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Writer: Please see the steps below. My current school is a Middle School with a high percentage of ELL learners and lower acuity students. You have complete autonmy in drafting this paper. Just please ensure that you utilize Headings and Sub-Headings. As for the visual display in Step-3 just make a simple chart or whatever you feel. This paper does not need to be overly complex or lenghtly.
3 Pages, Times New Roman, 12 pt. Font, 5 Scholarly Sources. APA formatting.

STEP 1: After reading the chapters and reviewing the other resources, including CDE UIP HandbookLinks to an external site. (similar to other states’ UIP processes), the Colorado root cause analysis tools siteLinks to an external site., and and the Root Cause Analysis Inquiry GuideLinks to an external site., focus on an area of need within your school related to the Colorado READ act. You should consider the entire school population as well as English language learners or culturally and linguistically diverse populations. Do this as part of a team that you are already a member of or form a collaborative inquiry team around this issue (e.g., content team, grade level team, leadership team, professional learning community). Once you have identified an area of need, create an action statement like the one below.
Example: A team of 3rd-grade teachers wants to explore why achievement is low for English Language Learners in reading comprehension.
STEP 2: Identify the appropriate type of data to collect.
STEP 3: Collect the data and create a visual display of it. Present this data to your team (e.g., content team, grade level team, leadership team, or professional learning community). Include the data as a whole as well as a breakdown of English language learners or culturally and linguistically diverse populations.
STEP 4: Now that you have the issue identified (Step 1), the data framed (Step 2), and the data presented (Step 3); use one of the root cause analysisLinks to an external site. processes (e.g., “The Five Whys”) to complete the analysis. As part of the analysis, consider the overall population at your school as well as the breakdown of English language learners or culturally and linguistically diverse populations.
STEP 5: In a paper no longer than 3 pages, reflect on your experience using this process (i.e., selecting a student achievement issue, problem, or gap; gathering the “right data” to analyze; presenting this data to your team; and finally, analyzing root cause) Reflect on both the team behavior and how the process worked. Do the following in your reflection:
• Critically reflect on the process.
• Describe how the team’s behavior impacted the process.
• Detail how addressing the issue can assist in promoting an inclusive and positive school environment.

o What did the data tell you about your CLD and special needs populations?
o What practices might result from addressing the gap?
o How does addressing this gap align with your State’s educational initiatives, such as the Colorado READ Act?
• Describe how addressing the issue can be used to set practices in place to promote an inclusive and positive school environment and addresses your state’s educational initiatives such as the Colorado READ Act.