Student Learning
The mission of the Adams 12 Five Star School District is to engage and inspire all students to innovate, achieve, and succeed in a safe and supportive environment by ensuring high quality instruction in every classroom, every day. (Mission/Vision Poster)
The Department of Learning Services supports schools and educators in the implementation of high quality curriculum, instruction, assessment, while providing professional development opportunities for the purpose of meeting and exceeding the mission, vision, commitments and goals for the 42,000 students and 2,000 educators the department serves.
Our Commitments:
STUDENT LEARNING
- Promote a rigorous, relevant, and responsive education with multiple pathways to success
- Provide an environment that reflects high expectations that all students can and will learn
- Encourage students to own their learning through authentic engagement which leads to success
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES
- Collaborate effectively to improve outcomes for students and staff through the implementation of the Teaching/Learning Cycle
- Ensure a highly skilled, dedicated, caring staff that positively influences student learning
- Utilize reflection as an essential element for learning, growth and development
COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY
- Support shared responsibility for student success through involvement of students, staff, families and community
- Establish a safe, supportive, respectful and productive learning environment for all students and staff
- Celebrate and honor diversity as an essential asset for learning
Our Goals:
- By 2015, all schools will meet or exceed the state proficiency average in reading, writing, math and science.
- Schools exceeding the state proficiency average in reading, writing, math, and science will increase the percentage of students performing at proficient and advanced each year.
The Learning Services Department has taken on an ambition agenda to improve curriculum, instruction, and assessment for students and staff. Below are a few initiatives that Adams 12 is learning about and working on:
600 educators are piloting the newly adopted Colorado Academic Standards and resources. The resources were created by each of our content areas support and enhance the Colorado Academic Standards.
38 schools that are piloting tenets of grading practices, which will impact enhance student learning.
Implementation of a Interim Assessment System (MAP)
Ten elementary schools are researching and implementing the practices of content specialization.
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