Charlottesville City Schools (vision)
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Vision
Mission
Personal and academic success for all.
Core Values
The Charlottesville City Schools…
- believes all students can learn, succeed, and achieve to their maximum
potential.
- respects each student’s unique needs, interests, and strengths.
- recognizes learning occurs best in a safe and caring environment.
- promotes mutual respect within a common code of civility.
- embraces the essential need for parent and community involvement.
- appreciates the enriching quality that our diversity brings to the educational
experience.
- supports the need for accountability in all that it does.
- employs and supports highly effective teachers and staff.
- values the contributions and talents of all its employees.
- holds high expectations for all…students, staff, parents, and the community.
Strategic Goals
I. Increase academic achievement for all students and close achievement gaps
- 1.1 All city schools and the Division will meet state and federal requirements
for accreditation and AYP.
- 1.2 Increase the percentage of students performing at or above grade level
in reading and math.
- 1.3 Increase the percentage of students who graduate.
- 1.4 Increase the number of students advancing to and successfully
completing higher levels of coursework.
- 1.5 Enhance instruction with the integration and utilization of appropriate
media/technology.
- 1.6 Evaluate the efficacy of all programs.
- 1.7 Include students with special needs in general education classes to the
extent possible.
II. Support the whole child (physical, social, emotional needs)
- 2.1 Utilize division and community resources and agencies to address the
physical, social, and emotional needs of students.
- 2.2 Promote student health and wellbeing through researchbased health,
physical education and nutrition, and school safety and prevention programs and activities.
- 2.3 Provide students with opportunities to prepare for postsecondary
education and employment.
- 2.4 Provide fine and performing arts access and opportunities to all
students.
- 2.5 Maintain a rich variety of sports and extracurricular activities to
encourage exploration of individual interests and to engage students in school.
III. Increase family, school and community involvement and collaboration
- 3.1 Improve relationships and trust between the school and community.
- 3.2 Enhance communication among school, home, and the community at
large.
- 3.3 Increase opportunities to involve families in their children’s education.
- 3.4 Expand meaningful partnerships with business, higher education, and
community organizations that benefit our students, teachers and schools.
- 3.5 Increase collaboration with other school divisions.
IV. Recruit, retain and support diverse and effective leadership, teachers and staff
- 4.1 Maintain a competitive salary structure and attractive benefits for CCS
employees.
- 4.2 Meet all No Child Left Behind requirements for highly qualified
instructional staff.
- 4.3 Increase diversity and nontraditional representation among teaching
faculty.
- 4.4 Provide support to staff through implementation of systematic and
systemic professional development aligned with division’s strategic plan.
- 4.5 Enhance the division’s human resources services.
V. Provide all students and staff with an environment conducive to learning
- 5.1 Identify and increase cultural competencies among staff and students.
- 5.2 Refine a consistent, divisionwide set of expectations for student conduct
and revise the Code of Student Conduct to reflect that policy.
- 5.3 Develop and implement systemic strategies to address inappropriate
behavior and minimize loss of instructional time.
- 5.4 Reduce the number of students who are habitually absent or tardy.
- 5.5 Ensure quality and adequacy of school facilities.
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