Resident+Educator+Mission+and+Vision

**Mission Statement**
The mission of the Upper Arlington Schools is: //to prepare, inspire, and empower all students to be life-long learners and socially responsible citizens, able to communicate and to lead with confidence in an ever-changing global society.// The purpose of the Resident Educator Program of the Upper Arlington Schools is to ensure beginning teachers have the necessary, support and opportunities for professional development to establish a solid foundation in professional practice in order to enhance student achievement.

**Goals**
1. Provide support for beginning teachers to become highly effective educators in their early years of teaching. 2. Induct them into the norms of a professional learning community. 3. Instilling in the minds of our beginning teachers professional habits of mind that lead to a sense of efficacy. 4. Provide information and opportunities for the beginning teacher to best develop his/her teaching style aligned with the Ohio Standards of the Teaching Profession.