Creative, Perceptive Thinker

• acquires and manages information
• solves problems and thinks creatively, flexibly, and critically

Effective Communicator /Producer

• communicates effectively using written, verbal, non-verbal, and artistic forms
• applies the best available resources and technologies

Knowledge Seeker

• possesses and integrates a common core of knowledge concerning the physical, biological and social sciences, mathematics, and the arts and humanities

Community and Global Contributor

• demonstrates responsible decision-making and contributes to the community, state, country, and world

Self-Directed, Reflective Learner

• acquires the attitudes necessary for a lifetime of continuous learning and adaptation to change
• understands and evaluates their own worth, ability, and potential to enable growth

Wellness Advocate

• acquires the knowledge, habits and attitudes that promote personal and public health, both physical and mental

Respectful Collaborator

• forms responsible and collaborative relations with a wide range of people including those with differing socio-economic and cultural backgrounds
• listens respectfully and appreciates the creative expressions of others

Juneau School District — Strategic Plan for 2007 

THE GOAL

Success for ALL students through rigor, relevance, and relationships.

Success will be measured by:

• an increase in student engagement
• an increase in student achievement
• an increase in the graduation rate
• a decrease in the graduation and achievement gap between district averages and sub-population groups such as Native students, Special Education students, English Language earners, and low-income students.

THE STRATEGY AREAS 

Rigorous and Relevant Curriculum and Teaching
Research and identify best practices, in district and elsewhere, for rigorous and relevant  teaching and learning that advances high expectations and meets the individual needs of students. Recommend ways to support teachers and staff in implementing these practices with their students for instruction guided by the district goals.

Relationships
Identify ways to strengthen and expand multiple positive, committed relationships at all building levels. Recommend ways to support schools in maximizing and maintaining the relationships students have with the staff and community and that schools have with the home.

Responsive Intervention
Identify effective academic and social-emotional intervention programs and recommend ways to support schools in employing responsive interventions in all grades at the earliest sign of student need.