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Mission Statement |
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The Lander County School District provides, to society, the best-prepared students for lifelong learning. Lander County School District will increase efficiency and financial accountability for the tax dollar. Lander County School District will continually evaluate and utilize new technology to optimize the learning goals and outcomes for all students. All students can experience success by providing the opportunities through a curriculum that teaches study and communication skills, teamwork, and good learning habits. Lander County School District promotes active participation by all parents and the community in the educational process of its youth. Lander County School Distirct promotes creativeness, integrity, work ethic, political involvement, and capitalistic entrepreneurship of its youth realizing that success in a world economy will require these qualities as well as multi-linguistic and multi-media technological skills. |
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"Six school sites and the LCSD demonstrated “Adequate Yearly Progress” for the 2009-2010 school years. Austin High School received high achieving, and the Battle Mountain Junior High was on the watch list for FRL Math. The students in the Lander County School District continue to achieve goals and reach high expectations because of the outstanding dedication and involvement of our administrators, teachers, and support staff. The continuation of our Career and Technical Education Programs which include nursing, and construction trades have provided additional job training opportunities to our students. Our students, parents, teachers, and principals are focused on essential academic standards and striving to attain mastery of the State Standards. All schools and the district have updated improvement plans that focus on the goals to maintain our momentum for continued student success. "The school district has established comprehensive diagnostic testing protocols using MAP testing, which measures students’ growth for grades K-12 and Dibbles’ testing for K-3, which regularly monitors the development of early literacy and early reading skill. State based examinations are also used to allow our staff to track and provide interventions for each student. These instruments give our educational instruction teams and parents precise information about each child’s achievement level in various basic skills. “Response to Intervention” (RTI/IC) is being implemented to enhance teachers’ skills in and application of best practices of instructional assessment and delivery. Our IC Cohorts are providing the training necessary to develop school-wide norms of collaboration and problem solving and utilize data for classroom and school decisions. PLC and Collaboration are the most effective tools in our arsenal to create a learning environment that is conducive to student achievement. Our PLC is provides the opportunity to meet in a collaborative effort every-other week. |
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Goals and Objectives |
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Goal # 1 The District and all school sites will achieve Adequate Yearly Progress as judged by No Child Left Behind Standards. Objectives: 1. All instruction will be supported by a curriculum that is based on the State Standards. 2. Response to Intervention will be used to provide remediation to students who are below grade level in core subjects. 3. Teachers will be provided with adequate professional development to upgrade and enhance lesson strategies and classroom management. Goal # 2 Instructional staff will engage in a supportive professional climate that will ensure quality instruction and enhance achievement. Objectives: 1. Instructional personnel will utilize testing data to determine which areas each student needs to strengthen. 2. Collaboration time will be provided twice each month so that staff may confer and plan strategies to ensure the success of each student. 3. Lesson planning and objectives will be based on the State Standards. Goal # 3 A safe caring atmosphere with consistent expectations in instruction and classroom management will be developed and adhered to. Objectives: 1. Students will feel safe and comfortable in the school environment. 2. Teachers will report student mastery of Nevada Standards quarterly. 3. Teachers will post student progress using Powerschool software. 4. Teachers will identify relationship between daily lessons and Nevada Standards weekly. Goal # 4 Access and Plan a 5 year, and a long term building plan Objectives: Access and plan for school building exterior, parking lot and sidewalk improvements. Revise and update to meet needs and resources. Long Term Plan Add ten and twenty year plan to current five year plan. Plan when to build new facilities, and major repairs. |
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