2131 - EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES FOR STUDENTS

Since the mission of the School Corporation is to provide a quality education for all of the students, the School Board believes the mission is being accomplished when students confirm that they have achieved the following educational goals.

During and upon completion of the educational program of the Corporation, an educated student should achieve the following learning outcomes at desired levels of quality.

1. Communication and Collaboration Skills
   
   The student demonstrates that they:
    
   1. are independently efficient in solving life problems that require the use of both oral and written language;
   2. can logically examine and subsequently use information from various appropriate resources;
   3. understand and respond appropriately to the communication of others and to their feelings and attitudes;
   4. can work as part of a team to achieve a common objective;
   5. can exchange information and intentions in a way that is clear and understood by the intended audience.
2. General Education
   
   The student demonstrates that they:
    
   1. have sufficient fundamental knowledge and skills in traditional school subjects to enable them to meet their responsibilities as a participating member of society;
   2. can establish and pursue educational, vocational, and/or avocational goals of their own, including choosing a pathway based on enrollment, employment or enlistment and service.
3. Pride and Ethics
   
   The student demonstrates that they:
    
   1. have pride in their work, based on a realistic assessment of their abilities and accomplishments;
   2. display responsible, ethical, and moral behavior consistent with societal standards and reflecting a commitment to use their capabilities to achieve and maintain a purposeful and productive life.
4. Interaction and Cooperation
   
   The student demonstrates that they are willing to cooperate with others to accomplish endeavors beneficial to society.

5. Citizenship
   
   The student demonstrates that they understand and are committed to the ideas and ideals upon which our democratic society was founded.

6. Arts and Culture
   
   The student demonstrates that they cultivating their own creative self-expression and talents in one or more art forms.

7. Social Change
   
   The student demonstrates that they understand the nature of societal change.
8. Health
   
   The student demonstrates that they understand and care about their and other persons' physical and mental well-being through selected involvement in personal and public programs which promote acceptable levels of health and safety.

9. Resource Management
   
   The student demonstrates that they effectively manage money, property, and resources to meet their needs so as to contribute positively to meeting the economic and environmental needs of society.

10. Career Planning
    
    The student demonstrates that they are committed to developing the knowledge, attitudes, and skills needed to qualify for and perform effectively in his/her chosen employment.

11. Leisure Time
    
    The student demonstrates that they use leisure time constructively to fully realize their physical, intellectual, and/or creative potentials.

The Board believes that all students in the Corporation will be able to demonstrate these applied learnings at a level commensurate with their age and capabilities.

The Superintendent is charged with the responsibility for providing, through the Corporation's curriculum and appropriate administrative guidelines, opportunities for each student to accomplish these goals as well as a valid means for assessing the extent to which each is accomplished.

Student achievement of these educational goals represents the Board's highest priority. It should be the highest priority, as well, for the administration and for all members of the staff.

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