Part+C

=**Part C: School Mission and Vision (1 page)**= __SUB-COMMITEE MEMBERS__: RJEAN, SABATEL, CONQUEST & PAGE
 * 7. State your school’s mission and vision and comment on how closely your school’s practices align with them. In this section, please include answers to the following questions:**
 * a. Where is your school now in relation to your mission and vision?**
 * b. Where do you expect your school to be at the end of this school year in terms of improving the achievement of under-performing students (persistently failing students, over-age students and repeat 8th graders) and closing the achievement gap? In five years?

Notes: Our Vision: Sphere of success Over the next 5 years hope to have 80% at grade level in ELA 10% to 15% Historically our data reveals that we have increased the number of students on grade level by 7%.

7A Current Vision

Our School respects and celebrates the diversity of all the members of our community. We will create a safe, nurturing, learning environment where participants are encouraged to work collaboratively, promoting discovery and inquiry and develop and incorporate diverse creative teaching styles. We provide programs to encourage parents to participate in their child’s education.

The school community makes the commitment that our children will learn with our direct involvement on a daily basis. We are committed to support high standards for teacher and student performance, as described in the Chancellor’s initiatives.

New Mission

Our school, an educational complex, located in the Village of Harlem; compromised of several communities (school, child & families), that come together to educate the total child in a multicultural environment, and who have unique academic and social emotional issues, that are met in a safe nurturing setting.

Our Vision: • The acquisition of skills to become life long learners. • In an atmosphere with clearly defined (high) expectations that help with the transition from childhood to adolescent. • This will be an environment that encourages life-long learning, building self-awareness, self-esteem, and self-concepts. • To develop students with active and creative minds • A place where we can expose the child to opportunities in and outside their community, while recognizing the importance of building bridges between parental involvement, teachers and community based organizations (Cob’s), to be successful contributors in the world (global community)

We will be the bridge that fosters the character development, life skills training and artistic expression. Along with an understanding of the importance and impact of education for them and to them. Having compassion for others in order to be functioning contributing members to their community environment and world.

7B At the end of this school year we expect each student to matriculate or graduate. We will do this by having a personal intervention plan for those children who are identified as meeting the criteria for under-performing students. This will include involvement with the child, parent and teacher setting goals and making adjustments as needed and making referrals to outside agencies.

We will identify students after results are received about testing to place them in the Learning Preparatory Institute that will address the needs of the total child. We will also introduce parent education workshops, for both parents and child that address higher education and/or vocational programs. We will also provide training and prepare teachers thorough professional development workshops to identify, work with, support for the teachers, the child and the parent.

In five years we would like to see a safety net that will have in place to eliminate children who “fall between the cracks”. We hope to have an environment where every child is successful and functioning to their optimal level. Every child will know about opportunities available to them in whatever path they choose to follow with clear goals and steps.**