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School Mission and Vision

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