PURSUING PREMIER LOGO

GUIDING PRINCIPLES

Data driven

Input from stakeholders

Enhance and support a premier education

Research-based best practices 

ACCOUNTABILITY

The personal choice to rise above one’s own circumstance and demonstrate the ownership necessary for achieving desired results.

DISTRICT GOAL 2

PROVIDE SAFE, INCLUSIVE, AND SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENTS THAT NURTURE THE WELL-BEING OF THE WHOLE CHILD.

STRATEGIES

  • Develop and expand family resource center(s) to address the broad range of students and family needs at each school.

  • Develop and expand after-school extracurricular program offerings to support students’ diverse interests and needs.

  • Actively review and refine emergency school procedures with partnering agencies and first responders.

  • School improvement plans will address respective and collaborative environments among all school community members.

  • Implement Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports in all schools. 

  • Construct and maintain facilities with an emphasis on a safe environment that is conducive to student learning. 

  • Deliver whole child professional development to staff and parents. 

  • Expand staff and partnership capacity to address the mental health needs of students.  

MEASUREMENT OF SUCCESS

  • Reduction in the disciplinary disparity between student sub-groups in the district at the end of the 2017-18 school year.

  • Reduction in suspensions and/or expulsions in the district at the end of the 2017-18 school year.

  • Continuous improvement in positive response rates on Key Performance Indicators (KPI's)  on the Healthy Youth Survey.

  • Annual increase in the percentage of students involved in extracurricular activities in the Ridgefield School District.

  • District’s successful completion of Safety Audit and Action Plan annually.

  • Annual increase in the percentage of participants in Community Education programs.

  • District will continuously make facility enhancements to support safe, inclusive learning environments.