Spring Valley Oars and Anchors

5 Oars of Spring Valley     

• Student Achievement/Engagement

  • Engage Students 

  • Address & reduce achievement gap 

  • Challenging and rigorous instruction for all students 

• School Climate 

  • Safe and secure environment 

  • Rules are clear, fair, and consistently applied 

  • Recognition of achievements 

  • Leadership opportunities 

• Integration of Technology 

  • Promote and model digital citizenship and responsibility 

  • Model and incorporate digital-age work and learning 

  • Design & develop digital-age learning experiences and assessments 

• Personnel Quality 

  • Recruit and retain quality certified and classified personnel 

  • Provide ongoing professional support 

  • Relevant and meaningful professional development 

• Parental and Communication Partnerships 

  • Engage parents and community partners 

  • Seek and develop new partnerships/strengthen existing partnerships 

4 Anchors of Spring Valley 

(Adopted from Schools to Watch) 

• Academic Excellence/Success 

  • High expectations for all students 

  • Curriculum, instruction, assessment, and appropriate interventions are aligned with high standards 

  • Students are provided support they need to meet rigorous standards 

• Developmental Responses 

  • Environment fosters each students intellectual, physical, and social development 

  • Access to comprehensive services to foster healthy physical, intellectual, and social development 

• Social Equity 

  • Equal access to valued knowledge 

  • Opportunities to learn about and appreciate theirs and others cultures 

  • School community knows every student well 

• Organizational Processes 

  • The school is the community of practice in which learning, experimentation, and reflection is the norm 

  • The school staff holds itself accountable for students' success