Code No. 101
EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT
The Chariton Community School District, acting through its board of directors, is dedicated to promoting an equal opportunity for a quality public education to its students within financial limitations of the school district. The district shall work in cooperation with parents and the school district community to provide students the opportunity to develop a healthy social, intellectual, emotional, and physical self-concept in a safe learning environment that provides guidance and encourages critical thinking in students.
The board endeavors through the dedication of the school district's resources, to encourage students, who come to the school district from a variety of backgrounds, to look forward to the time when they will have jobs, homes, families, places in the school district community, and attain recognition as individuals. In order to achieve this goal, the board will seek qualified employees dedicated to utilization of their professional skills for the betterment of the education program always enhancing educational productivity.
Instruction and curriculum are the key elements of a public education. Critical thinking and problem solving skills that will assist the students' preparation for life shall be instructed as part of a sequentially coordinated curriculum. The school district strives to prepare students for their future, to discover and nurture creative talent, and to prepare them to meet and cope with social change in an atmosphere conducive to learning.
The support and involvement of the home and the school district community are essential to achieve educational excellence in the school district. The school district strives to maintain an active relationship with the home and the school district community to create within the students an awareness of dignity and worth of the individual, civic responsibility, and respect for authority.
I. Mission Statement: Successful Learning for All Students.
II. Philosophy Statement: The Board of Directors of the Chariton Community School District, in cooperation with parents/guardians, is committed to a philosophy of service to children; and to help children develop a strong basic skills foundation to enable them to be contributing members of society. The Board believes this philosophy can best be achieved through a school program that encompasses the intellectual, physical, civic, social and aesthetic education of children.
The Board recognizes that:
A. the guardianship of public education is a trust and an obligation,
B. The goals of education and the goals of democracy are fundamentally the same,
C. The Board’s philosophy and objectives can best be realized when the educational program is directed through written board policies to provide an atmosphere conducive to learning,
D. Policies are based on the Constitution, Iowa statutes, federal and state regulations, and the specific needs of the school district.
III. Board of Directors Responsibility: The Board of Directors realizes that an effective public school program must be directed toward common needs of all children. The Board believes the unique needs of each individual child must be addressed.
A. Our school will have a well-developed vision for success and spend its efforts in accordance with that vision.
B. All students will be consistently held to high standards of performance.
C. Our district will be continuously improved by seeking and using the best available knowledge and data to guide our ongoing planning, decision making, and program delivery.
D. Our district will assess and evaluate student progress on a continuous basis.
Legal Reference: Iowa Code 256.11; .11A; 275.1 (2003).
Cross Reference:
102 Equal Educational Opportunity
103 Educational and Operational Planning
209 Board of Directors’ Management Procedures
600 Goals and Objectives of the Educational Program
609 Curriculum Development
Approved March 2008
Reviewed September 12, 2022
Revised