This is Kingsport City Schools...

What we are hoping to accomplish.

The mission of Kingsport City Schools is to provide a student-focused and world-class education that ensures college and career readiness for all students.

What we believe.

What we strive to achieve.

Provide personalized opportunities for students to develop social-emotional and academic skills and knowledge to succeed in life.
Recruit and retain diverse employees who are professional, passionate, and student-focused.
Align resources to our students’ needs and ensure safe, equitable learning environments at every school.
Engage families and stakeholders with accessible, effective supports and meaningful communication.

Who we are.

Offer a rigorous, comprehensive, engaging, and vertically-aligned curriculum.
Engage students in learning through the use of transformative tools and innovative practices.
Actively engage and serve our families and community.
Promote and support exemplary leadership through career progression and succession planning.
Provide personalized professional learning opportunities for all employees.
Promote collaboration through the utilization of professional learning communities.
Support and sustain the organization with a performance improvement system.

What we do.

Plan, teach, assess, and evaluate to inform instructional practices through the use of the four critical questions.
Incorporate problem-solving and innovation in teaching and learning.
Guide teaching and learning using internationally benchmarked standards.
Seek to understand and engage our families and community.
Recruit, retain, and develop highly competent educators.
Build leadership capacity within our educational community.

How we plan for learning.