Ellington Public Schools

Ellington Public Schools' Vision of the Learner infographic featuring a four-piece puzzle circle with pink, blue, green, and light blue sections representing Engaged Learners, Critical Thinkers, Active Community Members, and Effective Communicators.

A Message from the Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction:

Ellington schools are dedicated to providing high-quality education to all students. We aim to develop exceptional learners and leaders who are engaged citizens. Our current focus is on enhancing student engagement and rigor in classrooms.

We utilize major curricular resources such as Illustrative Math (K-10) and Core Knowledge Language Arts (K-5), along with OpenSciEd units for inquiry-based science (K-8). Other subjects use district-developed resources accessible to teachers with support from Lead Content Specialists and administration. We also employ iReady and mCLASS for math and literacy assessments through grade eight.

To support our families, we offer resources such as multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) and detailed insights into our literacy and mathematics programs. Our annual reports showcase achievements and areas for growth, ensuring transparency.

For further questions, please contact us at 860-896-2300, x119.

Regards,

Oliver Barton

Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction

Vision of the Learner Attributes

The Ellington Public Schools cultivate an engaging and dynamic culture of learning that prepares students to achieve their own individual excellence. Within a safe learning environment, our faculty and staff will foster students’ academic, social, and personal growth. Our students will participate actively and purposefully in learning, collaborate effectively within their community, think critically and creatively when facing new challenges, and communicate in ways that foster mutual understanding. The Ellington learner will actively engage in learning, build positive relationships within the community, think critically and creatively, and communicate with clarity and purpose as they navigate an ever-changing global society. Ellington Learners are:

- Participates actively and purposefully in learning
- Demonstrates perseverance and flexibility
- Improves understanding through reflection
- Makes meaningful connections to new learning
- Collaborates effectively
- Recognizes similarities and values differences
- Assumes good intentions
- Builds positive relationships
- Comprehends, analyzes and evaluates information from diverse sources, including AI
- Solves complex problems
- Thinks creatively
- Takes intellectual risks
- Advances learning through discourse
- Communicates ideas in compelling, impactful ways
- Listens for understanding
- Asks thoughtful questions