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The N.E.E.C. Mission

The mission of Newark Evening Educational Center is  to establish a safe and supportive community that cultivates the social, emotional, economic, and civic engagement of self-directed learners through compelling relevant and rigorous instruction.

 Core Principles

Unity

We believe that school should be a nurturing place where both students and staff can thrive.   We work hard to create a school climate and culture that promotes harmony.  Wherever possible, daily policies and practices are executed using strategies that encourage unanimity.  Specifically:

  • Students and staff engage in collective responsibility for individual as well as group academic, social and emotional learning

Purpose

N.E.E.C. students and staff are united around a common purpose to improve the life outcomes of the  people enrolled in our school in addition to strengthening our community through service .  Our staff and students engage in a coordinated effort to ensure students:

  • Achieve academic excellence through focus on specific power standards of the NJCCSS
  • Experience personal development as measured by CASEL’s identified five interrelated sets of cognitive, affective and behavioral competencies. (e.g. self-awareness, responsible decision-making, relationship skills, social awareness, self-management)
  • Contribute meaningful to the civic

Leadership

We embrace the principles of distributive leadership, and provide students and staff with opportunities for individual and collective voice and decision-making.  This involves programming and practices that support:

  • Self-determination
  • Self-advocacy

Integrity

The health of any community rests in the ability to be open and frank about topics which impact municipalities.  School communities are microcosms of society.  Therefore, we expect the N.E.E.C. community members to engage in candid interchanges of ideas, opinions and evidence-based arguments to move the collective group towards meeting established goals. These expectations will be met through:

  • A high level of academic integrity
  • A high level of personal responsibility and integrity
  • Honesty within and among stakeholder groups on performance, and progress towards and achievement of established goals
  • Personal and peer accountability for work product and performance

Trust

In order to create a safe and nurturing school climate, members of our school community must be able to rely on each other for guidance and support.  Therefore, our expectations for student and staff performance are clear, the actions undertaken to solve problems are transparent, and our programs instill hope and confidence in the future.  To instill sustainable trust among members of our school community, N.E.E.C climate and culture promotes:

  • Mutual respect
  • Dependability
  • Academic integrity