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Rationales: 

  • To ensure delivery of curriculum is consistent and aligned with research and contemporary best practices for whole child education 
  • To inspire students to embrace growth mindset as a key factor in developing their full and unique potential 
  • To create meaningful opportunities for service learning and character development 

Action Steps: 

  • Create and support mission-driven academic and co-curricular programs 
  • Assess and strengthen differentiation within the curriculum 
  • Continue to implement RULER and grow its practice and impact 
  • Develop and implement a school-wide Service Learning program 
  • Identify and support program and staffing needs 
  • Continue to document, evaluate, and update curricular alignment across grade levels and subjects 
  • Increase middle school enrollment to add a second section per grade level 

Progress as of June 2022:

  • Have conducted curricular audits in Language Arts, Humanities, and Libraries to ensure diverse curriculum and text utilization that is culturally competent and represents multiple perspectives
  • August 2022-June 2023 professional development and curriculum adoption and documentation of inquiry-based pedagogy and Social Studies Curriculum
  • Have updated on-boarding process to support new faculty/staff
  • Implemented collaborative hiring practices and committees which focuses on criteria including content expertise, adherence to DEI best practices, experience and connectivity with colleagues and students
  • Returned to 8th Grade Service Learning Trip post-COVID
  • Have added MS Theater as a class and production for 2022-23 school year
  • Brought a school psychologist to Westerly beginning in 2022-23 school
    year