Kernville Union School District

Mission, Vision, & Goals

Why Do We Exist?

We are a team of education professionals dedicated to proving a safe learning environment for student achievement

How Will We Succeed?

We will provide to all students and team members an engaging and supportive teaching and learning community dedicated to student achievement. We will focus on growth in academics, social-emotional learning, citizenship, and attendance of all students and team members.

How Do We Behave

We are humble and approachable. We are passionate in our roles and empathetic towards our students and families. We hold ourselves accountable to be focused and to act with integrity. Our team will be respectful, trustworthy, strategic and flexible; we will approach teaching and learning with high expectations, patience, and encouragement. We are actively engaged and involved in the Kern River Valley community.

What Do We Do?

We are building a community of life-long learners by holding each other accountable, offering opportunities with constant encouragement, and helping all students experience success through modeling behaviors and skills necessary for success.

What Is Most Important, Right Now?

Thematic Goal: STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT

Defining Objectives
Ensure a safe, secure, healthy and positive learning environment that promotes an equitable opportunity for every student to succeed.	Students will be given a broad course of study and will be taught by credentialed staff.	Establish a culture of high quality teaching and learning through individual and collective accountability with high expectations for all students.	Aggressively recruit, hire, and retain highly qualified staff members.	Provide training for all certificated, classified, and management support services.	Engage and educate the community as a partner in student achievement.

Standard Operating Objectives
Provide systematic and reliable access to services that support academic, social, and emotional development.	Ensure school sites, facilities, and grounds are kept clean, safe, secure, and well-maintained.	Refine KUSD Master Plan with pre-school facility and current DSA approved buildings/rooms available for classroom.	Effectively manage resources to strengthen our fiscal foundation, maintain prudent reserves, and meet funding requirements.	Provide opportunities for parents to participate in the education of their children.	Communicate effectively with parents and the community.

RESPONSIBLE PARTIES
Superintendent, Principals, Teachers, and Support Team Members

OBJECTIVE

Ensure a safe, secure, healthy and positive learning environment that promotes an equitable opportunity for every student to succeed.
RESPONSIBLE PARTIES

Superintendent, Principals, Personnel Team Members

OBJECTIVE

Students will be given a broad course of study and will be taught by credentialed staff.
RESPONSIBLE PARTIES

Superintendent, Principals and Teachers

OBJECTIVE

Establish a culture of high-quality teaching and learning through individual and collective accountability with high expectations for all students.
RESPONSIBLE PARTIES

Superintendent, Principals, and Personnel Team Members

OBJECTIVE

Aggressively recruit, hire, and retain highly qualified staff members.
RESPONSIBLE PARTIES

Superintendent and Principals

OBJECTIVE

Provide training for all certificated, classified, and management support services.
RESPONSIBLE PARTIES

Superintendent, Board Members, Principals, and Teachers

OBJECTIVE

Engage and educate the community as a partner in student achievement.
RESPONSIBLE PARTIES

Superintendent, Principals, Support Team Members

OBJECTIVE

Provide systematic and reliable access to services that support academic, social, and emotional development.
RESPONSIBLE PARTIES

Superintendent, MOT Director, MOT Manager, MOT Team Members

OBJECTIVE

Ensure school sites, facilities, and grounds are kept clean, safe, secure, and well-maintained.
RESPONSIBLE PARTIES

Superintendent, MOT Director, MOT Manager, Director of Student Support Services, CBO

OBJECTIVE

Refine KUSD Master Plan with pre-school facility and current DSA approved buildings/rooms available for classroom.
RESPONSIBLE PARTIES

Superintendent, Board Members, CBO, Principals

OBJECTIVE

Effectively manage resources to strengthen our fiscal foundation, maintain prudent reserves, and meet funding requirements
RESPONSIBLE PARTIES

Superintendent, Principals and Teachers

OBJECTIVE

Provide opportunities for parents to participate in the education of their children.
RESPONSIBLE PARTIES

Superintendent, Principals and Teachers

OBJECTIVE

Communicate effectively with parents and the community.