SCHOOL STRATEGIC PLAN
2021 – 2025
Mission statement
To empower caring, internationally-minded, and independent learners who act responsibly to improve the world around us.
Our Pillars
Entrepreneurs
Our students will be self starters and self finishers
Sustainability
RIS recognises its role supporting our place in a sustainable world
Outdoor
We will take every advantage to teach and learn outside, developing our skills and awareness of our natural environment
Service
We all have a role to play in making our global and local community a better and more peaceful place
Wellbeing
All members of our community are entitled to a safe physical and psychosocial environment. We all have a role to play and a responsibility.
Core Values
Ready:
Responsible
Engaged
Active and Alert Participants
Determined
YES Person!
Respectful:
Being respectful means treating other, belongings, and our environment with care and consideration.
We prioritize being courteous, considerate, and polite in all interactions.
Safe:
To be safe means that we are free from harm and hurt both physically and emotionally.
We have an understanding that our words and actions contribute to the safety of our environment.
School focus for year
2021-23:
Culture
Documentation
Inclusion
The Pillars
Assessment
Strategies (based on IB philosophy)
Learning, Purpose, Culture, Environment
Goal 1: Define and strengthen the school’s purpose
- Define the vision of the school
- Define and communicate the mission of the school
- Design an organisational structure that matches the vision and the developing needs of the school.
- Become an accredited IB world school.
- Define a system for reflection and review of the purpose of the school.
- Ensure financial sustainability.
Goal 2: To develop a culture of agency in our community
- Actively seek out service opportunities and encourage learners, teachers and parents to participate.
- Develop and implement systems of communication and collaboration.
- Define and implement policies that communicate our culture.
- Define systems that allow the community to reflect and report.
- Ensure teacher involvement in their personal professional development.
- Instil student voice in curriculum planning.
Goal 3: Build an inclusive environment for the RIS community
Strategies:
- Design a system that allows the school to procure a full range of appropriate resources.
- Ensure the physical classrooms are supportive of the differentiated needs.
- Match the human resources available to the needs of the students.
- Connect with outside entities that offer support.
- Provide systems to support parental involvement in the school community
- Provide a workplace where teachers feel supported and empowered.
- Embed outdoor learning into our curriculum.
Goal 4: Provide high quality holistic education
- Create and deliver a high quality curriculum.
- Create and develop systems that support learners’ wellbeing.
- Provide opportunities for professional development and collaboration.
- Design and develop systems for the assessment of and for learning and teaching.
- Design and develop systems for the reporting of learning and teaching.