Vision/Mission/Values
Vision
The educational community known as Mirus Secondary School is committed to the development of a personalized instructional program that demonstrates positive outcomes for each student.
Mirus Secondary School is dedicated to the creation of instructional, service, organizational, and governance models that can serve as prototypes for educational reform.
Mirus Secondary School is committed to collaborative efforts to improve the
quality of life for students, their families, its employees, and the community at
large.
Mission
Mirus Secondary School will implement personalized educational
programs to facilitate student achievement. These educational programs will
demonstrate that standards based educational reform can provide a prototype for
changing the way teachers teach and students learn in the
future.
Objectives
Mirus Secondary School will achieve these objectives:
- Improve pupil learning.
- Increase learning opportunities for all pupils, with special emphasis on expanded learning experiences for pupils who are identified as academically low achieving.
- Encourage the use of different and innovative teaching methods.
- Create new professional opportunities for teachers, including the opportunity to be responsible for the learning program at Mirus.
- Provide parents and pupils with expanded choices in the types of educational opportunities available within the publicly funded school system.
- Hold Mirus accountable for meeting measurable pupil outcomes and provide Mirus with a method to employ a performance-based accountability system instead of a rule-based system.
Basic Values
Mirus employs individuals who are oriented for success at Mirus. This brief outline of absolute values identifies for the candidate the key concepts upon which the school was established and operates.
- Kids come first.
- Education at Mirus is personalized, individualized, and high quality.
- Mirus is made up of a community of highly professional people. These committed individuals are independent, self-motivated, high-energy people who speak for themselves. They work to create a positive, challenging environment that is centered on teaching and learning.
- Mirus is committed to the creation of educational reform models centered on how effective educational organizations run, how teachers teach, and students learn.
- Mirus employees are accountable for their work.
- People-centered teams focus onsupporting quality teaching and learning. Performance is measured on a variety of indicators that include productivity, credit ratio, auditability, quality, performance and commitment to the vision of Mirus.
- Mirus is committed to the improvement of the quality of life for students, their families and the community at large.
- Mirus uses business principles in managing the school.