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Winfield Elementary School
Mission Statement,
Goals, Beliefs, and Vision
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Mission Statement
Winfield Elementary School mission is to enable students to become successful citizens with lifelong learning and critical thinking skills for our evolving technological society.
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Our Goal
Winfield Elementary School is dedicated to ensure that all of our students acquire the necessary skills to promote ongoing learning throughout their educational career. Emphasis is placed on higher order thinking skills and the use of technology to provide students with the knowledge and skills needed to be successful in high school, college, and in various careers. We will provide students with these skills through the use of exemplary teaching practices, assessments, TVAAS data, and partnerships between school faculty, parents, and community members.
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Beliefs
1. All students have the capacity to learn and to succeed.
2. Students learn in different ways and benefit from a variety of teaching styles.
3. Students benefit from a partnership of home, school, and community.
4. A successful learning environment encourages and involves students as active participants in the learning process.
5. Students can be motivated to learn when subject matter connects to real life events.
6. Students need to be challenged to meet higher expectations.
7. A successful learning environment is positive and safe while maintaining structure and discipline.
8. Teachers must use assessment tools, such as TCAP, Think Link assessment, and TVAAS data, to evaluate the effectiveness of their instructional methods as well as the educational needs of their students.
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Vision
At Winfield Elementary School, we endeavor to raise standards of student achievement for students by encouraging students to achieve in an academically rigorous, technologically diverse curriculum supported by enthusiastic staff members and a community of parents and other stakeholders who are active in our school.
Educators actively engage and challenge all students to master an academically focused curriculum to reach their highest potential.
Parents and community members are welcome, active partners.
Our schools accept and celebrate diversity in safe, nurturing environments.
Educators and support staff are dedicated and enthusiastic.
Staff and students feel free to take educational risks.
Students are eager to learn.
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