SSC Board of Education Goals

• Mission
• Mission Statement
• Basic Assumptions
• Goals:    Safe/Orderly Learning Environment
• Goals:    Focus on Teaching and Learning
• Goal:      Instructional Leadership
• Goals:    Measurement
• Goals:    Opportunities to Learn / Time on Task
• Goals:    Home / School / Community Relations
• Goals:    Site & Facility Needs
• Goals:    Instructional Needs

Basic Assumptions:

• The student is the foremost responsibility of the educational organization

• All students can learn

• Education develops the whole child and recognizes the uniqueness of each

• Self-esteem promotes achievement

• Success is judged on the basis of outcomes

• Education is a partnership of the home, school, and community

Safe/Orderly Learning Environment:

• Teach and reinforce socially acceptable language and behavior to all students.  Staff will model and reinforce socially acceptable language and behavior.

• Support efforts to reduce drug/alcohol use by school-age students.  Use existing policies and regulations to enforce consequences

• Continue to consider future facility needs of the school district

Focus on Teaching and Learning:

• Monitor effectiveness of K-12 reading program.  Receive semi-annual reports of student reading performance

• Support the continued efforts of the Academic Achievement Committee.  Receive semi-annual reports from the Committee and progressively implement its recommendations

• Encourage and support efforts targeted at helping students meet writing, reading, and math assessment state standards

Instructional Leadership:

• Continue to review the staff evaluation process

Measurement:

• Continue to monitor the effectiveness of the ESL program.  Reports to the boeard will include data on the length of student participation in the program

• Develop assessment data that will enhance instruction, focusing on writing, reading, and math

Opportunities to Learn / Time on Task:

•  Study the need for the optional calendar to resurface

• Monitor the implementation of the SASI program through semi-annual reports

Home / School / Community Relations:

• Communicate the district's philosophy regarding the value and use of ACT and other test scores

• Develop a plan to strengthen relationships and communications with employees by providing regular formal and informal opportunities for communication

• Increase parental involvement through:

  • The elementary school PTA's

  • Parent / Teacher Conferences

  • Staff Development materials

  • Challenging each building administrator to add two new events to each calendar

Site and Facility Needs:

• Continue to identify sites for acquisition to allow for future construction

• Develop a plan to fully utilize the Distance Learning facilities

Instructional Needs:

• Remain committed to providing quality staff development opportunities

• Support the continued positive transition of the new grade configurations

• Continue to implement efforts to develop the academic reputation of the school district