ANDOVER’S THEORY OF ACTION

When we collaborate to:

• Create safe, caring, and culturally responsive classrooms and schools, and partner with families and the community to support students’ academic growth and their social, physical and emotional wellbeing.
• Ensure that every student engages in a rigorous curriculum that is implemented consistently within and across schools;
• Provide inclusive instruction that engages every student in authentic learning experiences, demonstrates the power of effective effort and fosters inquiry, creativity and positive risk taking;
• Monitor student progress diagnostically and plan instruction after thorough and thoughtful data analysis to ensure each student reaches proficiency;

Then all students will:

• Demonstrate academic growth in foundational content and skills;
• Communicate effectively, think critically, problem solve creatively, work collaboratively, and evaluate objectively;
• Be self-directed and persevering agents of their own learning; and
• Demonstrate cultural awareness, an appreciation of self, empathy toward others, a sense of responsibility, and commitment to civic engagement . . .

So that all students are prepared to:

• Be lifelong learners able to pursue their personal and professional goals;
• Face adversity and ambiguity with intellectual skill, open-mindedness, adaptability, courage and confidence;
• Make informed, just and ethical decisions; and
• Be connected and compassionate citizens who contribute to a diverse and global society.