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Carol is a science teacher at Acorn Secondary, a large high school. She has a lot of students and no spare time. She has become increasingly concerned that she may be covering the same material or overlapping some topics with some of her students.

Her supervisor arranges for a teacher aide to help her. Ann, the aide, quickly realizes that much of the senior class material overlaps. Carol, Ann and the supervisor meet again to discuss the issue.

At this meeting, they decide that the school board will hire a consultant to do some research, interview students and staff and make recommendations to the school board.

You are that consultant. After an initial meeting with teachers and staff, the school board requests that you submit a memo in which you describe what you plan to do and when you plan to do it. Remember that the school year has already started (it is November). No one can afford to take a long time to get to the bottom of this.

You know you need to meet with teachers, staff and student representatives to get their views on the situation. Then you need to develop methods for doing your survey and research, and run those methods by the people at the school. At the end of your memo, remember to ask if you can set up information sessions to explain the process.

"In my research role, written communication is vital," says demographer Ellen Gee.

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