The Transformation of T.C. Williams
What Is Transformation?
- Transformation Concept (PDF)
- Transformation Flowchart (PDF)
The transformation model for T.C. Williams High School focuses on high achievement for each student. The transformation we are seeking moves us from a good high school to a great high school through attention to individuals — students and staff.
- Our belief is that each student can achieve at even higher levels.
- Our belief is that the T.C. Williams staff is committed to assure the success of each student through our professional accountability, responsiveness, responsibility, standards, clear expectations, and unwavering devotion to all students.
- Our belief is that partnerships with parents and the community are an important and essential part of students' success.
The first stage of T.C.'s transformation was implemented in the 2010-11 school year. The work of the T.C. Vision and Action Committee will complement the initial transformation efforts and continue as ACPS addresses increasing enrollments, changing programs, and high levels of expectations for all students.
Goals
- Embracing the purpose of public schools as the creation of literate, participating, and productive citizens in our democracy.
- Equipping every learner with 21st century skills through a fundamental shift in how we think about student learning and how we work.
- Operating with a shared vision and drive committed to ensuring the success of every learner.
- Embodying the core belief that all students can learn by providing a useful, meaningful curriculum and exceptional instruction with immediate and long term benefits.
- Creating clearly articulated policies, behaviors, and organizational practices that maximize student achievement.
- Moving from a teacher-centered to a student-centered learning community that promotes rigor and efficacy for every student.
- Reorganizing the school as a consensus-driven learning organization.
- Building a well-articulated and explicit commitment to a PreK-12 learning environment that is personalized, customized, engaging, and which advocates for each student.
- Embodying the concepts and goals outlined in the ACPS Strategic Plan and Education Plan, resulting in a coordinated PreK-12 plan for a world-class school system.