Solution
Instructions: Complete and submit this document as your Task 3 for D268.
Section A:
Write your presentation plan by doing the following:
A1. Describe the audience you The Audience for this presentation
wish to target who has the potential is the Minnesota Board of
to enact your proposed policy. Education. Reaching out to them is
the most effective and reasonable
way to be able to move students
from a 5-day school week to a 4-
day school week.
A1A. Explain how your proposed A 4-day school week will benefit the
policy will affect your chosen target school districts statewide by
audience from A1. lowering building maintenance
costs, lowering transportation costs,
improving teacher recruiting and
retention, and lowering the amount
of burnout that both staff and
students experience. This not only
improves the well-being of both
parties but also improves the
attendance of both (Baker S. 2024).
A2. Describe the problem to be According to the US Bureau of
solved by the proposed policy. Labor Statistics, the teaching
profession is currently
experiencing its lowest levels
of employment in 50
years...They identify stagnant
wages, rising college costs,
weakening unions, and
reduced teacher autonomy as
some potential explanations.
The COVID-19 pandemic has
further complicated retaining
and recruiting public school
teachers (Huynh 2024).
Switching to 4-day school
weeks would increase the