1. Organize these data to present to Nancy. Notice demographic details such as grade level,
interviewee role, and tenure.
In this case, I used inductive analysis and used several steps to organize the data. Initially,
I organized the data by the day the interview was conducted. Next, I organized each
response by which of the three groups of interviewees gave their feedback (parent,
faculty, and staff), while noting if the summary was positive or negative. In the responses
of parents, I noted what grade their child was in at the time of the interview. In the
responses of faculty members, I noted what grade they are teaching. In the responses of
staff members, I put the amount of time they have been working at Logan Elementary
School. When organizing the responses, I put them into five different categories.
The five major issues based on the responses were involvement, consistency,
communication, faculty meetings, and funding or support. I used these five issues as the
categories in organizing the data which revealed that there were several similarities
between the responses.
Parents of the children at the school had mostly positive feedbacks and majority of them
were all connected to the communication factors. In faculty members, fifth and sixthgrade teachers had the most positive responses, but the fourth grade and lower grades
gave the most negative responses in terms of communication and funding. In connection
with this, one interviewee said that Nancy used to be a fifth-grade teacher which may be
a reason why the higher grade levels seem to have the most positive responses. When
looking at the staff members feedbacks, although there are minimal negative responses,
majority are positive feedbacks to Nancy. Even though I organized the data by the amount
of time they’ve been at the school, I didn’t see much correlation on whether the response
was negative or positive. The staff members talked about involvement and
communication the most.
2. Try organizing the data a different way. Did you notice anything different from the first
time you analyzed the data? Which method do you think was more effective?
As I reviewed the data that I had organized using the first method, I noticed that there
was so much information that I had gathered. Then I organized the data using a different
way, I still kept the five categories that I created the first time, but I decided to organize it
by positive and negative remarks in each category. I did not include the number of years
worked or the grade levels as I did on the first method. Doing it this way created a clearer
view of what needed to be worked on and what didn’t. The data shows that the most
negative comments pertained to communication category. The most positive remarks
received were in the faculty meeting category. The least positive remarks received were
in the consistency and funding categories.
When I organized the data using the second method, I noticed some points. One of those,
is that Nancy is involved in many actives such as kickball games and reading to the kids,
but she lacks communicating with others. The data also broke down the fact that the
faculty meetings are almost a neutral ground, as there was almost the same amount of
positive and negative responses. The part of the data that caught my attention the most
was the fact that there were no positives mentioned about the consistency or the funding.
In my opinion, this is where Nancy should focus and invest her time. Knowing the positive
and negatives was the main purpose of organizing it in this direction. Generally, the most
effective method of organizing data is my first one. In my opinion, even though the second
method provided information that was straight to the point, it’s important to know who’s
saying what and why they responded with the responses they did. Interviewee role is the
most important factor.
3. “How would you structure the feedback meeting with Nancy? Which themes would you
present and why?”
In preparation of giving my feedback to Nancy in the meeting, I would make sure to follow
the recommendations provided in the book, which are to begin the meeting with the most
positive data provided with topmost detail and ensure that at the data shows trends and
agreement. Using appropriate language and avoiding assumptions are also great
strategies to use when providing the data. Following these recommendations will help the
meeting fly by and stay as smooth as possible. With regards about the strengths the
interviewees felt that Nancy has such as involvement in school activities would be a great
place to begin. When presenting the themes, I want to make sure they are relevant,
manageable, selective, descriptive, and sufficient. Nancy’s goals were to “improve
relationships among faculty and staff, build consistency in approach among teachers at
each grade level, and improve the relationship between the school and community”.
Perceptively this information, I would present the data that emphasizes Nancy’s
involvement, her communication, and people’s views on consistency. These three
categories would be the most effective and beneficial for her to reach all of her goals