AE – ESD Goals

The ESD shall maintain support of its constituent districts in their efforts to support a coordinated K-12 program that supports the physical and cognitive growth and development of students, is designed to improve student achievement, supports students becoming proficient in the knowledge and skills of the student’s current grade level and encourages the attainment of individual goals.

The following practices contribute to achieving this goal.

The ESD will develop a partnership with constituent districts, staff, parents and community members, local school committees and advisory committees, to identify and revise goals consistent with the goals adopted by the State Board of Education. To successfully prepare students to function effectively in a rapidly changing world and for the futures they choose to pursue, goals adopted by the ESD will:

1. Ensure that all students, regardless of linguistic background, culture, race, sex, capability or geographic location, have access to a quality education in a safe, motivating environment;
2. Hold all students to rigorous academic standards and expect them to succeed;
3. Provide students with opportunities to demonstrate their achievement in knowledge and skills;
4. Encourage parental and community involvement in their student’s education;
5. Develop in students lifelong academic skills to prepare them for an ever-changing world;
6. Develop in students the core ethical values that our diverse society shares and holds important, including but not limited to: respect, responsibility, caring, trustworthiness, justice, fairness, civic virtue and citizenship;
7. Equip students with the knowledge and skills necessary to pursue the future of their choice and to prepare students to function effectively in various life roles; and
8. Utilizes valid and reliable data for evaluating the success of curriculum, instruction, resource allocation and school improvement.

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Legal Reference(s):

• ORS 174.100
• ORS 192.630
• ORS 329.015
• ORS 329.025
• ORS 329.485
• ORS 332.107
• ORS 659.850
• ORS 659A.003
• ORS 659A.006
• ORS 659A.030
• OAR 839-003