Mission
The Mission of the Mississippi Bend Area Education Agency is to improve teaching and learning for all students through active partnerships and assertive leadership in a climate of mutual respect.
Goals
- Increase the percentage of low socioeconomic, individualized education programs, and minority students achieving reading proficiency in grades 3-8, and 11.
- Increase the percentage of low socioeconomic, individualized education programs, and minority students achieving math proficiency in grades 3-8, and 11.
- Increase the percentage of low socioeconomic, individualized education programs, and minority students achieving science proficiency in grades 5, 8, and 11.
Beliefs
- We believe the student is our first priority.
- We believe each individual has potential to grow.
- We believe in the dignity and uniqueness of each individual.
- We believe that students differ in their abilities and recognize they have diverse talents that should be discovered and developed.
- We believe in equity.
- We believe in accountability.
- We believe in the importance of life-long learning.
- We believe in the power of partnerships.
- We believe in the power of personal commitment.
Behaviors
- We will offer only programs and services that promote the mission of the Agency.
- We will always strive for commitment rather than compliance.
- We will never make decisions without considering the needs of all students served by the agency.
- We will never make decisions without considering the needs of all the school districts served by the agency.
- We will never usurp the authority of the local school district.