• Dorchester Public School
    School Mission Review
     
    Informers:
     
    Surveys
    ·      Student Results
    o   Communicate Effectively
    o   Problem-Solving Skills
    o   Apply Technology
    ·      Parent Results
    o   Problem-Solving Skills
    o   Reading Comprehension
    o   Communicate Effectively
    ·      Staff Results
    o   Fundamental Skills (reading, math, writing)
    o   Problem-Solving Skills
    o   Communicate Effectively
    School Board of Education
    Florida Center of Reading Research
    Center of Teaching and Learning
    Partnership for 21st Century Skills 
    National Council of Competitiveness
    Standards
    ·      State/National
    ·      ACT Content Standards
     
    Mission:
     
    The Mission of Dorchester Public School is to prepare students to read with comprehension, write clearly, compute mathematically, and utilize information and technology to solve problems.
     
    Vision:
     
    Our vision is to create an educational system that provides all students opportunity to practice and to receive feedback in all academic areas to foster life-long learning for future success.
     
    Goal Areas:
     
    Reading Comprehension
    ·      Phonics
    ·      Phonemic Awareness
    ·      Vocabulary
    ·      Fluency
    ·      Creating Mental Images
    ·      Using Background Knowledge
    ·      Asking Questions
    ·      Making Inferences/Predictions
    ·      Main Idea/Supporting Detail
    ·      Thinking with Text
    ·      "Fix-Up" Strategies
    ·      Text Format
    ·      Literary Elements
     
    Writing
    ·      Ideas
    ·      Organization
    ·      Voice
    ·      Sentence Fluency
    ·      Word Choice
    ·      Conventions
    ·      Prewriting
    ·      Revising
    ·      Editing
     
    Math Computation
    ·      Number Sense
    ·      Estimation
    ·      Operations
    ·      Measurement
    ·      Algebraic Concepts
    ·      Geometric Concepts
    ·      Data Analysis
    ·      Probability
     
    Utilize Information/Technology
    ·      Acquire
    ·      Summarize
    ·      Organize
    ·      Compare/Contrast
    ·      Critique
    ·      Create
    ·      Communicate
    ·      Collaborate
     
    Problem Solving
    ·      Process
    o   Problem Definition
    o   Problem Analysis
    o   Logic and Reasoning
    o   Possible Solutions
    o   Analyze Solutions
    ·      Strategies
    o   Hypothesis Testing (Guess and Check)
    o   Root Cause Analysis
    o   Analogous Thinking
    o   Brainstorming
    o   Pattern Analysis
    o   Working Backwards