The OVCA Vision of Education
At OVCA, success in the classroom means that we equip our students lifelong spiritually, academically, socially, and physically. A vision helps us to clarify what we believe is effective in education so that we can be successful in equipping our students. When we have a vision, we can pinpoint what works at our school and omit what is ineffective.
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An easy way to remember the elements of our vision is to think about it in terms of the why, the what, and the how.
How Do We Reach our Goals?
At Ocean View, we are conservative and traditional, yet eclectic.
Another way to ask this might be, "How do we accomplish the task of equipping our students, through the learning process, to form a well-educated worldview?"
The following strategies serve as a road map of sorts, to help us arrive at our destination.
The following strategies serve as a road map of sorts, to help us arrive at our destination.
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Ninth, at OVCA, we have developed a model, or pattern, of instruction incorporating research-based principles. We call it the OVCA "Learning Curve." Teachers can reference this pattern as they plan and teach, thereby maximizing students' learning time. We provide faculty growth sessions that encourage our teachers to deliver the type of instruction modeled here. Our Learning Curve visual is consistent with WHY we educate, WHAT we teach, WHAT learning is, and HOW to provide effective instruction.
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