Mission & Goals
Mission : The Eanes community is vitally committed to educational excellence that prepares and inspires all students for life-long success by engaging each student in rigorous academic experiences and enriching opportunities.
2020-21 Board Priorities
A Guaranteed Viable Curriculum (GVC) and Experience (GVE)
Student Support
Social Emotional Learning (Wellness)
Operations and long-range planning
Community Engagement
2020-21 Board Priorities and Administrative Goals
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