OUR VISION
OUR MISSION
At Kilby Elementary, we will continuously reflect in our professional learning communities and collaborate with colleagues, families, and students to create an environment of academic excellence.
SCHOOL BASED MANAGEMENT IN PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY
School Based Management is an educational concept designed to improve the quality of education. School Based Management can best be defined as a process by which decisions most directly affecting the school are made at the local school building rather than at the central office.
School Based Management as defined by the Prince William County Public Schools is intended to become “a philosophy of management by which the individual school becomes a self-directed, responsible, and educationally accountable entity within the parameters established by the School Board and the Division Superintendent, and where decisions are economical, efficient, and equitably facilitate learning.
The concept of School Based Management is predicated on the assumption that the individual building is the most manageable unit for providing quality education. The primary producers of high-quality learning environments are school administrators, teachers, and participating parents. Research indicates the principal is a primary factor in determining the quality of education in any specific building. In the Prince William County School Based Management Plan, principals will serve as the “middle managers” within a team composed of the superintendent and the associate superintendents. As the manager of the total program in the building, the principal will be given the responsibility and the authority necessary to produce desirable educational outcomes. School Based Management will place accountability with the principal to produce desirable educational outcomes.