Mary Welsh Staff Site

At Mary Welsh Elementary, we are committed to:

 

• Being a welcoming, supportive, trusting, and collaborative school.

• Communicating a love for learning and modeling positive characteristics that instill kindness, empathy, integrity, effort, and respect.

• Communicating clear learning objectives using student-friendly “I Can” statements and proficiency scales. 

• Collaborating and supporting each other in developing instructional strategies, assessments, and effective interventions to ensure student learning.

• Providing engaging and differentiated instruction for every student. 

• Using effective and efficient research-based educational strategies for learning and goal setting.  

• Addressing the whole child through social-emotional learning by teaching self-regulation strategies while developing a strong character. 

• Providing consistent, specific, and timely feedback to students, which encourages students to be reflective about their learning. 

• Communicating student progress with families in a consistent and timely manner.

• Using student performance data to drive instruction. 

We believe students who feel valued, supported, and safe will strive to reach their highest academic, behavioral, and social-emotional potential.