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School Improvement Plan 2016-2017 - DRAFT

Introduction

Since 1968, Diman Regional Vocational Technical High School (RVTHS) has been a leader in preparing students for both career and college readiness.   Serving the students of Fall River, Somerset, Swansea, and Westport, Diman provides both secondary and post-secondary opportunities. As an educational philosophy, Diman faculty and staff believe that world-class education comingles experiential learning with rigorous academia. As such, Diman educators aim to graduate socially conscious, critically engaged participants of a global community. Diman alumni are then expected to utilize their educational experiences to advance change in a fluid and technologically savvy world.   

At Diman RVTHS, students are held to the highest educational standards. The results of these expectations have historically led to varied and measured successes, as well as a state-determined level one status. Furthermore, 2016 Diman RVTHS achievements include a 97% graduation rate, an 80% cooperative education placement rate, and a 59% post-secondary acceptance rate.  

Diman also offers many extracurricular activities and encourages all students to participate in community service activities during their high school careers. The Diman RVTHS belief is that learning does not conclude with the end of the school day. Rather, a Diman education affords students the opportunities for lifelong learning and the skills to improve their communities at large.

Vision

Diman RVTHS graduates will be occupationally skilled workers whose academic, vocational/technical, and workplace competencies will make them responsive to socioeconomic, technological, and environmental challenges in a complex and changing society.

Mission

The mission of Diman RVTHS is to develop the unique potential of each learner by enabling students to acquire knowledge, skills, and dispositions that are needed to achieve personal, academic, vocational/technical, and civic goals.

Objectives

1. To ensure that every student is given opportunity to develop his/her potential without regard to race, color, creed, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, economic status, disability, or homelessness.
2. To provide state-of-the-art, integrated academic and vocational/technical programs which optimize the potential of each student and prepare them to meet the state's performance standards.
3. To provide opportunities for students to acquire contemporary workplace skills such as communicating, organizing and analyzing information, solving problems, using technology, initiating and completing assignments, acting ethically and professionally, interacting with others, understanding the structure and dynamics of organizations, and taking responsibility for career and life choices.
4. To provide all grade 9 students with an opportunity to explore their interests in a wide array of trade/career options.
5. To provide counseling and assistance to students concerning social issues, employment and educational opportunities, and vocational orientation.
6. To provide programs and activities which contribute to health and well-being, a safe environment, a sense of belonging, and respect for self and others.
7. To use student assessment results to review and improve curricula, courses, programs, and instructional practices.
8. To encourage students to pursue professional improvement leading to certification/licensure in their trade areas and post-secondary education.
9. To provide continuing adult education with a focus on developing technical skills.

• To continuously seek, with the guidance of active Advisory Boards, new areas of training required for community and industrial development.
• To provide personnel with the resources and the support needed to grow and develop professionally toward a goal of raising student achievement.
• To promote cultural understanding within a diverse population.
• To develop partnerships with business, industry, government, and the community.