Directions:

In your Week 4 group assignment, you all considered if you would prefer to create an education policy OR a charter school. For your final assignment, you will choose to do the following:

PART 1

Option #1: Create a Charter School

For this option, as a group, you can either submit ONE 8-page paper that answers the following OR create a website with your group that has a tab for each of the following:

• Mission Statement:

• Clearly define the issue and why it is important?
• How is your school solving it?

• Educational plan
  • How does your school solve the issue?
  • Who will you hire?
  • How is your school structured?
  • What is the school’s curriculum?
• Financial plan
  • How will you receive funding?
  • Where will the funding be allocated?

If you are making a website, make it your own, and be creative! The website may be made on any platform! One free site you may use is: www.wix.com (Links to an external site.)

Option #2: Create a Policy

For this option, as a group, you can either submit ONE 8-page paper that answers the following OR create a website with your group that has a tab for each of the following:

• Introduction of Issue and Policy
  • Clearly define your issue and why it is important?
  • Clearly explain the policy and why this helps to solve the issue.
• Funding
  • How will your policy be funded?
• Policy Implementation
  • How will your policy be implemented practically?
• Benefits and Challenges
  • What challenges will your policy face? What are some possible solutions to these challenges?
  • What are the benefits of your policy?

If you are making a website, make it your own, and be creative! The website may be made on any platform! One free site you may use is: www.wix.com (Links to an external site.)

PART II

As a group, you will create a presentation and record a video online about your charter school OR education policy persuasively and professionally. For your presentation, you must:

• Describe why your issue is important
• Describe and defend your charter school or education policy
• Have visual images in your presentation
• Everyone must speak and contribute to the presentation

How to submit your assignment:

Here’s is what should be submitted for this assignment to be complete:

• One page document with what each group member did to participate in the project
• 8-page paper OR link to a website
• Recording of presentation.