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Frostburg State University Intern__Lindsay Pompa_________________________

Form 002
Administration and Supervision
Self-Assessment of Final Practicum
Your internship has been a total experience that included not only yourself, but also all of the staff, administration,
students, parents, and community members who participated in some way in projects of your implementation. Also,
you might consider all of the individuals you were required to deal with as you conducted the internship duties and
responsibilities. For example, discipline problems would normally involve students, teachers, and parents at a
minimum. As you attended to such discipline problems, you would be engaged in trying to facilitate among the
needs of all individuals. Given this back-drop, provide answers to the following questions regarding your internship
practicum experience.

1. Was your internship effective? Did it meet all of the goals and objectives as stated in your Planning Guide?
In answering this question fully, consider the use of such instrumentation as:
a. Pre- and post-surveys to determine outcomes of staff development training
b. Observation checklists to determine if students were behaving in the ways expected by the school
and the community
c. Interview schedules to determine parent and community opinions about the need for a change or
the impact of a change
d. Data from standardized tests and measures to determine how well students have learned over a
given period of time in given subject areas.

I feel that my internship was effective at giving me a comprehensive experience as a


building-level administrator. I had many and varied experiences that were all valuable and
helped me to learn a lot that I will pull from in future career aspirations. I feel that I met all
of my goals and objectives and completed sufficient activities from each ELCC standard
area.

2. Did your internship projects meet the specific needs of all of the individuals who participated? Where
Question #1 focuses on the project goals and objectives of your internship, this question focuses on the needs
of individual participants. How well do you believe individual participants needs were met throughout your
internship?

I feel that the needs of the students for the activities that I supervised or assisted with were
met. I also feel that my contributions to the ongoing projects with other leaders in the school
helped to meet the needs of the staff at our school and overall stakeholders in the school.
3. Did your internship help to bring about meaningful organizational change in your school building? Many
times internship projects are designed to facilitate the development and implementation of new programs
either for the delivery of instructional services to students of to help in the management of the organization.
Did your internship facilitate such conditions at the building level? One important way to determine the
answer to this question is to investigate whether or not your internship projects had an impact on the
buildings mission and /or vision statements regarding schooling. Was learning positively affected by your
work?

It is hard to assess if my internship helped to bring about meaningful change immediately,


however, I do feel that I contributed meaningful ideas to the SIP during SIT meetings. I also
feel that I contributed to our community/family relationship building by participating in the
Noland village community nights.

4. Did your internship help to bring about meaningful organizational change in the school district? There have
been times when an internship project has been piloted at a building site with the intention that, if judged to
be effective, the district or the division would have considered adapting it at other sites. In this way a pilot
project could have an impact on the organizational change of an entire district or division. How close did
your internship come to enjoying such an impact on the district or division? In refining your answer to this
question with an interest of establishing a broader base t it, consider reviewing the districts or the divisions
mission statement or board of education annual reports on their goals to the community.

I do not feel that my internship experience brought about meaningful change in the school
district. This is likely due to the length of my experience (one semester) and the fact that it was
solely school-based.

5. Did your internship experience provide project participants an opportunity to have input on the overall
assessment of the experience? Did you give staff members, parents, students, and community members an
opportunity to let you know how they think your internship affected the district or the division, the building,
and the instructional programs?

My input came primarily from my administrators and the colleagues I worked with. As I
continue my experiences as a teacher who holds an Administrator I endorsement, I hope to
receive feedback from more stakeholders.

6. Identify your efforts to bring members of different groups together to work on achieving similar goals and
objectives.

As a member of the SIT team and NBA committee, members of each team in the school
worked together to achieve a similar goal. Similarly, as the Band Boosters liaison I worked
collaboratively with parents and community members to make decisions for the advancement
of the Cougar Band.

7. Identify strategies used to engage members from different constituents in the project work. Examples of such
constituents include but are not limited to these: parents, senior citizens, and local government figures.

When collaborating with parents and other community members it is important to always
practice active communication and be engaged in communication. Stakeholders need to feel
that their voice is heard and that they are a part of the process. If all members feel they play an
active part each member can contribute in a meaningful way.

8. Name or identify types of planning strategies utilized in your project work.

Google Docs/Drive
Email
Calendar Events, Reminders, Invites
Meetings with colleagues and Mentor
9. Name or identify ways by which your internship experience might have made it clear to you that local issues
can confront us with barriers to change.

During my internship we experienced a change in the White House as well as in our local
Superintendent. Both changes on the National and local level are sure to bring about new
initiatives in the coming school year. Our job as educators is to stay informed of the changes,
remain flexible and positive for our students and parents, and incorporate new initiatives while
still remaining consistent in our expectations. Our students deserve a rigorous and engaging
educational experience regardless of what new changes we may experience. Education is
constantly evolving and the best educators adapt and welcome the change.

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