EWRSD Mission Statement & District Goals
East Windsor Regional School District Mission Statement
Through a safe, inclusive learning experience that is grounded in best practices, students in the East Windsor Regional School District will develop and strengthen academic, social, and emotional skills needed in order to be successful, productive citizens.
Serving Every Child, Every Day, we will strive to:
- Increase achievement by challenging and supporting each student to reach his/her highest potential.
- Address the needs of the whole child by ensuring all students feel healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged, with opportunities for social/emotional learning and growth.
- Prepare all students with the skills and awareness necessary to actively contribute as productive local and global citizens.
- Provide professional staff with the knowledge, skills, and resources necessary for highly effective delivery of instruction and services.
East Windsor Regional School District Goals for 2022-2023
EWRSD Core Goals for 2022-23* Long-term goals
Core Goal #1:
Ensure all students graduate from the East Windsor Regional School District with the necessary knowledge and skills to qualify for and succeed in post-secondary educational and work-related opportunities
Ensure all students graduate from the East Windsor Regional School District with the necessary knowledge and skills to qualify for and succeed in post-secondary educational and work-related opportunities
Core Goal #2:
Ensure all students become functional, skilled readers by third grade, by strengthening the development of foundational literacy skills in grades K-2, while addressing the achievement gap of underperforming current/former ELL, economically disadvantaged, and special education students.
Ensure all students become functional, skilled readers by third grade, by strengthening the development of foundational literacy skills in grades K-2, while addressing the achievement gap of underperforming current/former ELL, economically disadvantaged, and special education students.
Core Goal #3:
Assure that the professional development plan is aligned with the district-vision and mission.
Assure that the professional development plan is aligned with the district-vision and mission.
Core Goal #4:
Provide safe and secure environments for all students and staff (physical, emotional, and digital).
Provide safe and secure environments for all students and staff (physical, emotional, and digital).
Core Goal #5:
Cultivate the development of students’ fundamental social and emotional skills essential for success in life and impact on learning.
Cultivate the development of students’ fundamental social and emotional skills essential for success in life and impact on learning.
Core Goal #6:
Ensure district decisions and operations reflect the diversity of the community through a commitment to educational equity, access, opportunities, and cultural responsiveness.
Ensure district decisions and operations reflect the diversity of the community through a commitment to educational equity, access, opportunities, and cultural responsiveness.
EWRSD Focus Goal Areas for 2022-23
*Focus Goal: one-year goal to establish priorities and to define specific action with measurable objectives.
Focus Goal #1:
Further engage and strengthen the partnership with all EWRSD families and the community by maintaining clear, concise, and consistent communication regarding the district and its schools. This will include the successful implementation of the EWRSD Mobile App.
Further engage and strengthen the partnership with all EWRSD families and the community by maintaining clear, concise, and consistent communication regarding the district and its schools. This will include the successful implementation of the EWRSD Mobile App.
Focus Goal #2:
Continue to strengthen the critical roles of culture, climate, and social-emotional learning, with an emphasis on decision-making, self-regulation, and positive student-to- student, student-to teacher, and teacher-to-student relationships.
Focus Goal #3:
Plan and implement effective curriculum, instruction, assessment, grading practices, and targeted interventions to support ongoing student academic growth.
Plan and implement effective curriculum, instruction, assessment, grading practices, and targeted interventions to support ongoing student academic growth.
Focus Goal #4:
Through the role of Data Teams at the district and school level, continue to utilize student performance data to monitor progress and drive instructional decisions.
Through the role of Data Teams at the district and school level, continue to utilize student performance data to monitor progress and drive instructional decisions.
Focus Goal #5:
Continue to complete a comprehensive districtwide equity audit to collect and analyze data and feedback to identify programmatic barriers that may impede a student’s full participation, access, and opportunity for academic growth.
Continue to complete a comprehensive districtwide equity audit to collect and analyze data and feedback to identify programmatic barriers that may impede a student’s full participation, access, and opportunity for academic growth.
Focus Goal #6:
To address recent staffing shortages in public education, as a result of the pandemic, incorporate human resources practices that will support the effective recruitment, development, and retention of professional talent.
To address recent staffing shortages in public education, as a result of the pandemic, incorporate human resources practices that will support the effective recruitment, development, and retention of professional talent.
Progress updates related to these goals will be provided throughout the year.