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Strategic Plan

Twin Oaks' Strategic Plan

Twin Oaks' Strategic Plan

The mission of Twin Oaks Elementary, a Leader in Me Lighthouse School, is to challenge all students to develop their unique potential, become life-long learners, and value their community through a school distinguished by:

  • A culture of personal leadership development
  • Engaging and relevant instruction with high academic expectations
  • Respectful collaboration and communication.
Objectives

Objectives

Measures of Success
  • Each student will meet or exceed his/her personal growth target in reading and math annually
  • Each student will have equitable access to appropriate and relevant technology.
  • Communication between home and school is regular, two-way, and meaningful.
  • Each student will have opportunities to participate in site or community-based service learning annually.
Strategies

Strategies

Strategy 1: We will facilitate learning experiences, including Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) that ignite passion, develop enduring skills, and feature relevance, choice, and purpose for each student.
  • Redesign the library and lab space into a 21st Century learning environment.

  • Design classroom spaces and practices to ensure relevant and accessible learning opportunities for all students.

  • Develop and implement a system of extension and enrichment opportunities that incorporate student choice.

 
Strategy 2:  We will provide a system of academic and social-emotional supports to strengthen respect, resilience, and leadership in a diverse community.
  • Enhance understanding and use of academic supports to ensure equitable access to effective instruction

  • Continue, strengthen, and align leadership and social emotional supports.

     
Strategy 3:  We will engage in effective communication to involve the community in programs and opportunities that enrich the home/school partnership.
  • Engage our school community in our academic, behavioral, and social emotional multi-tiered system of supports and Leader In Me program.  

     

Beliefs

Beliefs

We Believe that:

  • Every individual deserves opportunities to achieve his or her unique potential
  • Every person deserves to be treated with dignity and respect
  • Kindness and compassion are critical to positive relationships
  • Physical and emotional safety is imperative to learning
  • People have the freedom to make choices and the responsibility for those choices
  • Conduct and interactions are best guided by truth, honesty and integrity
  • Commitment to personal growth is vital for continuous success 
  • Discovering one’s purpose and passion ignites personal growth
  • Balance is essential to well-being
  • Persistent optimism fosters open-minded attitudes and solutions
  • Quality relies on the ongoing pursuit of excellence
  • Cooperative community efforts create a higher quality of life
  • Success is the only option
Parameters

Parameters

  • We will base decisions on what is best  for students
  • We will act with honesty, truth and integrity 
  • We will treat all people with dignity and respect 
  • We will not compromise our commitment to excellence in education
  • We will improve or eliminate ineffective programs or performance
  • We will not give up on any student