Goals

Pillar I:  Guaranteed and viable standards

Pillar II:  Challenging goals, effective feedback and supports

Pillar III:  Collegiality and professionalism

Pillar IV:  Safe and healthy environments

Pillar V:   Family and community engagement

1. Revise/develop and implement viable academic standards that engage learners with essential knowledge, skills, and enduring concepts.

2. Increase the percentage of K-5 students with a strong knowledge of foundational skills and concepts. 

3. Increase the percentage of high school graduates who are college and/or career ready.

4. Increase personalized learning by setting challenging goals, providing effective feedback and supports.

5. Expand educational opportunities in order to maximize student engagement, meet a variety of student interests, and ensure the relevance of learning.

6. Increase district, leader, and teacher effectiveness through high quality service and support.

7. Increase the number of schools with a safe, healthy, and positive learning climate.

8. Increase effective communication and encourage stakeholder engagement.

• Main function of GaDOE
• Quality over just quantity
• Streamlining processes & requirements
• More cohesion of state policy

• Tools, infrastructure, and resources
• Increases effectiveness and engagement
• Personalization

• Balance flexibility with accountability
• Increase transparency
• Sustainability

• Feedback from stakeholders; responsive
• Relationships over just partnerships
• Cross-divisional collaboration