Proficiency, Precision, Purpose, Pluralism, Persistence & Progress

Proficiency
It is imperative that we create a culture of excellence in our schools. Adults determine the culture of a school. 
Proficiency is the "floor" of our students' future success instead of the "ceiling" thought to be academic excellence.

Purpose
Learning is a lifetime process that neither begins nor ends with school.  Successful schools prioritize student learning over  teaching. Communication and collaboration among home, school and our rapidly forming pluralistic communities are essential for student growth. A school should provide opportunities to acquire knowledge and skills to become responsible, dependable, respectable and innovative leaders in our culturally diverse society.  Adults create the culture of a school. Strong leadership is the catalyst for academic success.  Leadership is not a person, it consists of a team of administrators, content specialists, teacher leaders, parent leaders and student leaders.

Precision
Precise curriculum, instruction and assessment must be present and ongoing.  Standards-based curriculum driven by assessment data must be the focus and basis for providing intentionally planned rigorous and relevant instruction rich in best practices and equity.  Frequent formative assessments and reliable summative assessments allows us to keep our pulse on what our kids know and need to know.

Pluralism
Our school culture is shaped by the values of the adults present in that culture. The adults must provide an orderly, motivating and equitable environment for optimal learning.  Our school communities today consist of numerous distinct ethnic, religious, and cultural groups which are requiring a more diverse method of delivery in our curriculum. This diversity must be esteemed.  Our educational institution must provide a differentiated technology-rich curriculum, instruction and assessment system to ensure equity and success for all. 

Persistence
Our charge to stimulate learning in each and every child should be never-ceasing, remaining, continuing on in spite of obstacles.  Never give up on any student…ever.  It is important to give children multiple opportunities for success which may extend beyond the school day. If success isn’t achieved the first time in the classroom, our children must be given multiple opportunities to achieve success anyway we can beyond the classroom hours.

Progress
Our student family and community support requires communication and collaboration to facilitate progress.  Strong positive relationships with families reduce truancy and increases academic progress. Progress should be measured with both formative and summative assessments. Focus on the results of these assessments to modify instruction to achieve increased academic performance.  To achieve progress the school improvement process goals must be a result of shared decision making based on the School Indicators for School Improvement criteria, the Site Based Decision Making process, assessment data analysis, leadership observations & student/parent surveys. All school & community stakeholders should contribute to the school improvement process as well as it implementation for success and progress.

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