The North Salem Central School District will be a model public school district, identified by its focus on the development of students of all abilities. Most of all, it will produce motivated and competent learners, capable of solving the intellectual, emotional, and ethical problems they encounter and of reaching their personal goals.

All stakeholders — students, parents, faculty, staff, administration, Board of Education, community — will share responsibility for student development. In their respective roles, they will exceed expectations through a process of continually: setting challenging goals and plans, executing them with promptness and innovation, measuring and evaluating the results, recognizing performance, and improving.

Supporting Principles:

• Stakeholders will strive to ensure a safe environment.
• Stakeholders will promote the physical and mental health of the students.
• Students at all levels will play an influential role in the development of their school environment, and take responsibility for their actions.
• Students, with faculty guidance, will establish personal goals and plans, based on knowledge of their own strengths and weaknesses, needs, and desires.
• Faculty will model goal setting, planning, and continuous learning.
• Parents will stay informed of their children’s goals, plans and progress, and participate in school-related activities as needed and requested by other stakeholders.
• Administration will keep the district on track towards its vision and continually challenge the current state of affairs.
• Board of Education will define the overall district goals and necessary policies for reaching the vision.
• Community members will apply their time and expertise, and provide the necessary resources, to reach the vision.
• Stakeholders will periodically compare the district’s programs and practices with leading ones in other institutions — school districts and other organizations — and gather new ideas that it can incorporate.
• Stakeholders will determine the district’s progress towards its vision using measurements that include: standard New York State measures, degree of goal achievement, effectiveness of all forms of student communication, and level of physical and mental health.
• Stakeholders, together, will continually review where the district stands and adjust their goals and plans accordingly.