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Vision Statement

The Emmett Till Elementary Professional Community is dedicated to providing a comprehensive educational program for its students, emphasizing the developmental needs of the whole child. This will be accomplished through quality educational experiences, professional development opportunities, fostering a sense of community whereby parents are involved and committed to participating in their children's education, and providing a caring environment to nurture our students. In addition, students will be provided with structured learning experiences that will enable them to develop into responsible citizens.

We believe that the instructional program should:

	provide students with engaging, hands on, problem solving activities to promote learning
	set high standards and provide appropriate instructional support for student success
	incorporate values, morals, and respect for self and others
	provide a variety of learning activities to respond to the needs of all of our students including shared reading, literature circles, Bloom's taxonomy, reciprocal teaching, cooperative learning, and direct skills instruction
	provide interdisciplinary instruction across all grade levels
	provide a middle school program that responds to the academic, social, emotional, and physiological needs of adolescents
	create a community of learners among students, staff, and parents
	correlate mathematics with other content area and real life experiences
	integrate technology into the instructional program
	utilize a variety of assessments to monitor student progress and provide feedback to guide instruction

A wide range of opportunities for parental involvement will support this instructional program. In addition, community partnership will be expanded in keeping with the notion that "it takes a whole village to raise a child."

A wholesome learning climate will be promoted via a safe and orderly environment, attendance initiatives and activities to foster school pride, student self-esteem and motivation.