DISTRICT BELIEFS
Belief #1: We Believe Our Schools Should Create Quality Learning Opportunities for All
What We Will See:
• Learners knowing what will be learned, and what learning it well will look like.
• Communication regarding growth and change toward common goals and expectations.
• Opportunities for the learner, or group of learners, to correct learning through self evaluation.
• A safe and trusting environment to take risks.
• Personal relevance in all learning situations.
• Learners continuing to grow, seeking current best knowledge and practices and running these practices through the use of screens. (Independent life long learners)
• Predominantly clarifying questions being asked when processing learning.
• Learners being given multiple opportunities through different modalities to show what they’ve learned and to discover what they have yet to learn.
Belief #2: We Believe All Relationships Should Be Built Upon Respect and Responsibility
RESPECT
What We Will See:
• Courtesy
• Diplomacy
• Active listening
• Asking questions for clarifications
• Skillful discussion
• Giving others the benefit of the doubt
RESPONSIBILITY
What We Will See:
• Commitment to the vision, beliefs, and processes of the organization
• Kind confrontation of unaligned behaviors
• Ownership: doing what we say we are going to do
• Open-mindedness
• Meaningful dialogue
Belief #3: We Believe Our School Should Reflect Leadership Which Builds Consensus, Ownership, and Accountability
What We Will See:
• Clearly defined vision
• Expectations and roles well clarified
• All responsible for accountability
• Consensus: All stakeholders able to influence setting of organizational goals
• Ownership: All stakeholders acting to achieve vision, mission, and outcomes of organization
• Accountability: All stakeholders committed to holding themselves and others accountable
• Trusting communication
DELTON KELLOGG SCHOOL CURRICULUM
Delton Kellogg Board of Education has adopted the KC4, Kent County Collaborative Curriculum, for use in the Delton Kellogg District.
The KC4 assists the district to bring about systemic school reform that leads to student achievement. The KC4 curriculum combines and embeds the latest research and development in curriculum design, assessment, alignment, instruction, and classroom management. All standards, standard analyses, assessments and resources are the collaborative product of educators form local school districts.
A model curriculum, KC4, integrates national/state standards and local expectations in creating high performance core academic standards to be achieved by all students at elementary, middle and secondary school levels. Development of assessments at a mastery level for exit, program, and unit standards are part of the process. The teacher-driven model curriculum is expanded, adapted, or adopted to meet local needs through classroom validation. Fundamental basics of KC4 implementation include: high expectations for students; clarity & focus of instruction; alignment of K-12 curriculum; expanded learning opportunities; or in other words… SUCCESS FOR ALL.
The Delton Kellogg School district has a District Core Team that guides curricular recommendations to the Board of Education, creates professional development plans and provides focus and input to completing the District School Improvement Plan. The District Core Team is made up of representatives from each building (Building Core Chairpersons), chairpersons from each K-12 committee/department (ELA, Math, Science, Social Studies, Fine Arts, Industrial Arts, Health/PE, Counseling/At-Risk and Special Education), administrators, student representatives, parent representatives, a board member and the superintendent.