Our Mission:

West Field:  Where Everyone Succeeds Together

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Our Vision:  

We are committed to ensuring that every learner at West Field succeeds and achieves to their greatest potential within a school climate that offers...

·        High Expectations for Success

·        Positive Teacher Attitudes and Responsibility

·        Teacher Knowledge and Professional Skill

·        Instructional Leadership

·        Frequent Monitoring of Student Progress

·        Opportunities to Learn and Student Time on Task

·        A Safe and Orderly Environment

·        Home/School Relations

·        A Climate of Mutual Respect 

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Our Values at West Field...

1.       We will have a clearly articulated school mission through which the staff shares a commitment to continuous improvement.  We can make a difference and see the results!

2.       We will create a climate of high expectations in which the staff demonstrates that all students can attain mastery of essential skills.  We control enough of the variables to assure all students experience success.

3.       Faculty members will model positive attitudes and possess the influence necessary to shape the attitudes of students.

4.       The teachers will be knowledgeable and skillful in research-based high-yield strategies, learning theory, and teaching methods that will enable students to achieve success.  We will differentiate instruction and provide specific interventions as well as opportunities for enrichment.

5.       The principal will be an instructional leader who shares leadership with the staff. He will be a leader of leaders. Together with teachers, the principal will advance team work by providing job-embedded opportunities for teachers to collaborate and grow professionally.

6.       We will measure student academic progress frequently. A variety of assessment procedures will be used and the results of the assessments will be used to improve student performance and to improve the instructional program.

7.       All students will be given the opportunity to learn.  Learning is the constant—time and support are the variables!  Lack of previous opportunity will not be interpreted as a lack of ability to learn. We will allocate a significant amount of classroom time to instruction in literacy and math.

8.       We will develop a safe and orderly atmosphere that is free from threat or harm. Our climate will be conducive to learning.

9.       We will recognize student accomplishments and provide opportunities for students to develop leadership and citizenship.

10.    We will partner with parents so that they will understand and support our school’s mission.  Parents will be given the opportunity to play an important role in helping our school achieve our mission.

11.    Students and teachers will be empowered to take risks necessary for growth when encompassed in a climate of mutual respect, care, and compassion in which mistakes are seen as opportunities to learn and their ideas and efforts are appreciated. The entire staff will extend the same respect to students that we desire to receive from them and each other.