Mission:
To provide a free and appropriate public education to students with diverse abilities in the Least
Restrictive Environment that results in Improved Academic Outcomes; to comply with all state and
federal mandates; and to contain the costs associated with these efforts.
Vision:
Imagine the Student Intervention and Support Services Department as a professional service firm:
- Where the people unite around a spirit of service, accountability, continuous improvement, and advocacy for students with diverse abilities,
- Where relationships between people are characterized by trust, cooperation, collaboration, and deliberate fellowship,
- Where efficiency, effectiveness, professionalism, and enthusiasm are commonplace.
- Our people share in the good times with a sense of community and celebration.
- Bad times are owned by all and are seen as opportunities to improve our products, our processes, and our services.
- Common goals, values, and beliefs define the context of our work.
- Every student has a thoughtfully created Individualized Educational Plan that is in total compliance with state and federal laws.
- All classrooms are equipped with high tech tools that support innovation, creativity, and research based instructional practices.
- Highly qualified and credentialed teaching, administrative, professional, and para-professional staff members set exceptionally high expectations for themselves as well as for our students.
- Adaptive equipment and assistive technology is state of the art.
- Textbooks and other curricular materials help to minimize the impact of the disability and facilitate access to the general education curriculum.
- Parents and community partners are active members of our students’ learning communities…
- Parents and community partners are fully involved and engaged in the educational outcomes of our students as they make successful transitions from school to work.
- Parents and community partners model lifelong learning, responsible citizenship and are functioning members of
A New Student Intervention and Support Services Department
and high performance professional learning community.
Beliefs
- All students can learn (without exception)
- Success Breeds Success
- Schools control the conditions of success
- Students are only disabled to the extent that the environment places limitations on their performance
- Students are more disinvited than they are disadvantaged, disabled, or undisciplined.
- What we do (everyday!) matters.
- Human potential, though not always apparent, is always there and awaiting to be invited forth.
