Mission Statement
The teachers and
administrators of Nottoway County Public Schools recognize the importance of
integrating technology into instruction for all students.
Today the ability to process and manipulate information has become an
important determiner of economic success for individuals as well as states and
nations. In this new information
age, the ability to gather and distribute information through electronic
communication is vital. For this
reason we believe that all students, teachers, and schools deserve equal access
to technology as it is distributed and maintained by Nottoway County Public
Schools. In aligning our policies
with the “No Child Left Behind Act”, no student shall be denied access to
technology because of gender, age, grade, ability, socioeconomic level, language
differences, handicapping condition, or other exceptionalities.
Vision Statement
In
Nottoway County Public Schools, the learning community will be technologically
literate, life-long learners. Shareholders
will be able to interact successfully in a technological environment to achieve
their personal, educational, and workplace goals. They will skillfully use
technology to access, retrieve and use information in school and in the greater
community.
Today,
education is moving rapidly from preparing students for an industrial age to
preparing them for an informational and technological future. Computers, laser
discs, CD-ROMs, streaming video, television and distance learning can provide
vast quantities of data at the touch of a button. Today's schools must be able
to adjust their instructional strategies so that tomorrow's adults are able to
be productive in the world in which they will live. This challenge requires a
new emphasis on critical and creative thinking, communication abilities, and a
broadening of the understanding of how technology can help education do more for
those we teach.
Nottoway
County Public Schools recognizes the use of technology not as an isolated skill,
but as a vehicle for education.
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