The faculty, staff, and parents of W. B. Goodwin Elementary School have defined specific educational goals as we continue our journey toward academic excellence. We are helping all students develop the world class skills and life and career characteristics of the Profile of the South Carolina Graduate by providing a safe, caring, and academically challenging learning environment. It is important for teachers, students and parents to know and understand each child’s level of understanding and collectively develop plans to help every student make adequate growth. We monitor student progress by analyzing various data points periodically including Measures of Academic Progress (MAP), DRA2 and AIMSweb and the DIAL 4 scores. The administrators, teachers and students update goals after each assessment window. Celebrations occur as the students meet their goals and new goals are then developed or revised. Teachers utilize data for instructional decisions to continually to meet the needs of all students. Through our MTSS process, interventions are implemented and progress monitored to ensure we serve all children appropriately.
The SC READY standards and the Personalized Learning framework are the blueprints of instructional planning and delivery. We set challenging goals for our students because we believe that high expectations result in exemplary performance. Grade level teachers meet with the Principal, the Reading Coach, and the Master Reading Teacher weekly to discuss student progress. At Goodwin, we communicate high expectations and student progress through the utilization of data notebooks for teachers as well as students. Data notebooks are shared in a number of ways. Administration reviews each teacher’s notebook through data conferences. Teachers conduct conferences with students. When conferencing with parents, data notebooks are shared by the teacher and, in many instances, by the student. At Goodwin, we believe that it is imperative that all students are capable of communicating academic and behavioral goals with parents and other relevant stakeholders.
We strive for strong relationships with students and their families. We are committed to all children. We know that our students have great potential and we are committed to helping them reach that potential.
The principal has an open door policy to ensure a school climate that is friendly and inviting. It is critical that all stakeholders work collaboratively to contribute to the success of all Goodwin Elementary School students.
Dr. Diane Ross, Principal
Adrian Floyd, SIC Chair
