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We believe in a climate of high expectations by ALL and for ALL.
We believe given time and opportunity; ALL students can learn.
We believe strong instructional leadership and accountability by ALL is necessary for success.
We believe a dynamic learning environment will encourage ongoing and appropriate academic, social and emotional development for ALL.
We believe the use of ongoing assessment and examination of results improves instruction and student achievement.
We believe student achievement is directly related to a safe and orderly environment.
We believe educating a child is a collaborative effort, and in combining resources with parents and communities, academic excellence will be attained.
To provide all students with a comprehensive education whereby upon graduation from Raleigh County Schools these students can successfully enter the college, military branch, or career of their choice.
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Academics | By the end of the 2024-2025 school year, Raleigh County Schools will demonstrate an 8% growth or above in academic proficiency as measured by district and state accountability data. This goal will be accomplished by the implementation of high quality instruction, reducing educational gaps between programmatic grade levels and subgroups, and continued emphasis placed on Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). |
High School Graduation and Student Success | By the end of the 2024-2025 school year, Raleigh County will demonstrate a 1% increase or greater in both the 2023-24 four-year and five-year cohort groups as measured by WVDE Zoom-e data. |
Attendance and Behavior | Raleigh County Schools will establish a culture free from physical, social and emotional harm by building positive relationships that support student learning. By the end of the 2024-2025 school year, Raleigh County Schools will decrease the number of students with OSS: Out of School Suspensions by 2% or greater (2022-2023 937 OSS Students) ( 2023-2024 1749 OSS Students), and will decrease the number of chronically absent students by 3% or greater (2022-2023 34% Students Chronically Absent) (2023-2024 28.46% Students Chronically Absent with PK and 27.25% without PK) as measured by WVDE ZOOM-e data. |
Educator Effectiveness | By the end of the 2024-2025 school year, Raleigh County Schools will show a 1% decrease or greater in the number of teachers from the 2023-2024 Principal Evaluations scoring an Emerging or Unsatisfactory on Professional Leadership Standards (2022-2023 3.45% of Teachers) as measured by WVDE Evaluation Data. This will be accomplished by a continued emphasis on: 1) improving leadership capacity throughout the district, 2) increasing teacher retention and 3) supporting both new and experienced teacher leadership practices. |