Based on the ECA mission statement, the ECA Board of Directors affirms the following vision to guide the continuing progress of the school over the next five years.
ECA is a place where students work daily with real-life problems and issues and are consistently given opportunities to acquire the relevant knowledge and develop the leadership, practical and ethical skills to solve those problems effectively. They will be risk-takers and innovators, equipped with both the skills and spirit to contribute, to be successful, and to invent the future.
What we teach and assess.
ECA programs will incorporate and hold administrators and teachers accountable for:
- A clear set of skills and attitudes of global citizenship, including.
- Critical Thinking.
- Advanced technology skills.
- Innovation.
- Lifelong learning skills.
- Strong emphasis on the skill of teamwork and the role of competition.
- Emphasis on character development and behavioral standard.
- Higher achievement in core academic subjects.
- Outstanding athletic and artistic programs.
- A foundation in transition/university survival skills (including social, emotional, academic skills).
- 'Application' or 'capstone' experiences taught by community leaders.
How we teach
ECA will:
- Provide holistic learning processes, primarily real-life, problem-based learning.
- Incorporate the best of learning concepts from international sources into the US style standards-based curriculum, encouraging pioneering in key areas.
- Offer more programs and course units which capitalize on our natural diversity and cultural opportunities.
- Employ research-based practices which contribute to stronger instructional leadership.
- Create an environment that ensures students' emotional growth and self-confidence.
Our level of professionalism
ECA will:
- Establish models of teaching and learning that encourage pioneering in key areas and innovation.
- Promote high ethical standards for the ECA community.
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with universities.
- Regularly review mission, vision, curriculum, instruction, and assessment methods.
- Seek to maintain U.S. and international accreditation.
- Dedicate the resources necessary to realize and sustain vision in a safe and secure environment
Revised: January 2008