Strategic+Plan+Brainstorm

=**Goal #4 – CURRICULA**=

===Loyola High School will foster an Ignatian community of learners who value a holistic, collaborative, interdisciplinary approach to student-centered learning, responding to the needs of young men in the 21st century with innovative, research-based pedagogy characterized by rigor, relevance, and relationships.===

===** Revision: ** Loyola High School, in accordance with our mission to form “men for others”, will promote an Ignatian community of learners who value a collaborative, interdisciplinary approach to student-centered learning that will respond to the needs of the 21st century. ===

=Objectives for Goal #4=
 * (these should touch all department and most students... not dept specific)
 * ===To conduct a comprehensive review of the school's current curriculum against various external and internal standards. Initiate alignments wherever necessary...(WASC AP task 2 on Quality Learning)===
 * ===Assess the priority of academics within the mission of the school in light of the continued expansion of co-curricular activities, campus ministry offerings, and athletics (WASC AP 3).===
 * ===To develop a comprehensive program to address diverse learning styles typified by "Special Needs Students." (WASC AP 6)===
 * ===To build a state-of-the-art high school fine arts facility.===
 * ===To evaluate and refine the consistency of curriculum between classes (horizontally) and to assess the proficiency of students understandings.===
 * ===To evaluate and align curricula within a discipline from freshman to senior year to create continuity (vertically) through the area of study.===
 * ===To evaluate and create opportunities for interdisciplinary instruction and learning.===
 * ===To establish Loyola content (knowledge and understandings) and performance (skills) standards of rigor for all core courses.===
 * ===To foster innovation and adoption of best teaching practices characterized by rigor, relevance and relationships.===
 * ===To provide a proven means of collaboration implement===
 * ===To implement an effective professional learning community (PLC) program that provides the time and resources for teachers to collaborate.===
 * ===To create a calendar and school-wide class schedule that optimizes teacher collaboration and student choice for coursework, co-curricular activities and spiritual development opportunities while maintaining a rigorous course of study.===
 * ===To establish student-driven learning communities.===
 * ===To establish interdisciplinary electives.===
 * ===To find, evaluate, educate and implement research-based pedagogy.===
 * ===To provide dedicated time for Professional Development, collaboration, planning, etc time.===
 * ===To create interdisciplinary PLCs and/or student level (frosh teachers, soph teachers, etc) PLCs to plan and implement interdisciplinary curriuclum and instruction.===
 * ===To make opportunities for our students to teach others (i.e. establish official tutoring program or visit our neighborhood classrooms).===
 * ===To define rigor as something that is measured by what students can do (i.e. Critically think) as opposed to hours of instruction, hours of work, complexity of content, etc.===