Superintendent's Notes: Quality Profile measures toward strategic goals
This is a historic time for the Upper Arlington Schools as we continue building on our future by building on our strengths. Thanks to our visionary Board of Education, we have embarked on a new strategic plan that defines our goals for the next several years. Our new strategic plan identifies a focused set of priorities that support our position as a national leader in education and continue our focus on challenging and supporting every student, every step of the way.
We are proud to share with the entire community our new 2020 Quality Profile, our annual accountability report that gives our community a clear and transparent look at what’s happening in our schools and with our students. The latest version of our Quality Profile has been updated to align with our new strategic priorities — whole learning and student and staff well-being, with a foundation of continuous improvement.
Whole learning is our core business - academics. We will build on our strengths to provide an even greater integration of rigorous academic content with deeper learning skills through a variety of engaging experiences, environments and relationships.
Student and staff well-being is critical to fostering a safe and inclusive environment. We will focus on two areas of well-being - belonging and balance.
The foundation of the plan is a focus on continuous improvement. This is the idea of getting better at getting better - it started with our Efficiency Project a few years ago, and now we will ensure it’s threaded through everything we do.
These priorities are all grounded in our mission, vision and values:
Our mission: Challenge and support every student, every step of the way
Our vision: Uniquely accomplished students prepared to serve, lead and succeed
Our values: Start with Heart, Strength in Team and Contagious Drive
We believe it is critically important to continue to provide our community with the Quality Profile to measure our progress toward our strategic priorities. An executive summary of the Quality Profile was sent out to residents earlier this month, and the full Quality Profile report is available on our website, www.uaschools.org/qualityprofile.aspx. I encourage you to take time to read these documents.
If you have any questions or suggestions, please feel free to contact me at (614) 487-5030 or [email protected].
Posted: Thursday, February 20, 2020