1. WSU SUPERINTENDENT PREPARATION PROGRAM 2008-10 CASE STUDY RUBRIC Name ___________________________________________________ Advisor _________________________________ Date ______________________ Case Study Title _________________________________________________________ District_______________________________________________ (Instructor will mark the relevant portion of the rubric to provide working feedback as each section is submitted. When the final product is submitted, the instructor will mark the entire rubric to evaluate the case study as a whole.) CRITERIA Unmet Met Exemplary 1. PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS OF DISTRICT-WIDE STRATEGY, 3-5 pages (OCT 2009) A. Current district-wide learning improvement strategy, including implicit theory of action, is identified and clearly articulated as subject of case study ___ ___ ___ B. Strategy is effectively analyzed for likely impact to each element of instructional core (teacher knowledge and skill, student engagement, academically challenging content) ______ ___ C. Analysis of strategy includes insightful discussion of critical environmental factors affecting implementation (i.e., federal law, statutes, policy, contracts, funding) ___ ___ ___ COMMENTS: ___________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 2. DATA-BASED ANALYSIS OF ORGANIZATIONAL ELEMENTS, 4-6 pages (JAN 2010) A. Data provide useful insights into current culture (What are current norms, beliefs and behaviors related to the strategy and its implementation? What new beliefs and behaviors are needed to support strategy? ) ___ ___ ___ B. Data provide useful information about structures and systems (Are they aligned with strategy? What structural or systems changes are needed ?) ______ ___ C. Data show whether financial, human and technical resource priorities are aligned with strategy (i.e., instructional materials, time, professional development for teachers, principals, others; work load priorities, support for critical activities, etc.) ______ ___ D. Data provide insight into the level of awareness, support and participation of key stakeholder groups (Are they aligned with and advancing the strategy? Neutral or hostile to the strategy? According to the data, what actions or changes are needed?) ___ ___ ___ COMMENTS: ___________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ 8/09 2008-10 CASE STUDY RUBRIC (continued) Unmet Met Exemplary 3. DATA SYNTHESIS AND PRESENTATION , 3-8 pages (FEB 2010) A. Exhibits (tables, charts, graphs and other appended documents) are clear, appropriately labeled, and help to illustrate alignment/lack of alignment of organizational elements and district-wide strategy ___ ___ ___ B. Perceptual data (i.e., Interpretive commentary from interviews and other resources) is provided as appropriate to help illustrate environmental challenges, strengths and needs of district strategy___ ___ ___ COMMENTS: ________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 4. COMPLETED CASE STUDY, 15 - 30 pages (MAR 2010) A. Final work product is clearly and effectively organized; focus is maintained throughout ______ ___ B. Formatting contributes to understanding______ ___ C. PELP Framework guides clear, cogent, data-based analysis___ ___ ___ D. The case study effectively shows where critical alignments are strong and where they must be strengthened for successful implementation of the strategy___ ___ ___ E. The case study concludes with feasible, well-reasoned
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to increase coherence of the district's organizational elements with the identified strategy ______ ___ F. Grammar and usage, spelling, punctuation and sentence fluency meet professional standards______ ___ G Final product shows editing/improvement based on feedback and discussion of work in progress. ______ ___ H. Submission is timely ______ ___ COMMENTS: __________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ FINAL GRADE / COMMENTS: _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________