Mission:

The C-A community works collaboratively to create personalized learning opportunities. We develop self-directed college and career ready students who are prepared to succeed in our global society.

 

Vision

C-A inspires learners to achieve extraordinary success.

2030 DESTINATION POSSIBILITIES

In the spring of 2019 a team of school community members looked into the future and created four possibilities for C-A Schools to reach by the end of the new decade. These possibilities have become our destination as we navigate the 2020's. 

1. By 2030 C-A Schools will have transitioned to become a community school serving our whole community as a valued partner in the education, wellness and success of all learners from birth to adulthood.

2. By 2030, C-A schools will be a place where space and time are flexible as students will be using a variety of technological tools in creating self-directed learning pathways to demonstrate life, career and college ready competencies.

3. By 2030, all students will be developing a partnership with an international or domestic organization that results in a student designing and proposing a solution to a real world problem their organizational partner has.

4. By 2030 C-A students will be exemplary communicators, collaborators, critical and creative thinkers as well as have the attributes to self direct their learning in any setting.

Board of Education GOALS

2023-2024

In order to sustain a healthy, non-discriminatory environment in which students can learn and employees can work productively the district has established the following goals: 

  1. Continue to educate our students and staff on the impact of bullying (including cyberbullying), harassment (sexual or otherwise), and hazing. We will decrease the number of discipline referrals directly related to bullying, harassment and hazing.

  1. Continue to expand ways our school serves our whole community as a valued partner in the education, wellness and success of all learners from birth to adulthood.

  1. Expand opportunities by examining our use of time and space for students to be exemplary communicators, collaborators, critical and creative thinkers as well as have the attributes to self-direct their learning in any setting in order to be life, career and college ready. 

  1. Increase the number of times a student is designing and proposing a solution to a real world problem that is relevant to their lives and futures. 

  1. Continue to clarify, build and refine our approach to teaching math and literacy(inclusive of phonological awareness, decoding, sight word recognition and vocabulary).


Building Level & District Wide Performance Targets Aligned to Goals (E-M-H-D)

Board of Education Priorities: 2021-2023

The Board of Education identified the following three areas to focus additional attention to :

  • Increase opportunities for students  to develop positive decision making habits.

  • Expand the quality and quantity of community and staff connections.

  • Ensure students graduate with the life skills necessary to achieve extraordinary success.

Coxsackie-Athens Schools

2025 Performance Goals

Set August 2022 

In order for all students to graduate Ready, our performance goals for 2025 are:

Wellness:

Support of student and staff wellness will be indicated by 100% of students and employees being able to

identify one ally and improved results on climate surveys each year.

Reading:

73% of students PK-8 will be reading at or above grade level by 2025. This will be a 19% improvement from 2022.

Math:

73% of students PK-8 will demonstrate grade level proficiency in math by 2025. This will be a 17% improvement from 2022.

Research Based Projects:

100% of students will be creating at least three research-based products every year by 2025.

Life Readiness:

100% of students will demonstrate competence in a majority of the Life Ready Skills and Financial Literacy Indicators appropriate for their school level by 2025.


2019-2020

Priorities

The Board of Education identified the following three areas to focus additional attention to during the 2018-19 school year. 

  • Increase opportunities for students  to develop positive decision making habits.

  • Expand the quality and quantity of community and staff connections.

  • Ensure students graduate with the life skills necessary to achieve extraordinary success.

Coxsackie-Athens Schools

2022 Performance Goals

Set August 2019 

 

 

In order for 95% of our students to graduate, our goals are:


Writing/Research: (BOE priority #3)

  • 100% of students K-12 will produce a research-based writing product every year.  Improving 28% from 2019.

Reading: (BOE priority #3)

  • 80% of students K-8 will be reading at or above grade level. Improving 6% from 2019

Math: (BOE priority #3)

  • 76% of students K-8 will demonstrate grade level proficiency in math. Improving 10% from 2019.

Social Emotional Learning: (BOE priority #1)

  • 100% of students will engage in SEL training every year that will result in a 10% decrease in referrals each year and improved results on the school culture assessment tool.

Life Ready: (BOE priority #1 & #3)

  • 100% of students will demonstrate competence in a majority of the Life Ready Skills indicators appropriate for their school lev

2018-19

Priorities

The Board of Education identified the following four areas to focus additional attention to during the 2018-19 school year. 

  • Increase opportunities for students  to develop positive decision making habits.

  • Expand the quality and quantity of community connections.

  • Ensure students graduate with the life skills necessary to achieve extraordinary success.

 

Coxsackie-Athens Central

2019 Performance Goals

Set 6/2016 

BY 2019:

  1. 93% of students will be completing high school.*

  2. 100% of students will be engaging in community service annually.

  3. 88% of students in grades K-8 will be reading at or above grade level. *

  4. 90% of Students will be meeting or exceeding grade level/building standards for thinking and learning for understanding and producing quality work.  

    1. Knows how and where to access, interpret and apply information.  

    2. Able to direct own learning.  

    3. Competence in evaluating & selecting technology to meet needs and apply to tasks.

    1. Has strong work ethic.  

    2. Ability to assess own work and make improvements.  

    3. Ability to set high goals/standards and meet them.

    1. Thinking and Learning for Understanding

    2. Quality Producer  

  * Though our current goals are not 100% we are and will be constantly striving to have ALL of our students reading at grade level and graduating.  

Coxsackie-Athens Central 

Goals for 2016

 

 GRADUATION RATE

•          At least 93% of students will graduate.*

•          100% of graduates will have a plan for college or career.  

 MASTERY & PASSING

•          The overall proficiency rate on the N.Y.S. grades 3-8 tests and Regents exams will be either 90% or increase by 15% from 2013 performance levels.

•           The overall mastery rate on N.Y.S. grades 3-8 tests and Regents exams will increase by 12% from 2013 performance levels.

  PARTICIPATION  

•           100% of students will participate each year in at least one community service activity.

COLLEGE & CAREER READY  

•           At least 90% of K-4 students will be at or above grade level in reading as measured by Fountas & Pinnell. *

•          100% of 8th graders will enter high school with a plan for success.

•          100% of graduates will have earned three college credits or a career technical endorsement. 

* Though our current goals are not 100% we are and will be constantly striving to have ALL of our students reading at grade level and graduating.  

 

 

2016 Board of Education Goals & Commitments

 1.     The BOE monitors the progress towards achieving the district's three-year goals and buildings’ annual targets indicated by quarterly public discussion of the data provided by district staff.

 2.     The BOE develops a budget that optimizes resources to support the mission, vision and goals of the district and will promote that budget to the broader community to assure passage.

 3.     The BOE engages collaboratively and respectfully with our families and all partners indicated by the sustained family involvement and community support of district goals and budgets

  4.     The BOE promotes effective governance by educating prospective members and committing to ongoing capacity building for each member.

 5.     The BOE fosters respect and pride by promoting expanded opportunities to formally and informally recognize members of the school community. 

 

 

2014 Board of Education Goals

 

1.     The BOE will monitor the progress towards achieving the district's three-year goals and buildings’ annual targets indicated by quarterly public discussion of the data provided by district staff.

 2.     The BOE will develop a budget that optimizes resources to support the mission, vision and goals of the district and will promote that budget to the broader community to assure passage.

 3.     The BOE will engage collaboratively and respectfully with all partners indicated by the sustained community support of district goals and budgets.

  4.     The BOE will promote effective governance by educating prospective members and committing to ongoing capacity building for each member.

 5.     The BOE will foster respect by promoting expanded opportunities to formally and informally recognize members of the school community.