101 - Educational Philosophy of the School

EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY

 

Series 100

 

Policy Title: Educational Philosophy of the School District

Code No.: 101

 

As a school corporation of Iowa, the Carroll Community School District, acting through its board of directors, is dedicated to promoting an equal opportunity for a quality public education to its students. The board’s ability may be limited by the school 's ability and willingness to furnish financial support in cooperation with the students’ parent/guardian and school community. The board is also dedicated to providing the opportunity to develop a healthy, safe, social, intellectual, emotional, and physical self-concept in a learning environment that provides guidance to and encourages critical thinking in students for a lifetime.

 

The board endeavors, through the dedication of the school 's resources, to encourage students, who come to the school from a variety of backgrounds, to look forward to the time when they will have jobs, homes, families, and places in the school community; and to attain recognition as individuals. In order to achieve this goal, the board will seek highly qualified employees dedicated to development of their professional skills for the betterment of the education program and of the expertise for educational productivity.

 

Instruction and curriculum are the key elements of a public education. Critical thinking and problem solving skills that will assist the students' preparation for life are instructed as part of a sequentially coordinated curriculum. The school strives to prepare students for employment, to discover and nurture creative talent, and to prepare them to meet and cope with social change in an atmosphere conducive to learning.

 

The support and involvement of the home and the school community are essential to achieve educational excellence in the school. The school strives to maintain an active relationship with the home and the school community to create within the students an awareness of dignity and worth of the individual, civic responsibility, and respect for authority.

 

 

 

VISION

Carroll Community School District inspires excellence in learning

to prepare all students for success.

 

 

DISTRICT MISSION STATEMENT

 

Inspiring Learning and Excellence for All

 

 

 

CORE VALUES

Teaching     → Learning every day

Inclusivity → Welcoming everyone 

Growth → Improving ourselves 

Excellence → Striving to be our academic best

Respect    → Choosing kindness            

Safety → Caring for each other     

 

 

Date of Adoption/Review/Revision:

July 2003

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July 2015

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December 2023