Mission & Goals

A Guaranteed Viable Curriculum (GVC) and Experience (GVE)
Student Support
Social Emotional Learning (Wellness)
Operations and long-range planning
Community Engagement

INSTRUCTIONAL GOALS

★ A Guaranteed Viable Curriculum (GVC) and Experience (GVE)

• Increase opportunities for interdisciplinary education
  • Focus on reading, writing, speaking, listening and critical thinking in all courses
  • Underscore clear expectations for disciplinary literacy
• Transition Spanish immersion from a pilot to a fully integrated program while ensuring a Guaranteed Viable Experience for all students
• Implement evidence-based practices that support access to curricula and social-emotional learning for all students through Universal Design for Learning
• Emphasize thoughtful and developmentally appropriate uses of technology

★ Student Support

• Improve multi-tiered systems of support
  • Reallocate staff and determine additional necessary support for essential student programs (e.g., RTI, GT, dyslexia, 504 plans, counseling)
  • Refine student support team processes
  • Expand systems to support the social-emotional and behavioral needs of all students
  • Apply evidence-based approaches, such as restorative practices and youth mental health first-aid
  • Reinforce social-emotional learning through the comprehensive school counseling curriculum and embedded instruction, as appropriate
• Enhance Special Education
  • Review resources and staffing
  • Refine systems that augment instructional delivery models
  • Provide curricular resources, research-based instructional strategies and assessment tools that allow teaching math, reading and writing with fidelity to students who have unique learning needs and styles
  • Fulfill recommendations of the Special Education program review and Inclusive Culture Committee

★ Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) and Wellness

• Create opportunities for staff to access wellness programs and social-emotional resources for themselves
• Focus on student wellness by using best practices, curricular resources and community partners to improve social-emotional development
• Support the wellness of community members through education and resources that highlight social-emotional health

OPERATIONAL GOALS

★ Operations and Long-Range Planning

• Maintain a long-range plan for operational processes
  • Study potential budgeting and policy priorities for the next legislative session
  • Evaluate building utilization
  • Analyze demographic, enrollment and transfer data
• Safeguard students, staff and resources by securing schools and cyber technologies
• Develop budget priorities
  • Continue a multi-year strategic budgeting approach
  • Manage current capital projects and plan for possible future bonds
  • Explore collaborative fundraising and revenue generation strategies

★ Community Engagement

• Enhance communication
  • Customize information for unique audiences (e.g., alumni, residents without students, business partners, etc.)
  • Ensure consistency, clarity and inclusivity of all messages
• Connect with key constituencies
  • Increase opportunities for authentic engagement of parents, residents, community members and business partners
  • Foster dynamic relationships and a common culture to enrich student learning experiences and strengthen the community

Approved by the Eanes ISD Board of Trustees, Feb. 25, 2020