Evaluating an Education Plan

Education Plan Evaluation

Author: Manuel R. CortezRodas

An education plan is a good and useful tool that educators should create, obtain, and learn to use.  This education tool, as with any other, has to be evaluated.  To evaluate an education plan one must be able to demonstrate that the plan clearly identifies the following three areas: What is the goal of the plan?  How is the success of the plan measured?  Why is the result of the plan created?  An approach on how to address these three areas is presented next.

What is the goal of the plan?

Every student will be educated, and be able, to successfully demonstrate, that they have become educated.  This is but one example of a goal in an education plan,  the goal you will set for your education plan may be different, but it must be stated clearly.  Establish, with clarity, what the goal for your education plan is.

How is success measured?

Success is measured, by results accumulated over time, which are then compared, to an established measurement, which has been determined to be acceptable.  It will take time to measure success, and it will take time to evaluate the measure of success that has been established for the education plan.

Why is the result created?

The result of executing an education plan, can be affected by a multitude of variables, some which are beyond any control, but should be evaluated, so the plan may be implemented, improved, and executed, to further benefit those who are being educated.

To evaluate an education plan, one should be able to clearly state the goal of the plan, the measure of the success for the plan, and why the plan created such results.  Evaluating an education plan is an important step in the overall creation of the plan by the educator.  We must evaluate the plan if we are to know if the plan succeeded, and if it did not, then learn from the evaluation on how we best can improve the implementation of the plan for future execution.

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Executing an Education Plan

Education Plan Execution

Author: Manuel R. CortezRodas

Educators that have created education plans, should execute the plans they have created.  By executing an education plan, we allow for the work which we have created to become active and alive.  Executing an education plan allows for students to begin experiencing the possible benefits of learning from the plan that the educator has developed for them.  When the education plan is executed keep the following in presence: A clear statement, detailed outline, and firm command to do.

A Clear Statement.

Make a clear statement which indicates that you are now executing your education plan.  This will give a voice to your plan, and will provide a starting point for the growth of the the education plan.  

Detailed Outline.

A detailed outline should inter-connect and cross-reference the many parts of the education plan.  The detailed outline is a communication guide that you can use to be clear and to clarify the execution of the education plan.

Firm Command to Do.

It is your plan.  you have created it.  It has been developed, improved, and implemented.  Now that your education plan is executed, you must maintain a firm command to do what the plan's execution states.  This is where we, as leading educators, take responsibility for the education of our students as we lead them toward their future.

With a clear statement, detailed outline, and a firm command to do, an educator can execute an education plan which they have created for their students.  The action of execution gives life to an education plan.  Educators should create education plans which can then be executed for the benefit of student's learning.  Education plan execution is the stage in the development of an education plan when the plan becomes active and begins to take an effect on the students.

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Implementing and Improving Education Plans (Part 2)

Education Plan Improvement

Author: Manuel R. CortezRodas

When an education plan is implemented it becomes active.  An education plan that becomes active should allow an educator to take a thought, idea, standard, or concept, and be able to successfully instruct students.  Education plans are a good and useful tool for educators to create.  When an education plan is implemented, it can be good and successful, bad and unsuccessful, or somewhere in between. Three steps to take when improving an education plan are making observations, collecting data, and analyzing the plan.

Observations

We gather information while making observations.  Many of the observations that we gather can be auditory, visual, or tactile, while others can be expressive of emotions and passions, as well as a feeling of understanding the knowledge that has been learned.  Observations are the beginning points of data collection.  Observations should be collected as data so that they may be analyzed.

Data Collection

What we educate on should be learned by the student.  The student collects the education we are instructing them on and learn from it.  We then must collect from the students what they have learned and what they have been instructed on.  There are may tools that we can use to collect data like: homework, quiz, test, project, presentation, etc.  The data we collect should be on a measurable scale, as needed for recording and storing, as well as analyzing.

Analysis

Analyze all observations and data collected, and make your own conclusions, then present them to others and seek their council.  Analyze with others and collaborate so that education plans improve.  Analysis should be done periodically, and for specified purposes.  All analysis should be measurable on a fair and balanced scale. 

Improving education plans should take place as it is been implemented.  For as long as we plan to implement the education plan, we should do our best to improve it.  Improving education plans allows educators to improve the accuracy and efficiency of the student's learning.  We can improve an education plan by making observations, collecting data, and analyzing the education plan that has been implemented.  By improving the education plan, as we are implementing it, we can have the opportunity to improve the plan and make it more efficient for the instructing of our students.

