Board and District Goals 2023-2024
Goal 1: Inclusive and Welcoming Environment
Board:
Sustain a safe, welcoming and inclusive environment that affirms the richness of racial, linguistic, gender, cultural and neuro-diverse identities, and empowers students as agents of social justice. Continue to build and enhance a climate of mutual trust and respect within the Governance Team and among the Board, administration, faculty and staff, town and village governments, district residents and community groups.
District:
- Review District practices through the lens of diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging.
- Continue to grow opportunities for student agency.
- Continue to support and expand CERAD (coalition for equity, racial awareness, and diversity).
Goal 2: Community Engagement
Board:
Expand and improve communication with parents and community members and promote respectful, proactive, interactive, meaningful and multilingual dialogue with a focus on community, support and opportunity. Support participation and advocacy for educational reform and innovation.
District:
- Ensure that families and community, including multilingual families, have access to multiple sources of information. Promote Pawling CSD as a district that offers opportunity and support for students to discover their passions and create their own paths to success.
- Maintain coordinated social media presence in compliance with Board policy.
- Continue advocacy for District and education generally through partnerships.
Goal 3: Innovative Curriculum
Board:
Support the development of innovative written curriculum and meaningful assessment that engages students to think analytically and creatively; integrates expectations for student understanding of identity, diversity, justice and action; and enables students to engage in authentic problem-solving across disciplines.
District:
- Integrate social justice standards while continuing to implement the CRS Framework.
- Continue to review current curriculum and coursework to uncover gaps in the digital literacy and computer science standards.
- Monitor the implementation of the new elementary science curriculum.
- Prepare 9-12 social studies curriculum for board approval.
- Enhance opportunities for co-creation of curriculum.
- Promote interdisciplinary curriculum development in proposal process.
- Cultivate readiness for more authentic assessment.
Goal 4: Engaging, and Relevant Learning Experiences
Board:
Support the ongoing exploration of innovative and personalized opportunities for all students, college and career-bound, to engage in a broad range of STEAM, career, technical and trade applications, in authentic and relevant contexts.
District:
- Implement ways the network of alumni can broaden student experiences.
- Enhance community partnerships for Intercession.
- Identify partnerships within the school community to support CDOS credential.
- Support students in achieving the Seal of Civic Readiness.
- Continue to advocate for bilingual applied studies courses at BOCES.
- Enhance student learning with field trips that expand the relevance and authenticity of in-school program.
Goal 5: Enhanced Student Supports
Board:
Remove barriers to achievement and participation by providing a diversity of culturally responsive and asset-based supports.
District:
- Partner within the district and across the region to provide enhanced student and family supports (culturally sustaining, mental health, and drug and alcohol counseling).
- Continue student involvement in Instructional Support Team (IST).
- Implement SEL coursework in alignment with health classes.
- Decrease education gaps in and increase opportunities for participation in co-and extra-curricular activities.
- Promote collaboration in opportunities for student learning.
Goal 6: Safe and Sustainable School District Environment
Board:
Improve the sustainability of our buildings and campuses by making them more environmentally responsible, safe and supportive of enhanced programs.
District:
- Oversee the completion of Phase 2 of the capital project.
- Bid and implement Phase 3 of the capital project.
- Finish designing and finalize planning for Phase 4 of the capital project.
- Formalize best practices in facilities and maintenance.
Goal 7: Stewardship of District Resources
Board:
Enhance and maintain programs for students through innovative, responsible and responsive stewardship of financial and human resources. Advocate for adequate funding for public education.
District:
- Recruit and support a highly qualified, culturally proficient staff.
- Develop a budget that reflects district goals and priorities while considering community needs.
- Continue the practice of considering long term impact on financial resources when developing annual budgets.
- Continue to promote best practices in support departments.