Arp Independent School District
Mission Statement
(Adopted 1995, revised 1998)
Arp Schools are dedicated to providing all students with a safe, equitable, and effective educational environment where continuing staff development, character education, SCANS* foundational skills and competencies, The Texas Education Agency’s Essential Knowledge and Skills, integration of current technologies, research-based strategies, and authentic assessments are facets of the curriculum to prepare students for successful futures and high-skilled careers.
*SCANS foundational skills are:
- Basic Skills
- Reading
- Writing
- Arithmetic
- Mathematics
- Listening
- Speaking
- Thinking Skills
- Creative Thinking
- Decision Making
- Problem Solving
- Analysis
- Reasoning
- Knowing how to learn
- Personal Qualities
- Trustworthiness
- Respect -- Works with culturally diverse population
- Responsibility
- Fairness – Negotiates to arrive at a decision
- Caring
- Citizenship
- Self-Monitoring and corrects own performance – works for Improvement & Quality
SCANS Competencies are:
- Allocation of Resources
- Time Management
- Resource Management
- Materials and Facilities Management
- Understands Systems
- Teamwork
- Peer Tutoring
- Information Skills
- Organizes and Maintains Information
- Interprets & Communicate Information
- Uses Computers to Process Information
- Technology Skills
