Alexandria City Public Schools

Vision:

Our diverse students with ASD are successful in post-secondary education, employment and independent living in their community through the supports provided by highly effective multi-disciplinary teams. Our families are actively engaged and knowledgeable of the supports their children need to be successful in life.

Mission:

We:

Develop, implement and assess individualized comprehensive educational programming for all students with ASD.
Effectively communicate and collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to include our families.
Ensure supports are provided for each student to receive educational benefit in an inclusive learning community.
Build capacity of school based staff to deliver high quality supports and services.
Assure a seamless transition for our students to live independently and productively in their community.

Beliefs:

Our job is to prepare for independence to be part of the community, not just academics beyond school from prek to Transition
Public school system can provide as high of quality as any other school option.
We should value cultural diversity to prepare them to enter the mainstream
Education is not solely the job of schools- families and community resources serve as valuable partners
All children can achieve at high levels. Students gain benefit through inclusive environment
What we do must make sense for LT growth of students
Data based decision making
Use of evidence based practices
Our students are able to determine needs, advocate for themselves and make life choices (ie. Self determination)
Students are valued as contributing members of school community
Our students with ASD have the same rights as other typically developing students
Staff are invested and passionate about our students
Our work has impact on the school division, family, school, and student levels
Each student with ASD is an individual and whose supports and services meet his/her unique needs that evolve over time.