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EDAD 633
April 2, 2017
Case Study #3
The issue is that Eighty-Ninth Street Elementary school has issues that are
plaguing the school there. This student population is plagued with gang violence which
has led to an absence of parents. The parents don’t care about their own children who
are in the school system. This can have a dramatic effect on the students within the
school. If the parents don’t care why should the students (Hanson, 2009)?
There were basic needs that were being overlooked by the people involved. So
the superintendent finds a teacher within the school system who is a great educator
named Beasley Tunson. The superintendent asks Mr. Tunson to apply for the principal
job at Eighty-Ninth Street Elementary School. At first he declines, but in the end decides
to do it. With that being said Mr. Tunson had an opportunity to go out of the country for
After Mr. Tunson goes over there he has a life changing experience. He gets a
deeper more in-depth look at the issues that are plaguing children around the world. He
sees there education is the source for basic needs of children. We, as educators, need
to understand who to reach out to these neglected children to help them prepare for life
after school. School is more than just an education. It is a way to allow children to be
loved and prepare them for success in life. All of this came to Mr. Tunson his encounter
The problem in this case was that No Child Left Behind the main focus of
administrators when there were bigger issues that needed to be handled such as
preparing children for success outside of school when the student’s parents were
Select specific information from the case and categorize it according to people,
place, or program.
People
1. Parents that were within the school district of Eighty-Ninth Street Elementary
2. Mr. Tunson became an administrator to be able to love and reach out to these
children.
3. The administrator hired Mr. Tunson because he had a unique way of reaching
4. Bem and the African children helped show Mr. Tunson that there were bigger
issues than just meeting the requirements that No Child Left Behind had for the
school.
Place
city.
Program
1. The school is plagued by the absence of parents in the lives of the students.
2. Students that are impacted by gang activity are feeling the ill effects of not having
3. School enrichment program enlightens the new administrator with how to impact
1. Mr. Tunson is a new principal of the school and has an opportunity to do a school
3. The impact that the African school enrichment program has on Mr. Tunson
Mr. Tunson inherits a school where parents are much uninvolved in their
children’s lives. This has a dramatic effect on the school body and hurts the scores of
the school with the requirements of No Child Left Behind. Mr. Tunson has the
opportunity to go to Africa where he sees that there are bigger issues that need to be
dealt with than just meeting the requirements of NCLB. Instead we, as a school, need to
put students in the best position to be able to have success in their life. Not just focus
1. We do have some school districts that are similar to 89th Street Elementary. The
reason I say this is because there are parents to these children who are absent
from their child’s life. The challenges are getting the child to see the importance
in school because their parents don’t care. The solution is to reach out to these
2. Teacher and school administrators are responsible for the conditions of the
school. They are dealt the conditions of the town the live in, but they can impact
the condition of the school by building rapport with the students. If students know
that you truly care they will go out of their way to try their hardest in school
(Hanson, 2009).
3. The way that you get parents more involved is by building rapport with the
parents too. Having opportunities for the parents to come to the school and
reaching out to parents is the best way to get them more involved.
4. The way that you motivate children to come to school is by building rapport. If the
5. I have had an experience similar to Mr. Tunson. It showed me that there is more
to being a teacher than just making sure they pass your class. It is about loving
them and helping them have the best opportunity to have success in life.
6. The one way that conditions are similar is that both Nigerian and American
children are neglected. It might not be in the same way. The Nigerian children
lack resources where the American children lack parent involvement. Both
7. I do identify with Mr. Tunson. I do believe that effective teachers should become
school leaders. This allows for the next group of teachers to become effective
teachers too.
8. I feel that the experiences that Beasley had does contribute to school leadership.
allowed me to see that there is more to being an educator than grades. It is about
become an educator.
Hanson, K.L. (2009). A Casebook for School Leaders: Linking the ISLLC Standards for
Effective Practice (3rd ed). Merrill/Pearson, Upper Saddle River, NJ