School improvement is a worldwide DoDEA requirement with the goal to improve both teaching and learning. While general goals are determined by DoDEA, individual schools are responsible for determining the needs of their unique student population. The KHS CSI Leadership Team oversees the implementation of identified strategies and interventions, which have been evaluated and established by the faculty, staff, and community to improve student achievement.

The current CSI goals for Kinnick High School are:

GOAL 1
By June 2016, all students will improve their independent and critical thinking skills, by using general knowledge and applying that knowledge to synthesize and formulate their own opinions on a wide variety of topics, through instructional interventions, implemented in all curricular areas as measured by the TN3 and other system-wide and school-based assessments.

Essence of Goal 1: Students will use higher-level and independent thinking to express their own opinion either orally or in written form, of the following targeted skills: to analyze text, use evidence to draw conclusions, problem solve, and actively engage in their learning process.

GOAL 2
By June 2016, all students will increase performance on targeted critical reading skills using instructional interventions implemented in all curricular areas as measured by the TN3 and other system-wide and school-based assessments.

Essence of Goal 2: The targeted skill is the improvement of critical reading skills across the curriculum by using context clues to dissect and interpret the meaning of vocabulary within the text and the independent analysis and interpretation of the text in a variety of ways.The leadership and faculty of staff are committed to providing the best and most appropriate education possible for our students. For this reason, we have a mission, a vision, goals, and guiding principles. By continuously applying these, we are committed to never-ending self improvement. As educators, we know that our students deserve nothing less.