Dear Parents and Students,
It is hard to believe we are in the Holiday season! During this time of Thanksgiving may I extend my deepest thanks for your continued partnership in the education of your children. Each day we endeavor to bring our highest level of passion, purpose and skill as it applies to teaching our students. We continue to align with the LCPS 2027 Strategic Plan for Excellence in our commitment to ensure that your children receive an excellent education while preparing to make meaningful contributions to the world today, tomorrow, and well into the future.
This month I will highlight the second core component of LCPS Strategic Plan for Excellence and provide you with examples of how it applies and aligns with Evergreen Mill's instructional program. The One LCPS 2027 Strategic Plan for Excellence Strategic Goal #2 is to "Cultivate high-performing teams of professionals committed to realizing our mission and goals."
LCPS as an organization believes that teachers, administrators, and staff are the most important factor in helping our students after their parents. As a school division and as a school we believe that ensuring that staff are esteemed, exemplary, supported, and accountable is to vital to student success. The work of our administrative team is equally focused on ensuring both students and teacher success. Here are a few of the key ways we accomplish this.
1. We are a Professional Learning Community (PLC) that functions in a Collaborative Learning Team (CLT) structure. Each of our grade level teams meet weekly to review student data, share instructional resources, to plan together, and to create common assessments. A main focus of this time together is to build our collective efficacy in providing outstanding instruction to our students.
2. We are committed to professional learning for our teachers and staff. In addition to LCPS required professional learning, our teams receive training monthly on topics such as reading instruction, math instruction, culturally responsive instructional practices, computer science initiatives, social emotional learning, personalized learning, and assessment practices.
3. Our school leadership team consists of a teacher from each grade level team, from our special area team, and from our specialists. We utilize a collective and shared decision making process to ensure that teacher voices are heard and that our staff is represented in school wide decisions that are made.
4. Our goal is to hire, grow, and retain excellent teachers and teacher assistants as they are our most important assets in this work. While the vision and management may start at the top, it is the teachers, assistants, and supporting staff who drive that mission forward and ensure that it is accomplished.
Our commitment as a staff is to bring our best to your children every day and to move the learning needle forward on a daily basis for each child. Your support of our teachers through your attendance at parent conferences, participation in school wide events, notes and gestures of thanks, and commitment to your child's attendance at school builds our teachers up and strengthens the home school partnership. Thanks to our incredible staff for their tireless efforts and thanks to our amazing parents and families who continue to work side by side with us. Happy Thanksgiving Python families! We are grateful for you!
Expecting Success!
Daniel Lani
Principal
