Approved: December 11, 2013
Revised: August 22, 2018
EXPECTATIONS OF THE EVANSVILLE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
FOR STUDENTS:
- Every student develops the values and abilities necessary for ethical decision-making and conduct based on the core values of respect, honesty, caring, and responsibility.
- Every student attends school daily and graduates.
- Every student achieves at the advanced or proficient level on assessments based on the Wisconsin model academic standards for reading/language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies.
- By the end of elementary, intermediate, middle, and high school, each student demonstrates the ability to use technology as expected for their developmental level.
- Every student demonstrates an understanding of the democratic political process and has a working knowledge of local, state, national, and international governments.
- Every student is prepared with the knowledge and skills to be a successful producer, consumer, and citizen in the global economic community.
- Every student graduates with skills and habits necessary to be a life-long learner.
FOR LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS:
- Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment:
- Every student has access to a coherently articulated, core curriculum complemented with a variety of elective courses and co-curricular activities.
- The curriculum addresses important academic content and essential life skills.
- Instructional strategies reflect best practices and inspire student engagement.
- Learning is assessed regularly using both formative and summative elements.
- Assessment ensures quality learning, and informs teachers and teams regarding curricular and instructional decision-making.
- Equity:
- Each staff member holds high standards and expectations for every student’s success.
- Each staff member pays attention to the whole student, including academic progress, behavior, and emotional well-being, and initiates appropriate interventions as needed.
- Curriculum, instructional practice, and assessment accommodate and build upon individual and cultural differences, interests, and abilities.
- School Culture and Climate:
- Schools are safe and caring environments.
- School staff foster a culture of connectedness and attachment.
- Classrooms are characterized by engagement, collaboration, and supportive relationships with peers and teachers to better assess learning paths for all students.
- Schools promote, recognize and celebrate individual and collective efforts and achievement.
- Students and staff treat each other with mutual respect and consideration.
- Schools ensure open, ongoing communication between all members of the community.
- Professional Learning Community:
- The District recruits, hires, and retains dedicated, skilled, diverse, and innovative staff.
- Every staff member contributes to high-performing, collaborative teams because success for every student depends upon the people in a school working together.
- School staff members collectively inquire and reflect upon the results of student achievement in order to improve student learning.
- Every employee commits to maintaining a high level of mutual support and trust between all members of their professional learning community.
- Every employee models the importance of life-long learning through commitment to professional growth plans and ongoing professional development.
- Extended Community:
- The District and schools value and develop collaborative relationships and strong commitments among families, residents, businesses, government agencies, and other educational systems.
- The extended community shares and promotes the vision and values of schools.
- Parents play a fundamental role in the education of children, and by working collaboratively and positively with educators, maximize children’s educational experience.
- Each school provides opportunities for students to learn by serving within the extended community.
- The extended community provides the resources that enable schools to offer exemplary academic and co-curricular programs and expects effective stewardship of those resources.
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