Foster a transdisciplinary team approach to focus available resources on the child and ensure continuity and communication between the school program and residential or home setting. Provide opportunities for both students and staff to develop individual strengths. Create a community of learners. Create an environment in which every student is stimulated, inspired, motivated and meets with success every day. Create an environment in which students are actively involved in their own learning.
Ensure students have ample opportunities to apply their learning to real-life situations.
Develop the special schools as centers of teaching excellence, modeling successful practices and programs for students with vision and hearing loss. Ensure all teachers in the special schools have the knowledge and skills necessary to provide instruction to students with special needs. Recruit, hire, and retain faculty and staff with the highest level of training and experience in the fields of deafness and blindness. Ensure all faculty and staff see a clear and positive relationship between what they do and the success of students. Support each teacher as a member of a collegial team.