The county surrounds, but does not contain, a city that has been hard hit by manufacturing plant closings, health and medicine homework help

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Oriole County wants to "update" its middle school health curriculum, including a special emphasis on drug use and violence prevention. School administrators recognize that a needs assessment should be done before they begin to make any changes. There are some budget constraints, but drug free schools funds are available to collect and analyze data.

Some background on Oriole County:

  1. The county surrounds, but does not contain, a city that has been hard hit by manufacturing plant closings.
  2. There are several rivers that run through the county, and the eastern portion sits along a major body of water.
  3. Towns within the county range from high SES to lower middle SES.
  4. There are 9 private preparatory schools located within the county.
  5. There are 20,013 students enrolled in the 27 public middle schools.
  6. Approximately, three-quarters of the students are white (77%), with the remaining quarter of the population including African-American (19%), Asian (3%), and Hispanic (1%) students.
  7. Middle schools include grades 6, 7 and 8.
  8. Schools are run from a county-wide administration.
  9. Among the administrators are a Director of Health, a Director of Research, and a Drug-Free schools coordinator.

Questions:

1. What are the benefits to doing this needs assessment?

2. Who would you put on an advisory panel for this needs assessment and why?

3. From what groups of people do you need to collect information and why?

4. What types of information do you need to collect?

5. How would you collect it?

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Running Head: ORIOLE COUNTY SCHOOLS

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Oriole County Schools

The school administrators of Oriole County have had the plan of updating the schools
regarding health issues and violence prevention. Before the process, the officials and the chair
persons have outlined the strategies and needs assessments that would be essential for the
updates. The benefits of doing the needs assessment are that they will help the school
administrators...


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