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Mission and Vision

Cottonwood Valley Charter School Mission

Cottonwood Valley Charter School offers a rigorous academic program designed to meet the individual needs of each student while developing habits of success, civic responsibility, and global awareness. The school offers the community a parent-driven public school choice in which teachers, students, and parents are partners.

Cottonwood Valley Charter School Goals

Organizational

Goal# 1

Goal​ ​#1​ ​Parent​ ​Engagement.

At least 65% of the parents at CVCS will complete the parent survey and one volunteer activity during each year of the Charter School Performance Contract.

Family/School participation will be measured by the following:

  • Volunteer hours by family members: volunteer documentation forms
  • Number of families volunteering: volunteer documentation forms
  • Completed Parent Surveys

Goal# 2

​Goal​ ​#2​ ​Parent​ ​Involvement​ ​in​ ​Student​ ​Progress

During each year of operation during the current charter term at least 80% of parents will participate in each of the following parent involvement activities: a) beginning of year orientations, b) PLP meetings, c) mid year parent-teacher conferences and d) parent surveys. Family/School participation will be measured by the following:

  • Attendance at PLP meetings and parent-teacher conferences: sign-in sheets
  • Attendance at Parent Orientation: sign-in sheets

Goal# 3

​Goal​ ​#3​ ​Community​ ​Connection

Every grade, K-8, will participate in at least 12 community experiences every school year as measured by the Community Connections classroom documentation form. These experiences will include at least one activity from each of the following areas:

  • Learning from Community Leaders and Experts
  • Connecting the Curriculum to Real World, Hands-On Experiences
  • Community Service
  • Environmental Awareness
  • Engagement with the community will be measured by the following:
  • Community Connections classroom documentation form.

Goal# 4

​Goal​ ​#4​ ​Community​ ​Participation​ ​in​ ​School

At least 80 community individuals/organizations will contribute to and participate in CVCS activities each year of the Charter School Performance Contract.

Engagement with the community will be measured by the following:

  • Community member participant documentation form

All organizational goal forms list the specific goal, the school year in question, and calculate the performance against the goal.

Academic

Goal# 1

​Grades​ ​4-8​ ​Student​ ​Achievement​ ​Goals

Students in grades 4-8 will show growth in each content area (reading, writing, mathematics, and science) over the five-year period. Growth will be measured using the following criteria:

Each student will be given +1 point for an increase and -1 point for a decrease on their previous year's score in each of the content areas. Student points in each of the content areas, across grade levels, will be summed.

In each content area, the following standards will apply:

  • Exceeds School Goal Sum of points will be positive, and at least 10% of students tested.
  • Meets School Goal Sum of points will be nonnegative.
  • Falls Below School Goal Sum of points is negative, but does not represent more than 10% of students tested.
  • Falls Far Below School Goal Sum of points is negative and represents more than 10% of students tested.

Goal# 2

​Students​ ​in​ ​grades​ ​4-8​ ​will​ ​show​ ​growth​ ​on​ ​short​ ​cycle​ ​assessments​ ​over​ ​the five​ ​year​ ​period.

The following terms are used in the standards:

Catch-up = Move to proficient
Keep-up = Stay proficient
Move-up = Move up at least one level

The following standards will apply:

  • Exceeds School Goal At least 85% of students will catch-up, keep-up or move-up each year · Meets School Goal Between 75-84.9% of students will catch-up, keep-up, or move-up each year.
  • Falls Below School Goal Between 65-74.5% of students will catch-up, keep-up or move-up each year.
  • Falls Far Below School Goal Less than 64.9% of students catch-up, keep-up, or move-up each year.

Goal# 3

Grades​ ​K-3​ ​Achievement​ ​Goals

Students in grades K-3 will show growth on DIBELS reading assessments. Each student achieving Benchmark proficiency will be given +1 point, and each student moving from Well Below Bench Mark to Below Benchmark proficiency will be given +1 point in a given year. Student points across grades will be summed.

The following standards will apply:

  • Exceeds School Goal Total points will be at least 80% of students.
  • Meets School Goal Total points will be between 65% and 79% of students.
  • Falls Below School Goal Total points will be between 40% and 64% of students.
  • Falls Far Below School Goal Total points are less than 40% of students.

Students in grades K-3 will show competency on Common Core State Standards for math fluency.

The following standards will apply:

  • Exceeds School Goal At least 80% of students will meet math fluency standards in a given year.
  • Meets School Goal At least 65% of students will meet math fluency standards in a given year. Falls Below School Goal At least 50% of
  • students will meet math fluency standards in a given year.
  • Falls Far Below School Goal Less than 50% of students meet math fluency standards in a given year.