Week 7 Application: Organizational Profile Narrated Powerpoint

1. Organizational Profile:
Morton Elementary
School
Created By: Candace Orth
EDUC 6105
October 19, 2011

2. Morton !
Elementary
 Located in Jacksonville,
North Carolina
 Onslow County Schools
 Very Transient
Community

3. Morton
Elementary
• Morton Elementary is
one of nineteen
elementary schools in
Onslow county.
• Current enrollment at
563.
• Title I School

4. Mission
 Morton Elementary School will develop lifelong learners
who are caring, self-directed, innovative thinkers, and
effective collaborators in the real world.
Vision
 Inspiring today's learners with passion, pride, and
performance.

5. Current Change
 Wave Schedule
 Reason for change: School labeled as a “School of
Progress” (Onslow County Schools, 2011)
 Main purpose was to raise test scores by:
 Allowing teachers more, uninterrupted, teaching time.
 Allow teachers more planning time for instruction by
having a double encore.

6. Implementation of Wave
 Strategic Plan Committees:
 Committee Five: Responsible for developing and utilizing
a master schedule that maximizes instructional time and
provides for optimal instructional planning time.
 Committee Members were to collaborate with colleagues
to find out areas that need attention and areas that are
helpful in reaching our goals.

7. Wave – Double Encores
A Day Time Art Music PE Library/Guidance Comp. Lab PE 2
9:00 – 9:30 Cascell Matson Laws Silence Young
9:35 – 10:05 Cascell Matson Laws Silence Young
10:10-10:40 Young Cascell Matson Laws Silence
10:40 – 11:15 K Lunch K Lunch K Lunch K Lunch
11:20 – 11:55 Encore Lunch Encore Lunch Encore Lunch Encore Lunch
12:30 – 1:15 Blakely Fitzgerald Kalnicki Vickers
1:25 – 2:05 Fitzgerald Blakely Vickers Kalnicki
B Day Time Art Music PE Library/Guidance Comp. Lab
9:25 – 10:10 Nagy Foley Tyvand Miller
10:15 – 11:00 Foley Nagy Miller Tyvand
st st st st
11:05 – 11:40 1 Lunch 1 Lunch 1 Lunch 1 Lunch
11:45 – 12:15 Encore Lunch Encore Lunch Encore Lunch Encore Lunch
Morton’s
12:45 – 1:30 Brown Hudec Reibly Miner
1:35 – 2:20 Hudec Brown Miner Reibly
C Day Time Art Music PE Library/Guidance Comp. Lab
9:50 – 10:35 Logan Orendorff Pumphrey
10:40 – 11:25 Logan Pumphrey Orendorff
Wave
nd nd nd nd
11:30 – 12:05 2 Lunch 2 Lunch 2 Lunch 2 Lunch
12:10 – 12:40 Encore Lunch Encore Lunch Encore Lunch Encore Lunch
1:00 – 1:45 Mennig Centeno Tannery
1:50 – 2:35 Centeno Mennig Tannery
Schedule
D Day Time Art Music PE Library/Guidance Comp. Lab PE 2
9:00 – 9:30 Silence Young Cascell Matson Laws
9:35 – 10:05 Laws Silence Young Cascell Matson
10:10-10:40 Matson Laws Silence Young Cascell
11:10 – 11:40 Encore Lunch Encore lunch Encore Lunch Encore Lunch
rd rd rd rd
11:45 – 12:20 3 Lunch 3 Lunch 3 Lunch 3 Lunch
12:30 – 1:15 Kalnicki Vickers Blakely Fitzgerald
1:25 – 2:05 Vickers Kalnicki Fitzgerald Blakely
E Day Time Art Music PE Library/Guidance Comp. Lab
9:25 – 10:10 Tyvand Miller Nagy Foley
10:15 – 11:00 Miller Tyvand Foley Nagy
11:15 – 11:45 Encore Lunch Encore Lunch Encore Lunch Encore Lunch
th th th th
12:05 – 12:35 4 Lunch 4 Lunch 4 Lunch 4 Lunch
12:45 – 1:30 Reibly Miner Brown Hudec
1:35 – 2:20 Miner Reibly Hudec Brown
F Day Time Art Music PE Library/Guidance Comp. Lab
9:50 – 10:35 Orendorff Pumphrey Logan
10:40 – 11:25 Pumphrey Orendorff Logan
11:30 – 12:00 Encore Lunch Encore Lunch Encore Lunch Encore Lunch
th th th th
12:20 – 12:50 5 Lunch 5 Lunch 5 Lunch 5 Lunch
1:00 – 1:45 Tannery Mennig Centeno
1:50 – 2:35 Tannery Centeno Mennig

8. Morton’s
Wave
Schedule

9. Leaderships Initiative
 Sent e-mails asking for feedback.(McAllister, 2004)
 Sat in on group planning times to discuss with grade
levels on progress of wave schedule. (Anderson, 2010)
How are things
going in your
opinion?

10.  Resistors- K-2
Classroom teachers.
(Gandz, 2008)
 3-5 Classroom teachers
point of view.
 Encore teachers point of
view.
 Support staff’s point of
view.
“Resistance is a reaction to the emotions being brought
up by uncertainty and fear.” (Bligh, n.d.)

11. Brought to the Table
 K-2 teachers offered a change of Encore times
throughout the day.
 3-5 teachers were ok with that change happening.
 Encore teachers felt that the time they had would be
even more ineffective.
 Support staff would have to completely redo all
schedules.

12. Evaluation of Change
 Areas done well by leadership:
 Communication regarding implementation.
 Sitting down to hear concerns and consider feedback.
 Areas needing improvement:
 Allowing more time for change to take effect.

13. Conclusion
 Leadership has showed themselves to be capable and
effective.
 Leadership has used many forms of communication
during the change process.
 Leadership is continuously reminding us of the purpose
for the change.
 Leadership seems to be evaluating and thinking ahead
to changes in the schedule in years to come.

14. References
 Anderson, D. L. (2010). Organization development: The process of leading organizational
change. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.
 Gandz, J. (2008). On leadership: Cherish the resistors. Ivey Business Journal, 72(4), 1, 3.
 Bligh, Michele. (n.d) Transformational Leadership. Laureate Inc.
 Bligh, Michele. (n.d) Organizational Change. Laureate Inc.
 McAllister, C. M. (2004). The 5 P’s of change: Leading change by effectively utilizing leverage
points within an organization. Organizational Dynamics. 33(3), 326.
 Morton Elementary School. (2011, August). Retrieved from
http://morton.nc.oce.schoolinsites.com/
 Morton Elementary School Strategic Plan. (2010-2012). Retrieved from
http://onslowcounty.schoolinsites.com/Default.asp?PN=DocumentUploads&L=1&DivisionID=25
39&LMID=97196&ToggleSideNav=ShowAll