Prioritize felt needs using matrix ranking or paired comparisons before verification¶

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Description¶

To select the first tentative problem area for a staff development plan, the workbook teaches two group prioritization techniques for felt needs. In matrix ranking, individuals rank needs from high to low and group totals are charted; in paired comparisons, each individual compares every felt need with every other one and the most important item of each pair is circled, with circulations tabulated. The workbook states that "Two ways o ranking felt needs are "Matrix Ranking" and "Paired Comparisons"", and that if the top-ranked need is not verified by data, the next ranked felt need is subjected to the same verification process.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• A set of felt needs identified by individuals or a staff development committee
• a group process for tallying individual rankings or paired choices

Constraints¶

• Ranked needs are merely perceived, not data supported, until they pass through the verification step

Target Learners¶

• school and district staff development committees

Target Learning Goals¶

• identify and prioritize educational problem areas for staff development planning

Related Strategies¶

• Screen candidate educational improvement activities with eight pre-determined feasibility questions

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Huenecke, Dorothy M.; Stansbury, George W. (1975). A Systems Approach to Staff Development. Georgia State Dept. of Education. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED123751