At Andrew Johnson Elementary School, our mission is:

Equipping and empowering tomorrow's leaders today.

Our vision is realized by focusing on:

1. Empowerment and Professional Growth

This area focuses on ensuring our staff is highly effective and that we maintain deep, collaborative connections with our families and the Kingsport community.

• Continuous Staff Development: Implementing structured and ongoing professional learning to ensure staff are continually deepening their expertise in effective instructional practices, curriculum mastery, and student support strategies.

• Modeling Core Values: Consistently modeling the school's core values—including respect, integrity, and responsibility—in all interactions with students, families, and colleagues.

• Community and Family Engagement: Maintaining robust systems for open communication, collaboration, and meaningful engagement with families and community partners to support student success.

2. Learning Environment and School Culture

This area defines the climate and spirit of AJES, ensuring a supportive and safe space where every member of our community can thrive.

• Fostering Shared Responsibility: Empowering students, staff, and families to articulate and live out a common language of high expectations, personal accountability, and community contribution.

• Safe and Supportive Climate: Providing a physically and emotionally safe environment where every student, staff member, and visitor feels welcomed, valued, and trusted.

3. Academic Focus and Achievement

This area centers on using data and reflective practices to drive instruction and ensure every student meets ambitious learning objectives.

• Goal Setting and Tracking: Collaborating across grade levels to develop, track, and monitor school-wide Wildly Important Goals (WIGs) focused on critical academic benchmarks.

• Data-Driven Reflection: Utilizing student work portfolios and data journals to allow students to regularly reflect on their progress toward their learning goals, conduct peer reviews, and confidently lead conversations about their own achievement with teachers and parents.

• Collaborative Practice: Engaging in collaborative planning, instructional reflection, and data analysis as a staff to ensure strong relationships with students, consistently high-quality instruction, and the empowerment of all students to become independent learners.