Unique Attendees

Faculty

Parents/

Community

World Cafés

533

46

Online Survey Participants

N/A

130

Response Counts (total # of comments shared)

Faculty

Parents/

Community

As you think about the future, what knowledge, skills, competencies, attitudes, and/or values are or will be most critical for our students to develop?

1039

937

What about the SHS Profile resonates with you, and what wonderings does it spark? How might your practice adapt to lend greater emphasis to these important competencies?

495

391

What are we NOT currently doing that we should be doing (add)?

329

108

What are we currently doing that we should keep doing, or improve upon?

379

195

What are we doing that we should stop doing?

122

78

What other suggestions, questions, or concerns do you want to share?

91

106

Promote a collaborative academic culture where confident and creative risk takers bring voice to their passions, think deeply about what they are learning, solve problems in increasingly sophisticated ways, and communicate what they know and can do through a wide range of performance tasks and assessments that occur within and beyond the classroom.

Cultivate learning environments that equip students of all ages with the skills and habits of mind to develop resilience and perseverance; engage others bravely, confidently, and respectfully; grow from setbacks; understand the importance of community; and develop empathy for the diversity of human experience.

Foster student understanding of interdependence, and nurture self-efficacy and agency to make an impact in the world; elevate the inquiry approach as a means for continuous improvement and innovation in programs, curriculum, instruction, and professional learning; and establish, enhance and/or refine our practices and approaches in facilities, finance, operations, and partnerships to ensure long-term sustainability.

LEARNING

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Collaborative, Future-Oriented Academic Culture

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Goal: Promote a collaborative academic culture where confident and creative risk takers bring voice to their passions, think deeply about what they are learning, solve problems in increasingly sophisticated ways, and communicate what they know and can do through a wide range of performance tasks and assessments that occur within and beyond the classroom.

Key Action Areas - Recent, Current, Ongoing

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Monitor, assess, and adjust key implementations- Reveal Math, Units of Study, Science Units.

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Assess our current Special Ed continuum of services to:

• identify priorities for enhancements and expansion;
• increase the range of students with access to the curriculum within the least restrictive environment;
• focus on transition services and opportunities for students with disabilities on non-traditional post-secondary tracks.

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Articulate and implement assured learning experiences that support student development of the Scarsdale Digital Competencies.

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Expand the application of tools and techniques that enable differentiated instruction to support all learners to meet their potential.

Key Action Areas - Emerging, Under Development

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Identify and implement next steps to further the Scarsdale High School Profile of Graduate.

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Develop a Profile of a Learner for our elementary schools and middle school, as well as a profile of a Scarsdale educator.

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Elevate habits of mind, critical thinking, problem solving through emphasis on interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary learning, and performance-based assessments

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Review existing experiential and collaborative learning programs opportunities to identify approaches transferable to all classrooms (i.e., Choice, A School).

…more to come…

LIVING

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Educational Environments that Promote Wellbeing, Belonging, and Resilience.

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Goal: Cultivate learning environments that equip students of all ages with the skills and habits of mind to develop resilience and perseverance; engage others bravely, confidently, and respectfully; grow from setbacks; understand the importance of community; and develop empathy for the diversity of human experience.

Key Action Areas - Recent, Current, Ongoing

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Develop and implement goals responsive to the Belonging Survey in the context of Developmental Relationships.

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Implement the Responsive Classroom approach K-5, and develop school-wide agreements in all elementary schools.

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Monitor, assess, and adjust the implementation of Keystone advisory and Community Council at SMS.

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Key Action Areas - Emerging, Under Development

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Articulate, develop, and implement assured SEL experiences 6-12.

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Implement the District Comprehensive Approach to mental health to support, equip, and empower our students K-12 to grow their wellbeing and resilience.

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Develop a plan to embed strategies and approaches for brave conversations and civil discourse across grades and schools.

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…more to come…

LEADING

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Commitment to Inquiry, Interdependence, and Innovation

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Goal: Foster student understanding of interdependence, and nurture self-efficacy and agency to make an impact in the world; elevate the inquiry approach as a means for continuous improvement and innovation in programs, curriculum, instruction, and professional learning; and establish, enhance and/or refine our practices and approaches in facilities, finance, operations, and partnerships to ensure long-term sustainability.

Key Action Areas - Recent, Current, Ongoing

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Relaunch the CFI as the Community of Inquiry and Innovation to aid in the pursuit of inquiry.

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Conduct a joint Field Study with the Village and use the results to identify a prioritized plan for improvements responsive to our stakeholders needs.

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Embed global learning opportunities by growing and leveraging our local and international partnerships and programs.

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Complete a transportation study and a fleet electrification study in order to develop priorities and a responsible plan to transition to electric vehicles.

Key Action Areas - Emerging, Under Development

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Develop and implement a long term financial plan and fund balance guidelines.

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Establish a timeline and implement a process for identifying and evaluating capital project priorities for the potential issuance of bonds to coincide with the reduction in debt service during the 2027-28 fiscal year.

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Develop a collaborative process for exploring and evaluating potential sustainable energy investments for district facilities to coincide with the debt service fall off.

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…more to come…