About Us
Our Mission
Carroll School empowers children with language-based learning differences, such as dyslexia, to become academically skilled students who are strong self-advocates and confident lifelong learners. Carroll is an inclusive community committed to embracing diverse strengths, identities, and lived experiences in order to give each child what they most need to thrive.
How we approach this incredible task changes constantly. At the heart of every decision we make is the 446 students that come to Carroll. We strive to give each of them exactly what they need to become confident, happy, lifelong learners. They are what drives our choices for how we design curriculum, how we train our teachers, how we strengthen the brain, how we hire employees, what we fundraise for, and so much more.
How We Fulfill Our Mission
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Utilizes both proven instructional methods and innovative approaches founded in emerging scientific research.
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Meets individual student needs in small, supportive classroom environments.
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Teaches students skills that enable them to become responsible active learners who understand that their success is a direct result of their effective effort.
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Contributes to the understanding of language-based learning disabilities, such as dyslexia, by offering professional development for Carroll School faculty and educators worldwide, and collaborating with other professionals in the field.
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Conducts innovative research projects, and actively creates and distributes new instructional approaches.
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Serves a culturally, ethnically, and economically diverse population, and believes that multiple points of view enrich the school’s community.
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Celebrates the unique gifts and perspectives of individuals with language-based learning disabilities, such as dyslexia.
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LIVING OUR MISSION EVERY DAY
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Our diversity makes us stronger as a community at Carroll School—and today it plays a critical role in our mission. On each campus, our staff and faculty are finding new ways every day to put diversity, equity, and inclusion at the heart of all we do.
Our Belief Statements
The following statements were written and voted upon by the 2019 Carroll School faculty and staff during our opening meetings in August. “We Believe” statements are designed as an accompaniment to the Mission Statement, and they are rewritten by faculty and staff every 3-4 years.
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We Believe...
...that our Orton-Gillingham approach and understanding of neuroplasticity drive our diagnostic, prescriptive, multisensory, and student-centered teaching. We give each child what they most need by building on students’ strengths while addressing learning differences.
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...Carroll School is a highly-skilled community of compassionate adults working in concert to guide our students. Combining data and empathy enables us to give each child what they most need while holding each child to challenging expectations. Our goal is to create confident lifelong learners, strong self-advocates, and empathetic global citizens.
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We Believe...
...that social-emotional well-being is essential for both academic and personal growth. We actively create an inclusive community where students feel safe, valued, and connected by acknowledging and celebrating difference. Fostering this sense of belonging enables our students to continuously discover who they are as individuals, within the Carroll community, and beyond.
We Believe...
...that academic excellence is directly tied to a deep understanding and purposeful engagement in diversity, equity, and inclusion practices. The intersectionality of our identities reflects a variety of cultures, races, ethnicities, family structures, gender expressions, socio-economic backgrounds, and learning differences. We value and lean into the challenging, ongoing nature of DEI work in order to create an empathetic community that is safe and reflective of the rich and robust diversity of the 21st Century world.
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We Believe...
...that the use of data is a crucial factor that helps tell the story of the whole child and inform their educational path. While at Carroll, the longitudinal profile evolves for each child in partnership with parents, teachers, and students. These data alone are just one chapter of a student’s journey that helps to make student growth visible.