SEF envisions a school system that:
- Challenges all students to reach their highest potential
- Provides creative and innovative curricula
- Builds community participation
- Sustains proven programming
Over the next five years SEF will bring the critical intellectual and financial resources to support local efforts to improve student achievement, promote effective teaching, and improve systems and structures in Salem public schools.
To accomplish this goal we will:
COLLABORATE
with the city of Salem, Salem Public Schools, Salem Charter Academy, community agencies and non-profits, the local business community, and other groups who share our mission;
MODEL
a data-driven approach to educational decision making by supporting rigorous analysis of new and existing data to better understand what’s working in the public schools prior to committing funds for new initiatives;
IDENTIFY
shape and financially support high impact educational initiatives and programs that have the potential to turn around long-held beliefs and convert public systems into flexible, creative operations;
ENGAGE
the greater Salem community in an ongoing dialogue about public education and education reform; and
PARTNER
with donors to support multi-year investments to sustain targeted programming, community outreach, and support SEF’s capacity to continue this work.
