Curriculum
• A greater variety of activities for ACS students during the school day.
• A MS that meets the academic, personal, and emotional needs and interests of the early adolescent.
• An attendance policy that emphasizes attendance as one of the cornerstones of our educational philosophy.
• Appropriate Departments that will enable admin to better manage their teachers and continue to move the curricular process forward.
• A local sports league for HS & MS.
• An alternate schedule for grades 6-12 that will allow more flexibility and the possibility of more course offerings.
• Yearly update of written curriculum.
• Based on the existing Curriculum Cycle, ensure that local and international content, resources and strategies are considered and implemented where appropriate.
• Special Services that meet the needs of our student population.
• A Spanish Program based on best practices that enables students, in a classroom setting, to reach their maximum potential.
• A senior project that integrates the skills necessary to become a life-long learner.
• A Community Service Project (CSP) and a Service Learning Curriculum in Grades KG1 - 12.
Personnel
• Provide opportunities that foster and encourage those features characteristic of high staff morale.
• Provide remuneration and benefit package for all employees, which together with working climate and living conditions are competitive enough to hire and retain quality staff.
• ACS will have a pool of content and competent volunteers to assist teachers and provide local content. This volunteer group includes parents, qualified high school students, and other members of the community.
• Create and follow an effective evaluation process that includes performance criteria for all personnel that reflects our strategic plan.
• Develop and implement a comprehensive staff development program that supports the strategic plan and that reflects the needs of the school.
• Implement a hiring policy that ensures all staff are educationally qualified and appropriately experienced and demonstrate qualities that reflect ACS’ mission.
• ACS will have an adequate number of staff members to meet our strategic objectives.
Finance
• Develop a Five-year financial plan that will enable ACS to achieve its Strategic Objectives and Mission
• Develop a Facilities plan for infrastructure that will enable ACS to achieve its Strategic Objectives and Mission.
• Establish an Endowment for ACS
• Provide Financial Aid on a temporary basis to any current students in financial distress with funds provided from resources other than tuition.
• Provide Scholarship Fund for deserving secondary level paying students.
Communication
• The ACS Connection contains essential information in a user-friendly format that easily guides parents to timely information relevant to their child
• Communications policy, systems, practices, and signage to ensure timely and accurate information on events, schedules, counselor roles and hours, school supplies, classroom and facility locations, etc.
• Clear and consistent standards and practices for parent-teacher communication are in place at all school levels that ensure regular and open communication, attending particularly to new and struggling students.
• A functioning cultural committee actively seeks opportunities to draw from and celebrate ACS’s diverse cultures through curriculum, student activities, invited speakers and performances.
• The PTA has broad participation from parents and teachers in organizing gatherings and activities that provide opportunities for parents, teachers, administrators, and students to get to know one another.
• ACS parents have a high degree of engagement with the school board and administration and confidence in the representation and communications from a broad leadership structure.
• Action Plans to be Implemented Immediately
• Develop a Five-year financial plan that will enable ACS to achieve its Strategic Objectives and Mission. (finance)
• The ACS Connection contains essential information in a user-friendly format that easily guides parents to timely information relevant to their child. (communication)
• ACS will have an adequate number of staff members to meet our strategic objectives. (curriculum)
• Clear and consistent standards and practices for parent-teacher communication are in place at all school levels that ensure regular and open communication, attending particularly to new and struggling students.(communication)
• Appropriate Departments that will enable admin to better manage their teachers and continue to move the curricular process forward. (curriculum)
Action Plans to be Implemented in the 2005/06 School Year
• Develop and implement a comprehensive staff development program that supports the strategic plan and that reflects the needs of the school.
(personnel)
• A MS that meets the academic, personal, and emotional needs and interests of the early adolescent.(curriculum)
• Provide remuneration and benefit package for all employees, which together with working climate and living conditions are competitive enough to hire and retain quality staff.(personnel)
• Implement a hiring policy that ensures all staff are educationally qualified and appropriately experienced and demonstrate qualities that reflect ACS’ mission.(personnel)
• Special Services that meet the needs of our student population.(curriculum)
• A Spanish Program based on best practices that enables students, in a classroom setting, to reach their maximum potential. (curriculum)
• Develop a Facilities plan for infrastructure that will enable ACS to achieve its Strategic Objectives and Mission. (finance)
• An alternate schedule for grades 6-12 that will allow for more course offerings.(curriculum)
• Communications policy, systems, practices, and signage to ensure timely and accurate information on events, schedules, counselor roles and hours, school supplies, classroom and facility locations, etc. (communications)
• Create and follow an effective evaluation process that includes performance criteria for all personnel that reflects our strategic plan. (personnel)
