Langley's Strategic Plan

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FEATURE STORY:

Langley’s Strategic Plan: Where We Stand, Where We’re Going In fall 2015, Langley launched our most recent strategic plan which brought with it many exciting and important enhancements to our program. As we seek to maintain and advance our position as the regional leader in preschool through eighth grade education, we look to our strategic plan for continued guidance, inspiration, and milestones.

The Langley School’s Arc of Development recognizes that the steepest part of a child’s development comes early, and that while every child’s path is unique, there are predictable cognitive, emotional, and social milestones.

Through this ongoing process, we have committed to placing Langley’s Arc of Development – our school’s singular expertise in determining and meeting the appropriate developmental needs of specific age groups – at the center of everything we do. That’s why the components of the strategic plan reflect children’s specific developmental stages, from the playful, inquisitive early childhood years to the complex, yet invigorating, challenges of early adolescence. Below is an overview of the progress we’ve made in the past year as well as a preview of what’s ahead.

PILLAR ONE:

Ensuring Academic Excellence Ensuring that all Langley students achieve their highest potential for learning and growth means constantly working to perfect the art and science of teaching. To keep our dedicated, exceptionally skilled teachers at the forefront of their profession, we continually evaluate, improve, and introduce methods and practices to help teachers fully prepare students for high school, college, and beyond. Langley’s inquiry-based curriculum harnesses students’ own interests and talents to foster critical thinking, problem solving, collaboration, and creativity. Rather than rote memorization and finding a single, “right” answer, inquiry-based learning provides students with a range of strategies to answer essential questions and present evidence-based opinions, ensuring deep understanding and mastery. The program emphasizes hands-on experiences that allow students to test out possibilities, overcome and grow from failures, and reflect on not only what they have learned, but how.

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WINTER 2017


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