Mission - What is our purpose?
Learn Together
Lead Together
Vision - What do we hope to become, our sense of direction?
At Shaffer we will nurture, inspire and empower a community of leaders.
Collective Commitments - How must we operate in order to make our shared vision a reality?
The Principal will commit to:
- Facilitate the development, articulation and implementation of our shared mission, vision and commitments throughout the school community.
- Seek to promote the leadership capabilities of students, staff, and community members.
- Support the PLC structures to ensure the development and implementation of interventions for all students.
- Ensure appropriate interventions are available and students are held accountable for attending.
- Support team collaboration opportunities with time and structure.
- Communicate with teams and individuals on a continuous basis.
- Hold everyone accountable, including myself, for participating in and implementing the decisions of teams and school committees.
- Monitor and ensure all teachers are using best practices in the classroom.
- Celebrate individual and team effort and achievements.
- Contribute to the development and continued success of high performing collaborative teams.
- Model, monitor and enforce student and adult behaviors that contribute to a safe and orderly learning environment.
- Promote high academic and behavioral expectations for ALL students, while implementing school wide improvements and opportunities for individual students who do not initially meet these expectations.
- Streamline the management of our school’s operations, resources, and finances to provide a safe, healthy, and well-organized environment whose primary focus is student learning.
The teachers will commit to:
- Facilitate differentiated learning activities to engage all students.
- Set high expectations for teachers and students.
- Use best practices in the classroom to stimulate student engagement.
- Use data to drive instructional decisions.
- Being a contributing member of each collaborative team.
- Participate in reflective team activities to strengthen instruction and assessment practices.
- Invest in the emotional well being of the whole child and the greater community.
At Shaffer we will nurture, inspire and empower a community of leaders.