As the end of the 2018-2019 school year comes to an end, the Community Planning Team takes an opportunity to hear the progress on the annual goals. At this goals update, leadership team members report on what has happened to achieve the goal.
Next the leadership team shared the 2019-2020 goals, and the Community Planning Team approved all 15 goals by consensus. Each of these goals falls under one of the 10 pathways, three year vision statements that the school is moving towards.
Here are the 2019-2020 Goals:
Pathway: Learning & Experiential Opportunities
Next the leadership team shared the 2019-2020 goals, and the Community Planning Team approved all 15 goals by consensus. Each of these goals falls under one of the 10 pathways, three year vision statements that the school is moving towards.
Here are the 2019-2020 Goals:
Pathway: Learning & Experiential Opportunities
AISC develops programs for students to deepen their capacity to contribute with courage, confidence, creativity, and compassion to a diverse and dynamic world.
1) High School: Research and design an experiential capstone project
2) Middle School: Develop and implement program within each domain (Week Without Walls & SEVAI).
3) Elementary School: Produce visualizations of Elementary and Early Years profiles, including vision projects.
Pathway: Learning & Innovation in the System
AISC implements innovative learning experiences incorporating the inquiry framework and transdisciplinary skills, and alternative schedules to engage the vision of the AISC learner.
4) High School: Plan coach/admin led design thinking day for grade 9/10.
5) Middle School: Implement STEAM transdisciplinary project using PBL model.
6) Elementary School: Vision inspiration projects implemented: reflection to include review and recommendations for following years.
7) Early Years: Best practice in multi-age Early Years and Kindergarten will be documented and shared.
Pathway: Learning & Vision for the Learner
As a means to live the mission, AISC integrates abilities to achieve success through the Vision for the Learner into the culture of the school.
8) All School: Socialize draft EY-12 competencies and potential implementation plans for feedback and refinement.
Pathway: Learning & Inquiry in the Curriculum
AISC integrates the inquiry framework and project-based learning into the curriculum development process.
9) All School: Identify further examples of Inquiry consistent with AISC Inquiry Framework. Show how we use inquiry.
Pathway: Learning & Wellbeing
AISC creates an integrated student wellbeing program that promotes and fosters healthy habits, self-awareness, self-management and positive relationships.
10) All School: Community members identify their role in fostering Student Wellbeing. Curriculum links to Student Wellbeing are implemented.
Pathway: Resources & Data
Develop and evolve systems and processes to facilitate the convergence of data collection and use, assuring that stakeholders have access to beneficial data to make informed decisions.
11) All School: Create and test Data Expectations for AISC Faculty that will encourage intentional uses of data to guide instruction (as measured by the sectional uses, programmatic changes, or PG&E).
Pathway: Resources & Building Spaces
AISC implements the Building Spaces 2020 Plan approved by the Board of Directors in November 2016.
12) All School: To complete Year 4 of Building Spaces 2020 plan.
Pathway: Talent & Professional Growth
AISC develops a professional growth, wellbeing, and evaluation framework that is aligned to best practices and to the vision for an AISC learner, incorporates faculty learning and development.
13) All School: Review and revise the structure and process of professional growth and evaluation (PGE) to support the new standards.
Pathway: Community & Advancement
AISC enhances its reputation locally and globally and expands engagement and support across all stakeholder groups.
14) All School: Plan the 25th Anniversary Celebration.
Pathway: Community & Environmental Sustainability
AISC enlists the participation of all stakeholder groups to incorporate environmentally sustainable policies, practices, and programming in alignment with our mission and core values.
15) All School: Design and draft a platform that publicly showcases AISC’s Framework, relevant initiatives, and works in progress.
Please see the Resources section on the right for further materials for the Futures Plan.
