SUNCREST MIDDLE SCHOOL VISION:

A people-building environment for students, staff, families and community

 

Vision

Suncrest Middle School strives to be a people-building environment for students, staff, families and community.

A People-Building Environment is especially appropriate at the middle school level as students struggle to make the transition from the dependence of childhood to the independence of adulthood. In a larger sense, we believe that a People-Building Environment nourishes all members of the school community: students, staff, families and the broader community.

A People-Building Environment is a place that:

* nourishes self definition and self-respect

*nurtures intrinsic motivation

*encourages the need to give to others values the worth and contributions of each individual member

*exhibits respect for others envisions an interactive and mutually supportive community of learners

*provides current opportunities to make meaningful contributions to the community

*prepares all members to continue to function in the future as contributors to the larger society.

 

A People-Building Environment improves the quality of life for each individual member of the school community and ultimately society as a whole. Suncrest Middle School believes that a People-Building
Environment will meet the present and future needs of our changing and shrinking global world.

Themes

In order to bring about this People-Building Environment Suncrest Middle School will pursue four themes:

* Through interaction Suncrest Middle School seeks to assure that all groups within the school community have the opportunity to communicate and exchange ideas and opinions.

*Through consciously striving to be an inviting place, Suncrest Middle School will be providing a People--Building Environment.

*Through promoting involvement of students, staff, families, and the broader community, Suncrest Middle School acknowledges that all parts of the school community are independent and that all must work
together and have a role in decision making if the school is to create a People- Building Environment.

*Through innovation Suncrest Middle School seeks to provide the technological skills, research base, and global perspective needed to be functioning and contributing members of society.

Belief Statements

*All in a Professional Development School are learners.

*All in a Professional Development School have the opportunity for success.

*The organization of a Professional Development School encourages all to be empowered.

*A Professional Development School fosters an environment of mutual respect.

*A Professional Development School promotes curriculum and
instruction that evolves from continual review and that reflects the
school's vision.

A Professional Development School:

* collaborates as an equal partner with West Virginia University in facilitating professional development and school renewal.

* develops a vision for its future, and its members work to make that vision a reality.

* links professional preparation with professional practice

* embraces shared decision-making processes in implementing the PDS beliefs, in its efforts to achieve its vision, and in its collaboration with WVU.

* engages in ongoing professional inquiry, thus contributing to the growth of professional knowledge and the improvement of practice.

* promotes continuous learning by all members of the school community.

* organizes to empower the members of the community.

* creates and maintains an environment of respect and professionalism.

* fosters appreciation of cultural and human diversity and promotes self-esteem in the entire school community.

*utilizes the best of research and the best of practice.

* supports and promotes thoughtful change.

 

A PDS is a process, not a product. A PDS is always "becoming".