Teachers know everything about their subjects. Parents are outsiders, often made to feel unwelcome, even if unintentionally. New Paradigm of Continuous Learning and Improvement Cooperation based. Unlimited, continuous improvement and successes are the aims of the school and community. Learning is like a spiral with offshoots, with energy directed toward continuous improvement.
Goals are important, but the process of getting to the goal is at least as significant.
Assessments are used for diagnostic and prescriptive practices. Life is a journey and has intrinsic merit if lived with a zest for life, love, and learning. The integrity and health of the system, its processes, and its people must be maintained or the system will be suboptimized and will eventually fail. Work should be challenging, invigorating, and meaningful. Workers should take pride and joy in the products and processes of their work.