Goals

1. To improve our staff's effectiveness through collaboration between general and special needs education.

To serve the special needs students within the general education classroom.
To increase knowledge in effective teaching strategies to maximize student learning.
To improve our staff's effectiveness through collaboration between general and special needs educators.
To provide an environment where all students can achieve success within the general education curriculum.

2. To improve our staff's instructional effectiveness.

To utilize technology in communication/language arts instruction.
To develop and use assessment tools for communication/language arts.
To gain knowledge and training in critical thinking/problem solving as it relates to communication/language arts.
To receive training for more effective instruction.
To participate in classroom observation of peers.
To become more aware of strategies for working with at-risk students.
To become familiar with critical thinking and problem solving strategies.

3. To improve our curriculum in mathematics.