Managing School Violence

Paper Summary:

This paper explains that the proposed Challenge Day is a change agent program to reduce all forms of school violence by addressing the social and interpersonal issues at their roots in a central Florida high school. An evaluation of the needs, purpose and goals of this program and a plan for its future assessment, implementation data collection and results reporting are related by the author. The paper concludes that it is unlikely that the ultimate effectiveness of an initiative such as the Challenge Day program on the nation's youth today can be gauged to any extent as to its success over the long-term.

Table of Contents:
Needs Assessment, Purpose and Goals
Purpose of the Evaluation
The Program or Policy Being Evaluated (i.e., Needs Assessment)
Structure and Context of the Program
The Goals and Objectives of the Program
Accomplish with the Evaluation
Evaluation Plan and Implementation
Evaluation Model
Stakeholders
Evaluation Questions
Challenge Day Student Survey
Methods to Answer the Evaluation Questions
Resources Needed (i.e., Budget, Staff, Timeline)
Data Collection Plan and Reporting Results
Program Implementation Assessed
Reporting Procedures
Methods for Recommendations Implementation
Measures to Assess the Evaluation's Effectiveness

From the Paper:

"Because there are so many stakeholders involved in the Challenge Day program, the reporting procedures used to communicate the results of the initiative will differ according to the targeted audience. For example, both participating and nonparticipating students will be provided with the results of the Challenge Day program to highlight the need for an immediate cessation of student-on-student violence in the school and to promote improved citizenship behaviors across the board."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Be the change action plan. (2008). Challenge Day. [Online]. Available: http://www.challenge day.org/downloads/BTC-Plan.doc.
• Ferber, S., Robertson, B., Leigh, G., Fleuridas, C. & Marachi, R. (2007). Summary of Challenge Day student survey. Challenge Day. [Online]. Available: http://www.challengeday.org/ downloads/CDStudentSurveyData.pdf.
• Frequently asked questions. (2008). Challenge Day. [Online]. Available: http://www.challenge day.org/our_program/faq.html#Q1.
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• Neill, J. T. (2002). Meta-analytic research on the outcomes of outdoor education. Paper presented to the 6th Biennial Coalition for Education in the Outdoors Research Symposium, Bradford Woods, IN. [Online]. Available: http://www.wilderdom.com/ research/ResearchReviewsMetaanalysis.html#Neill2002.

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