Alignment with the 2024-2029 Scarsdale School Strategic Plan:
Our program aligns with the Scarsdale Schools Strategic Plan's emphasis on creating a Collaborative, Future-Oriented Academic Culture. The program fosters a collaborative environment by prioritizing student thinking and communication skills and encouraging rich discourse and productive struggle, which are essential for students to think deeply about what they are learning and solve problems in increasingly sophisticated ways.
Furthermore, our program supports the plan's focus on Educational Environments that Promote Well-being, Belonging, and Resilience by championing a positive classroom environment centered on curiosity, connection, and social-emotional development, recognizing that the more voice students have in their learning, the better the outcome and ensuring that all students feel safe in the classroom where they know their ideas about math are welcomed and respected.
Finally, utilizing a flexible lesson design and offering access to rigorous instruction with embedded teacher supports and scaffolds, aligns with the plan's commitment to Inquiry, Interdependence, and Innovation by providing teachers with the tools to tailor classroom activities to students' needs through insightful assessment and purposeful, multi-modal differentiation and to continuously improve their practice.