Care Model

Examining What We Do to Improve Our Schools Sandra Harris, Stacey Edmonson, Julie Combs
Tool 8.1 CARE Model: Planning Tool
Identify Concerns that must change (look to the future)
(Assign points to concerns from 1 to 3 in the order of the most important issues to consider.)
1. Drug/Alcohol use among students in jr. high and high school must decrease.
2. Perceptions of the community and what is allowed and accepted must change in the eyes of surrounding communities.
3. Drug/Alcohol education must be implemented.
Identify Affirmations that must be sustained (look to the present)
(Assign points to affirmations from 1 to 3 in the order of the most important issues to consider.)
1. Tight knit community.
2. Students that rely on the school for nurture and education.
3. Parental support of school.
SMART Recommendations that must be implemented:
(Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, Timely)
(Assign points to recommendations from 1 to 3 in the order of the most important recommendations to implement.)
1. Student drug/alcohol use to decrease by 25% in first year of implementation of drug prevention program.
2. Drug/Alcohol education be provided by the 2nd semester of school.
3. Perceptions of drug and alcohol use to change by the end of the first year.
EVALUATE – Specifically and Often
(Identify the best ways to evaluate the implemented recommendations.)
1. Surveys given at the beginning and end of the school year to determine drug/alcohol use and how often.
2. Make sure drug/alcohol education is often and is at least implemented by the 2nd semester and then maintained throughout the rest of the school year.
3. Survey given at the beginning and end of the school year to determine how perceptions have changed toward drug/alcohol use.