At Village Academies, we emphatically embrace and deeply value the following:
- Ensuring a quality public education for all children is the moral imperative of our generation.
- Quality public education is the path to justice and equality, and the key to preventing the majority of society’s ills.
- The problems we face in education will be solved through our commitment to accountability for student learning, not incremental programmatic changes.
- All children can and must be held to the highest academic and behavioral standards.
- We hold ourselves accountable to ensure that all children entrusted to our care achieve at the highest levels, regardless of socio-economic background.
- Having chosen the field of education, we place the academic achievement and well-being of the children above all else. The children’s needs and interests come first.
- Teaching is the noblest of professions. Educators at Village Academy are treated with respect, professionalism, and kindness.
We hold ourselves to the following professional standards:
- Accountability for Results. Holding oneself personally accountable for results, regardless of outside circumstances.
- Quality. Holding oneself to the highest standard of work quality.
- Professionalism. Ensuring that responsibilities are fulfilled effectively and on time.
- Drive and Personal Best. Continually looking for ways to go "above and beyond" in daily work, and to improve individual and organizational effectiveness.
- Initiative. Anticipating potential problems and developing plans to avert them. Keeping current on best practices to continually improve oneself.
- Focus on Priorities. Establishing and maintaining focus on priorities, do not become distracted by extraneous issues; manage time well to accomplish a wide variety of tasks efficiently.
