Conclusion
In the past two years, CSD 13 has taken important steps toward documented methods of increasing student achievement, by working with the community to define a 5-Year Vision and Mission; and facilitating the definition and implementation of educational goals and changes by the professional education staff, as outlined in this document. The consensus-building process itself is invaluable and must remain an ongoing, consistent process within the schools.
The global information/creative economy places new demands on educational systems first created in an industrial age, when large mills and factories demanded workers trained to follow direction. These manufacturing based systems and models have never been a good fit for the entrepreneurial culture of this island. New, emerging economies value and reward individual ingenuity, creativity, and problem-solving; the very characteristics of the district’s natural resources-based community. Therefore, the Vision, Goals, and Strategies outlined in this plan work toward a redefinition of the island’s public education system, one that leverages traditional strengths in new sectors with the hope of increasing opportunity and prosperity for our young people.
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