INSTRUCTIONAL GOALS


As a base against which to assess school needs and set objectives for the educational program, the Governing Board, following consultation with teaching staff members, students, parents and other residents of Clermont Educational Service Center, adopts the following educational outcome goals:

1. To acquire basic skills in obtaining information, solving problems, thinking critically and communicating effectively.

2. To acquire a stock of basic information concerning the principles of the physical, biological and social sciences, the historical record of human achievements and failures, and current social issues.

3. To acquire job entry level skills and, also, to acquire knowledge necessary for further education.

4. To acquire an understanding of ethical principles and values and the ability to apply them to his/her own life.

5. To acquire the capacities for playing satisfying and responsible roles in family life.

6. To acquire the knowledge, habits and attitudes that promote personal and public health, both physical and mental.

7. To learn to enjoy the process of learning and to acquire the skills necessary for a lifetime of continuous learning and adaptation to change.

8. To acquire the understanding of and the ability to form responsible relations with a wide range of other people, including but not limited to those with social and cultural characteristics different from his/her own.

9. To acquire the ability and the desire to express himself/herself creatively in one or more of the arts, and to appreciate the aesthetic expressions of other people.

10. To become an effective and responsible contributor to the decision-making processes of the political and other institutions of the community, State, country and world.

11. To develop an understanding of his/her own worth, abilities, potentialities and limitations.

12. To acquire the knowledge, skills and understanding that permit him/her to play a satisfying and responsible role as both producer and consumer.



The major goals of special education classes are to develop in the students the habits, attitudes and skills necessary:

1. To prepare to choose, get, and hold a job and also to develop a knowledge and
understanding of the basic rights and responsibilities connected with members of the community.

2. To realize and adjust to their strengths and weaknesses and develop a suitable code of values.

3. To understand and adjust to those things in the physical environment that affect them directly; specifically, things that affect health, ability to survive economically, and the ability to use and enjoy natural resources.

4. To understand themselves and get along with others.

5. To maintain healthy bodies.

6. To understand the feeding, clothing, housing, maintaining, managing, and safeguarding of their homes and families.

7. To communicate ideas to the best of their ability.

8. To practice safety during school, work, recreation at home, or going to and from places.

9. To transport themselves to and from places within and outside the community.

10. To choose and participate in socially acceptable forms of recreation during leisure time.

11. To be responsible citizens; specifically, understanding our heritage and governmental processes and the exercise of the rights, privileges, and responsibilities associated with citizenship.

12. To appreciate, create, and enjoy beauty and also experience personal expression through a variety of media.

Educational Process Goals

In order to achieve these educational goals for children, the Governing Board will strive to implement the following:

1. Teaching staff members of high quality.

2. Resources for education, used with maximum efficiency.




3. Instruction which bears a meaningful relationship to the present and future needs and/or
interests of students.

4. Specialized and individualized kinds of educational experiences to meet the needs of each student.

5. Diverse forms of constructive cooperation with parents and community groups.

6. An environment in which any competition among students is positive.

7. Opportunities for teaching staff members and students to make recommendations concerning the operation of the schools.

8. Significant opportunities, consistent with the age of the student, for helping to determine the nature of the educational experiences of the student.


[Adoption date: June 21, 2001]


LEGAL REFS: Ohio CONST. art. VI, § 2
OAC 3301-35-02; 3301-35-03

CROSS REFS: ADA, Educational Philosophy
AE, School District Goals and Objectives