The Morgan County Schools Department of Secondary Education is responsible for assisting schools with the frameworks/systems/supports needed to ensure effective instruction, while providing students with a curriculum which:

• Ensures the mastery of knowledge and skill necessary for success in post-secondary study and careers
• Challenges each student to do the best work of which each is capable
• Allows for individual student differences in needs, abilities, and interests
• Engages students in active learning in which they both acquire knowledge and learn to apply it in meaningful ways
• Enables students to see connections among the academic disciplines
• Enables students to become independent learners
• Is based on sound research and effective practice
• Is supported by high quality, engaging instructional materials
• Enjoys the understanding and support of faculty, parents and community.