School Culture (Standards 1, 2, and 3)

“Equal education is not all students getting the same, but all students getting what they need.”  

– Rebecca Alber*

*Rebecca is an instructor at UCLA's Graduate School of Education, a literacy specialist, and consulting editor at Edutopia, committed to equity and access for all students.

Summary: One-size-fits-all education does not work. Schools must provide solid content knowledge through research-based instructional strategies to meet each child where they're at. The ultimate goal is to keep the child stretching just beyond his or her unique learning edge. A belief that every child can succeed is built into the culture of the school and mindset of every educator.

Standard 1: Mission, Vision, and Core Values

Effective educational leaders develop, advocate, and enact a shared mission, vision, and core values of high-quality education and academic success and well-being of each student.

Rationale / Artifact: Strategic Action Plan

Impact: 

Standard 2: Ethics and Professional Norms
Rationale / Artifact:

• Reflective Journals
• Ethics and Accommodations

Impact: Thank you for always helping us in business.  I’m thankful that you always respond back quickly.  Your teaching methods are always fun so thank you for that.  (Sydni I., Student)

I thank you for helping me in class. I always struggle on most assignments we do in class.  I am thankful you guys are there to make things clearer and simpler for me to understand.  When I first stepped in class, I had no clue what was going on.  But thanks to the both of you, I am able to understand what’s happening now.  I always wanted to make my own business based on clothes.  I am very well appreciated I chose this class as an elective. (Noel A., Student)

Standard 3: Equity and Cultural Responsiveness
Rationale / Artifact:

• Reflective Journals
• Ethics and Accommodations

Impact: Thank you for always helping us in business.  I’m thankful that you always respond back quickly.  Your teaching methods are always fun so thank you for that.  (Sydni I., Student)

I thank you for helping me in class. I always struggle on most assignments we do in class.  I am thankful you guys are there to make things clearer and simpler for me to understand.  When I first stepped in class, I had no clue what was going on.  But thanks to the both of you, I am able to understand what’s happening now.  I always wanted to make my own business based on clothes.  I am very well appreciated I chose this class as an elective. (Noel A., Student)