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Implementing & Improving Education Plans (Part 1)

Education Plan Implementation

Author: Manuel R. CortezRodas

An Education Plan is a good and useful tool for educators to use.  An educator should create an education plan that can be implemented.  Implementing an education plan ought to take place after creating it.  Education Plan Implementation is the stage where the created plan becomes active.  When implementing an education plan, the educator should consider: How the plan is implemented, and the reason for implementing the plan.

Implementing Education Plans

After having created an education plan, an educator should begin to take all the necessary steps to implement the education plan.  Implementing an education plan should not be done abruptly and carelessly.  An education plan should be planned and implemented moderately. 

Defining Education Plan Implementation  

To define the education plan implementation, an educator should begin by selecting a measurable outcome for success.  What is measured should be defined as demonstrable knowledge that is measured by a grade, point, or rubric scale.  This measurement should be demonstrated by each student for the education plan to succeed.

Reason for Implementing Education Plans

The primary reason for implementing an education plan should be to have it succeed.  We should not implement a plan whose purpose is to only have one group of students succeed.  Education plans should be equal and fair toward all students and their specific needs. 

How to Implement an Education Plan

An education plan should be implemented as a series of sequential steps in an overall stage.  It should first be introduced to the students so that they begin to research the purpose of the plan on their own.  It should then evaluate the knowledge demonstrated by the students, so that we may correct and encourage further research by the students.

Educators should create and implement education plans.  Education plans can help an educator to educate a group of students, and to measure the level of education each student can demonstrate.  By implementing an education plan an educator can successfully educate, and measure the success, of the plan they have created.

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Creating an Education Plan (Part 3)

Education Plan Structure and Composition

Author: Manuel R. CortezRodas

The final step in creating an education plan is to develop the structure and composition of it.  The structure serves as the supportive framework on which the education plan is composed.  The composition of the education plan serves as the necessary content needed by the plan, arranged in an interconnecting layering format, that allows for flexibility, mobility, adaptation, and growth.  Together, the structure and composition of the education plan presentation, based on the brainstorm, completes the creation of an education plan.

Structure

Structure is the supportive framework of the education plan. The structure should be strong and solid with joints that allow for transition.  An education plan should be structured by joining together the many fundamental pieces that are required to present what was brainstormed.

While many education plans be created with common fundamental pieces, the arrangement of these pieces can be varied to allow for diversity and range.  It is imperative that the structure be strong or the plan will eventually collapse.

Composition

Composition is the necessary content for the education plan.  Composition should be interconnected for maximum efficiency and performance.  It should also be formatted in layers that allow for flexibility, mobility, adaptation, and growth.  

An education plan should be composed of information, interpretation, discussion, reflection, as well as measurable parts like homework, quizzes, tests, and exams.  The composition of an education plan allows an educator to prepare the presentation of the plan to the students.

Creating an education plan begins with a brainstorm after which the plan can be presented for the final development of its structure and composition.  An education plan is a good and useful tool that educators should learn to use.  By creating a good education plan, an educator should be able to educate students with measurable success.  Educators who create a good education plan, know that they have a resource that supports them as they educate their students.  Educators should develop the good habit of creating their own education plans.

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Creating an Education Plan (Part 2)

Education Plan Presentation

Author: Manuel R. CortezRodas

A good education plan should begin with a brainstorm.  A brainstorm allows the brain to storm thoughts and ideas.  While these thoughts and ideas are storming out of our brain, we must also keep present in mind, that the brainstorming of an education plan will directly affect students, and we must shelter them from any hazards that may appear.  Following the brainstorm of the education plan is the presentation.

Developing the presentation of an education plan takes three stages: Time, Place, and Communication.  These three stages establish the parameters that we need to present the education plan not only to our students, but also to ourselves and others whose guidance can help us in the creation of an education plan.

Time

How much time can we allocate to the presentation of an education plan? Is the plan being created for a 30 minute lesson, for a 5-day week with 1 hour each day? Is this a month or year long plan? Will the plan be implemented tomorrow, next week, in a month, or the following year?  

Time is the first parameter we must take into consideration when creating an education plan.  Once we know how much time we can allocate to the presentation of an education plan, we can proceed to the next stage.

Place

Where is the education plan taking place?  Are we limited to the classroom?  Can we go on a field trip?  Do the school facilities contain the necessary locations and accommodations for the education plan that we are going to create?  

Upon knowing how much time we have, we now need a place where the plan that we are presenting can be implemented and executed.  The second stage of presenting an education plan is finding a location that is suitable.

 

Communication

The third stage in an education plan presentation is communication.  How do we communicate what we want to present in our education plan? Will this be a reading or a lecture? Are notes going to be taken or will there be question/answer interaction? Do we create or project audio/visual aids that enhance the effectiveness of communicating the presentation?   

