Strategic Plan 2022-2027: Strengthening Our Core Competencies

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At Gaynor, the child is at the center of all curriculum development and professional learning. The school is also dedicated to creating and maintaining a community of belonging in which everyone’s identity is valued, respected and heard. The strategic plan will support the professional development of faculty to ensure that each child receives an individualized program tailored to their learning style and needs, and will address the need to include DEI goals across the curriculum.

 

Goal 1 is Enhancing the Curriculum. Students learn best when they experience a consistent, comprehensive educational environment throughout their tenure at Gaynor. The next five years will see a continuation of the work begun in the previous strategic plan on creating and implementing a school-wide scope and sequence in all subjects which includes a continuum of general skills and academic content. This five-year plan will focus on writing, social studies/history, and informational skills. A key element will be ensuring that the values of diversity, equity, and inclusion are embedded throughout the curriculum.

Goal 2, Elevating the Instructional Practices of Our Teaching Faculty, builds upon the co-lead teaching model piloted in 2020-2021. Over the coming years, school leadership will prepare faculty for an expansion of the co-lead model by identifying co-lead teams and providing professional development, team planning, and coverage systems.

Goal 3 focuses on Enriching Social-Emotional Learning. Over the course of five years, all students will gain a foundation in social emotional tools and strategies that promote a healthy self-concept, problem solving skills, and a collaborative learning community. This will also help prepare students to be engaged global citizens.