Collective Commitments to KCSD96 Values
Learning has no boundaries.
- We commit to a free and open exchange between home and school while promoting confident learning.
- We persevere, encourage, and advocate.
- We value and address diverse learning styles and needs.
- We (students, teachers, staff, and families) have access to high-quality teaching and learning.
- We take risks.
- We address learning barriers.
- We commit to learning forever ....
Model for others what we expect from others
- We create proactively a safe environment to facilitate cultural inclusion and an exchange of information and ideas.
- We demonstrate high levels of professionalism.
- We collaborate at high levels.
- We align decisions and actions to the District 96 value statements and collective commitments.
- We are the change we want to see.
- We have crucial and authentic conversations.
- We commit to understanding and articulating the why.
- We lead.
- We embrace the uniqueness of individuals in an inclusive community.
- We respect the opinions of others, even when they differ from our own.
- We stand up for others.
- We commit to modeling, no matter the platform (face-to-face, email, text, social media, etc.).
Celebrate success
- We celebrate all accomplishments, big and small (learning, academic, and social behaviors).
- We believe that we are stronger together.
- We embrace that every part contributes to our success as a whole.
- We celebrate growth.
- We celebrate diversity and uniqueness.
- We define success wholistically.
Every child, every school, every day
- We embrace uniqueness and diversity and encourage, facilitate, and support learning about others.
- We demonstrate empathy and compassion.
- We commit to an ongoing cycle of continuous improvement.
- We never predetermine potential.
- We believe each and every member of our school community can see himself or herself in our environment and in our work.
- We commit to inclusivity.
- We demonstrate and promote advocacy.
- We balance the academic, social, and emotional well-being of all.
Best practice, not first practice
- We embed creativity, critical thinking, collaboration, and communication continually into instruction.
- We engage in thoughtful reflection on data to make informed choices about instruction and programming.
- We commit to continuous improvement and innovation and adjust our practices accordingly.
- We learn collaboratively as adults and students.
- We challenge one another respectfully.
- We commit to rigor and productive struggle.
- We lean in to discomfort.
- We trust and believe in the power of our collective efficacy.
- We embrace growing and learning through taking risks.
- We learn from our mistakes and our failures.