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Mission Statement

To ensure every student has opportunities to grow, thrive and fulfill their potential through caring, responsive education.

Vision Statement

The State College Area School District, in a mutually respectful partnership with the greater community, will dedicate themselves every day through evidence-based curricula and practices to achieving excellence in education as a model district. Our schools will be safe, welcoming, inclusive, and innovative spaces, where every student is empowered to acquire the knowledge, skills, confidence and adaptability to thrive in a dynamic world. Civility and respect will guide our schools as we commit to embracing diverse voices and perspectives.

Student Values

We believe:

  • Family and caregiver engagement and support are crucial to nurturing every child’s education.

  • Establishing and maintaining a relationship between families and schools and restoring relationships when needed are important.

  • Positive and healthy engagements between the district and parents/caregivers are essential.

  • Students are best served when schools, families and caregivers work collaboratively.

  • Clear and consistent communication and reciprocal conversations with the schools and the district are necessary.

  • Drawing upon the diverse voices of parents/caregivers is critical when gathering feedback to support students.

Administrator Values

We believe:

  • Equity, inclusion and belonging are the foundations that frame every aspect of the educational system, from curriculum adoption to professional development.

  • Promoting positive relationships, using culturally responsive practices and creating opportunities for all staff and students help them feel connected, valued and represented in the school community.

  • Building a safe and welcoming school community where all stakeholders have an active role in supporting student success and well-being is essential.

  • Following qualitative and quantitative evidence-based practices informs continuous improvements throughout the district.

  • Highly-qualified, diverse staff that actively reflects the student body should be hired and retained. 

  • Teachers and staff should be supported in achieving their goals through continuous professional development and evidence-based feedback.

Educational Staff Values

We believe:

  • Relationships are essential to learning and fostering a culture of mutual respect. 

  • Every single adult that interacts with students is equally valuable in a student’s educational experience.

  • Teaching and learning is a reciprocal process. 

  • Responsive teaching is timely, uses multiple measures and employs both quantitative and qualitative data for guiding instruction and interventions.

  • Risk-taking and setbacks create opportunities for everyone to grow.

  • Professional learning supports student learning.

  • Actively inviting the diverse voices and perspectives of students, parents/caregivers, colleagues and community members supports learning.

Community Values

We believe:

  • Schools are anchoring institutions that require strong community-school partnerships.

  • Community support and engagement are vital to creating a healthy school environment. 

  • High-quality educational experiences require strong and reciprocal community-school partnerships and school engagement.

  • Clear, kind and timely communication and reciprocal conversations with community members are essential. 

  • Listening to the diverse voices of our community and gathering feedback from them supports our students.

  • A culture of caring repairs harm and restores relationships.