The focus of Educate Indiana 2000-02 in the South Spencer School Corporation will be to create a culture of inquiry and reflection in terms of improved student learning while continuing to align curriculum, instruction, and assessment to the Indiana Academic Standards 2000. We will begin the process by examining our current schools' performance in relation to state standards for student outcomes. Our improvement plan will focus on our current problems and needs, strategies to achieve our goals, and evaluative measures for demonstrating the goals are being reached.
Writing is one of the most important academic abilities.
Students value their writing and tend to practice it more when it is part of other learning activities. The regular use of writing activities in all subject areas will develop comprehension skills, prompt classroom discussions, and encourage questioning. An effective writing program will need to involve the complete writing process. This will be a process with teachers continually instructing, evaluating, and planning to improve student performance. By orienting our corporation plan to outcomes and system thinking our staff development activities will become a means to an end rather than an end in itself.