As part of our planning process we brought together staff and parents (had hoped to include students at part of the discussion, but Covid-19 made that impractical) to discuss the following questions:
- What is our school narrative?
- How did we get here?
- What educational and social experiences do we offer at our school?
- What is working well in our school?
- What are our unique Strengths?
- What values do you bring into your classroom or school experiences?
- If you affect one change in our school what would it be?
- What kind of school do we hope to be?
- How do we identify priorities moving forward?
Using the information gathered, we analyzed the results and developed new priorities.
Our goal is:
- To strengthen our communityâs sense of belonging, self-awareness and self-management skills
Objective: To increase studentâs school success by promoting social-emotional competence and self-regulation.
Strategies:
- Implement the Second Step Program K-7 to develop studentsâ self-awareness, self-management, responsible decision-making, relationship skills, and social-awareness
- Include families through regular communication to support a strong home-school partnership and shared understanding
- Teach and model the Code of the Bear and school expectations