ISAAC teachers embody the CREW values we teach our students: Courage, Responsibility, Enthusiasm, and Work Ethic. They create classrooms that are active and collaborative. Students are encouraged to take risks and to develop a growth mindset. We believe every student can find success and it’s our job to inspire them to achieve more than they think possible through the exploration and integration of the arts and communication about their learning.

ISAAC teachers share the following beliefs:

1. All ISAAC staff are leaders—we share the responsibility to inspire our students to achieve beyond what they think is possible. We are accountable to our students and their parents to deliver on these promises.
2. All ISAAC staff are driven by learning and informed by data.
3. All ISAAC staff are systems thinkers. We create systems and structures that encourage inquiry and create coherence; we value iteration over excellence and we share a growth mindset for ourselves and our students.
4. All ISAAC staff value the power of our community partners—parents, Board members, alumni, and community organizations—to help us achieve our mission and reach our goals for our students.

We believe our students are three-dimensional.
As an EL Education school, ISAAC believes student achievement should be measured in three dimensions: 

• Strong Character
• High Quality Work 
• Mastery of Knowledge and Skills 

We believe all students can achieve more than they think possible and achievement should be measured in multiple ways that reflect the complexity and diversity of our students and their multiple learning styles. We employ EL Education’s core practices to build and maintain a strong and unified culture that enables all of our students to achieve. We use the Core Practices of EL Education to focus on the following structures to ensure a culture of excellence for all students within the school:

• A rigorous, relevant and relational curriculum that challenges students to use their head, heart and hands. 
• A collaborative, professional community of educators who start with why learning matters, then constantly evaluate how students learn in order to ensure that what they learn matters.
• A school-wide, systems approach to positive school culture and student achievement—we are driven by learning and informed by data, all in the service to student growth over time.