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Community School Progress Summary 2020-2021
Lori Widney, Principal
School Mission Statement:
Watershed Public Charter School provides an interconnected learning environment, where hands-on exploration and creative expression foster the learning process. Our community promotes rigorous academic achievement, meaningful outdoor experiences, and continuous growth for all students..
School Vision Statement:
BCPS Vision: Baltimore County Public Schools will be among the highest performing school systems in the nation as a result of creating, sustaining, and investing in excellence for every student, every school, and every community.
Mathematics
Goal: All students will achieve mathematics proficiency as indicated by the MCAP assessment.
Action Step(s):
Teachers will center students’ identities, strengths, interests, and needs in order to make instruction accessible.
Students will have multiple opportunities to demonstrate learning and grades must be aligned to standards and based on a body of evidence.
Literacy
Goal: All students will achieve literacy proficiency as indicated by the MCAP assessment.
Action Step(s):
Students will have multiple opportunities to demonstrate learning and grades must be aligned to standards and based on a body of evidence.
Teachers will nurture emerging talents and offer opportunities for acceleration and enrichment in instruction and in course enrollment pathways.
Safe and Secure Environment
Action Step(s):
Educators will examine and interrogate their personal biases to become aware of the ways in which their own cultural experiences influence the conditions and learning opportunities that they create for students
Teachers will nurture emerging talents and offer opportunities for acceleration and enrichment in instruction and in course enrollment pathways.
Culture
How will the leadership team create the conditions that support this instruction?
Action Steps(S):
Equity staff development will be developed and given based on Courageous Conversations.
Data collection tools will be developed and implemented for all content areas, including end of unit projects for every grade.
Conscious Discipline will be modeled through professional development and implemented in every classroom.