Name: Shelly Dejean-Tillman

Project : Cafeteria

Area of concern

Competencies

Evaluation

Reflection

C005- Advocating,
nurturing, and
sustaining
instructional
program and
campus culture.

Pre test
Sept/March/May
Survey teachers to
identify areas of
weakness and
strengths, since
implementation.

C009 states a
principal knows
how to apply
strategies for
ensuring the safety
of students and
personnel;
Implement
strategies that
enable a school
physical plant.

Needs Assessment

Project Action
Plan
Last school year,
75% from all
Early September.
end of the year
office referrals
Formed a
survey, Wilder
came from
committee of
teachers reported
cafeteria.
teachers to address
the cafeteria as the
There are only 2
and identify
most problematic
Paraprofessionals
strategies for
area in the school.
are on duty in the
improving
cafeteria.
behavior.
Teachers all agreed
Late September
there needed to be a Met with
School wide staff
new system for the individual teachers development on
cafeteria.
and grade level
expectations.
teams to identify
Developed a lesson
Several parents
current issues and
plan for teachers to
have also made
desired
implement and
complaints about
expectations for
practice
the noise level in
cafeteria.
expectations with
the cafeteria during
students.
lunch visits.
Interviewed
Sent home cafeteria
administrators on
expectations and
desired behavior for schedule for lunch
students during
visits
lunch time.
Ongoing / daily
September-May
Teacher duties in

C004- Facilitating
design and
implementation of
curricula.

C004- Facilitating
strategic plans that
ensure alignment of
vision and
curriculum.

C002:
Communication
and collaboration

Email tracking
Teachers email if
there is a need for
extra training.

Post test
Office referral data
from cafeteria only,
Compared to prior
year.
Parent interviews
Teacher interviews
Final evaluation
End of year survey

My Assistant
principal and I saw
this project as a
priority to ensure
the safety of all
students.
Reassigning
teachers to lunch
duty after many
years was necessary
but not welcomed
by the majority of
the staff. We
incorporated buy in

the cafeteria
Developed a signal3,2,1 system for
teachers to aide in
transition.
Ongoing SeptMay
Visuals posted in
cafeteria to remind
students of
procedures.

with school
community.

to show results and

share with teachers.
Teacher input form.

C007- Apply
decision making
skills.

Reward classes for

positive behavior in
cafeteria.
Safe Seat (2
warnings)
C009: ensures
student safety and
implement
strategies to enable
a school physical
plant.

by communicating
the benefits of
teachers being on
lunch duty. I
explained how this
could be a time to
develop student
teacher
relationships,
minimizing office
referrals, and fewer
parent contacts. We
also had to consider
legal parameters
such as duty free
lunches and
uninterrupted
conferences.
I also realized,
implementing a
plan does not
guarantee
everything will run
smoothly,
sometimes it is
necessary to review,
revise or make
changes along the
way.