging task. There are many pieces involved in this CAPE. While working in CAPE 3 to create and manage the school’s learning environment, I worked with a team to evaluate data and decide on a strategy to assist with the identified problem of practice, planned needed training to work to assist teachers in addressing the identified problem of practice, and evaluated assessment data to determine next steps and best plan for students and the learning environment. I worked with staff during meetings to focus on the positives and celebrate each other. I worked with the primary grade-level team to evaluate data and decide on a strategy to address grade-level behavior issues.

Before acting as administrator for SSOAR Saturday School, I did a school walk-through and prepared for the predicted inclement weather. Working with the leadership team and committee, we organized and made decisions on facility choices for the school's new environment to back new focus and school branding. We planned for classroom observations, walk-throughs, and monthly instructional focuses. Before this school year began, I made schedules for the school site of Morning duty, music, PE, and STEAM Lab that allowed the teachers to have as close to equal access and time with their instructional assistants. As a future administrator, managing an organization and making sure it is a safe and productive learning and working environment is essential to a productive environment for all school stakeholders. It will be something that will be at the forefront of my function as an administrator.

CAPE 3: MANAGEMENT AND LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

Education leaders manage the organization to cultivate a safe and productive learning and working environment.

3A: Operations and Resource Management New administrators know that day-to-day and long-term management strategies are a foundation for staff and student health, safety, academic learning, and well-being.

3B: Managing Organizational Systems and Human Resources New administrators know the importance of established structures, policies and practices that lead to all students graduating ready for college and career.

3C: School Climate New administrators understand the leader’s role in establishing a positive, productive school climate, supportive of staff, students and families.

3D: Managing the School Budget and Personnel New administrators know how effective management of staff and the school’s budget supports student and site needs.

REFERENCE

California Commission on Teacher Credentialing. (2017). California Administrator Performance Expectations (CAPE). https://www.ctcexams.nesinc.com/content/docs/CAPE_Placemat.pdf

For CAPE 3, I presented at a staff meeting on “What will the new vision look like in your classroom?”. We discussed what would make the best teaching and learning environment for both staff and students. Teachers were then given time to create a representation of what that would look like if there were no limitations. The evidence here is a video of the teacher-created room environments that go along with the school’s newly created vision statement.

Copy of Teacher-created rooms for school’s new vision

For this CAPE 3, I have included a schedule document that I created for the school. It includes morning duties, PE, library, music, STEM lab, etc. The times were scheduled in order to try and give each teacher as close to equal time with their instructional aides as possible so that their instructional time will be more successful.

Maple Schedules 2023-2024