Communicating, in the allocated time, at the place where we are presenting our education plan, is the final stage, in the presentation of an educational plan, that is being created.

The presentation of an education plan serves the purpose of creating a method of communication.  With the ability to communicate and present the brainstorm of an education plan, we have gotten closer to completing the creation of a good education plan.  By now, our education plan has weathered the brainstorm of ideas, both good and bad, and has a method by which it can be communicated to others.  This is only the start to the creation of an education plan.  Now comes the structure and composition to complete the creation of our education plan.

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Creating an Education Plan (Part 1)

Education Plan Brainstorm

Author: Manuel R. CortezRodas

An educational plan is a good and helpful tool for educators to use.  It helps us lay down a clear vision on a solid foundation.  A vision that lets us see a clear path from the present presentation of education, to a future interpretation of those who become educated.

From one hour, to an hour per month, per week, per day, to five or six days a week, to a quarter, a semester, or a whole school year; time is defined in education by many terms, and educators should have an education plan that is good, and helps see the students become educated in the time defined.  We should see our students through to a good education for their future.  Creating an education plan is a good and helpful tool for educators to use.

A primary step to take when developing an education plan is a brainstorm.  A brainstorm is composed of parts: the brain, and the storm.  The brain is the organ in our body where learning is processed.  The storm is, as its natural definition reminds us, a rapid change in weather that may result in hazardous conditions, without proper shelter.

During an education plan brainstorm, thinking about the education process, and sheltering it form hazards, allows for the safe and secure educational development of a concept, idea, standard, or thought.  By preparing and planning for all possible adversities that we face as educators, and those that students face in their education, we can design and develop an educational plan that should result in educational success.

It is good that educators create education plans, and it is good that they start by brainstorming such creations, if the education plans are to weather through the tough seasons and develop during the good times.  With an education plan in a secure place where it can thrive, an educator can securely educate a classroom of students a concept, idea, standard, or thought.

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Starting the Year (Part 2)

Classroom Status

Author: Manuel R. CortezRodas

As noted previously, educators have 6 months from now until Year-End's graduation.  A large portion of this time will be taking place in our schools and classrooms.  Educators not only need to take the time to map out and plan the next 6 months, but also need to take the time to review the status of the classroom.  After all, this is the place where we, and our students, will be spending a large portion of our education time.

• Structure

1. Take a tour of your own classroom.
2. How does it look on the first day of the year?  
3. How did it look on the first day of school?
4. How can the classroom be improved?

• Weather

1. From the cold of winter to the heat of summer.
2. Check for heating during winter and cooling for summer.
3. Can students be comfortable indoors during bad weather.

• Lighting

1. Sunlight continues to increase as we move toward summer.
2. Indoor lighting should be adequate for visual reception.
3. Spring should remind us with its equinox that outdoors and indoors are equal.

• Basic Supplies

1. Paper and pencil are still the most basic supplies needed for education.
2. Pens and colors provide a new dimension of professionalism and art.
3. Boards, both writing and bulletin.   They provide communication.

Educators will spend the next 6 months in their classrooms.  As we begin the new year, and prepare to get back into these places of learning, let us take a look at our classroom status, to ensure that these places of learning have all that is needed, from the basics like pencils and paper, to the advanced like LCD projectors and climate control.  We should request the supplies that are needed, replenish the ones we have exhausted, and share with others the surpluses we won't need.  Let us prepare the place where we will spend our time learning.

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Starting the Year (Part 1)

6 Months to Summer

Author: Manuel R. CortezRodas

We have now started a new year.  Time has not stood still or taken a pause, it has just reached a measuring marker.  Educators live in two distinct timelines: The Yearly Calendar (January to December) and The School Calendar (August to July).  As educators we must maintain a balance between the two if we are to keep a timely educational schedule for our students.

January marks for most educators the halfway mark of the school year.  It also serves as a reminder that we are within 6 months of closing  the school year, and preparing the current classroom of students to meet the grade level requirements needed by them to advance into the next grade level.

January serves as a reminder, to us in education, that we are 6 months away from summer.  Although it may be the beginning of a new year, in education the school calendar will soon mark the halfway point.  This second half will be marked by finals, projects, and makeup work (for those who are not up to grade level), in addition to any local, state, or other standardized testing that is either mandated or required of students to take.

As we start this new year, let us keep in mind that in education, the beginning of this new year, is the beginning of the culmination for the current school year.  Our students will be graduating and advancing toward their next educational step, and we are the ones who will help to guide them so they achieve this culmination successfully and responsibly. 

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