Coherent Governance Policies
The Board of Directors is governed by The Coherent Governance model of board leadership, containing four sets of policies: Results, Operational Expectations, Governance Process, and Board/Superintendent Relations. These policies are monitored annually through the evaluation of reports submitted through the Superintendent.
Results Policies
Results 1: Mission and Vision
Vision: The South Kitsap School District will nurture growth, inspire achievement, and build community so that every student graduates ready for the future.
Mission: South Kitsap School District graduates will be:
- Prepared for career and/or college
- Ready to be global citizens
- Equipped for personal success
Results 2: Academic Achievement
Each student will be literate and numerate and able to integrate and apply knowledge and skills acquired across core academic disciplines.
Accordingly, each student will:
- Achieve at individually and appropriately challenging levels of complexity in the following disciplines:
- English Language Arts (reading, writing, speaking, listening)
- Math
- Sciences
- Social Studies (history, civics, economics, financial literacy)
- Arts
- Health, Wellness and Physical Fitness
- CTE
- World Languages
- Be technologically fluent, able to use tools critically, ethically, and safely.
Results 3: Citizenship and Personal Success
Each student will know and practice the duties, responsibilities, and rights of citizenship in a democratic society.
Accordingly, each student will:
- Be a respectful and contributing participant in their community (school, local community, country, and world).
- Act responsibly and ethically to build trust and to lead.
- Demonstrate the ability to work interdependently within a group to promote learning, increase productivity, and achieve common goals.
Results 4: Wellness
Each student will develop skills to lead healthy, satisfying, self-directed, and productive lives.
Accordingly, each student will attain necessary life skills and qualities to be successful and fulfilled individuals in the following areas:
- Cognitive development, including critical, analytical, and creative thinking
- Physical well-being, including the ability to make healthy lifestyle choices
- Social well-being, including the ability to establish and maintain positive relationships with others and to function as members of teams
- Emotional well-being, including recognizing and understanding personal thoughts and feelings to develop resiliency and the abilities to cope with life’s challenges and maintain positive self-worth
- Creativity and innovation, including arts and technology to express themselves
- Communication, including the abilities to listen well to others and to speak and/or to write clearly and effectively