102 GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE EDUCATION PROGRAM

102 Goals and Objectives of the Education Program

In providing the education program of the District, the Board shall strive to meet its overall goal of providing the students an opportunity to develop a healthy social, intellectual, emotional, and physical self-concept in a learning environment that provides guidance to, and encourages critical thinking in, the students for a lifetime.

In striving to meet this overall goal, the objectives of the education program shall be to provide students with an opportunity to:

• Acquire basic skills in obtaining information, solving problems, thinking critically, and communicating effectively;
• Become effective and responsible contributors to the decision-making processes of the social and political institutions of the community, state, and nation;
• Acquire entry-level job skills and also acquire knowledge necessary for further education;
• Acquire the capacities for a satisfying and responsible role as family members;
• Acquire knowledge, habits, and attitudes that promote personal and public health, both physical and mental;
• Acquire an understanding of ethical principles and values and the ability to apply these to their own lives;
• Develop an understanding of their own worth, abilities, potentialities, and limitations; and
• Learn and enjoy the process of learning and acquire the skills necessary for a lifetime of continuous learning and adaptations to change.

An advisory committee of representatives of the District community and the District shall be appointed to make recommendations for the goals and objectives of the education program. Annually the Board shall report to the committee regarding the goals and objectives of the education program.

*Reviewed: 05/13/02

*Reviewed: 12/13/04

*Reviewed: 12/13/10

*Reviewed: 08/15/11

*Revised: 02/8/16

*Revised: 01/11/21