River's Edge School Motto, Mission Statement, and Teacher and Student Success Plan
Motto: Every day is a new day!
Mission Statement:
At River’s Edge School our mission is to provide a safe and positive learning environment that supports students’ success in the least restrictive setting possible.
We will accomplish this mission by:
- Delivering data-driven behavior programs with consistency to facilitate positive behavioral skills across settings.
- Engaging students in high-quality individualized academic instruction that promotes measurable growth.
- Collaborating with school, home, and community resources to foster self-advocacy and social/emotional wellbeing.
2024-2025 Teacher and Student Success Plan:
River’s Edge School is committed to continuous improvement in teaching and student learning. Our goal is to increase teachers' capacity to engage students in high-leverage strategies and effective behavioral programs. In academics, we expect to see at least 60% of students demonstrate growth from fall to spring on Star reading scores.
Our 2025-2026 Teacher and Student Success Plan focuses on the areas of coaching, professional development, and school-based initiatives, as outlined below.
1. Coaching: Licensed staff will participate in coaching cycles with our instructional coach or teacher specialist in the areas of depths of knowledge, engagement, and high-leverage strategies.
Action Steps
- All licensed teachers will participate in one coaching cycle focused on depths of knowledge. A complete coaching cycle will include a goal-setting meeting, initial observation, coaching meeting, follow up observation, and final debrief. At the conclusion of a successful coaching cycle, in which the teacher demonstrates improvement on the selected target skill related to depths of knowledge, the teacher will receive a stipend funded through Land Trust.
- Teachers will select a second coaching cycle in the areas of engagement, high-leverage strategies, or classroom management. At the conclusion of a successful coaching cycle, in which the teacher demonstrates improvement on the selected target skill, the teacher will receive a stipend funded through Land Trust.
- A stipend will be paid to those facilitating coaching cycles, which may include our instructional coach, teacher specialist, and/or school psychologist. This stipend will be paid through Land Trust.
2. Professional Development: We will provide the opportunity for teachers and staff to attend PD in the areas of core academic content and behavior management.
Action Steps
- We will use a portion of the TSSA funds to cover the cost of registration for applicable PDs.
- We will access district resources for training during selected faculty meetings and PD Days.
3. School-Based Initiatives:
3.1 Increase academic rigor at River's Edge School: One important school-based initiative this year is to increase academic rigor and collaboration around academic instruction.
Action Steps
- Increase Academic PLC time on Fridays.
- Purchase Lexia with matching funds from the district.