Reflection On How To Change A School Mission And Vision

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In order to change a schools mission and vision you must first determine if the mission and vision are not accurate or well suited to the population it serves. On must first look at the culture of the school to make this determination. For better or for worse, culture influences much of what is thought, said, and done in a school (Sergiovanni, pg.23). The first step would be to ask teachers and staff to describe the actual culture of the school, and what they want it to be. Using a list of 2-3 questions staff would be asked to electronically submit an answer about what they think the true culture of the school is or isn’t, the good, the bad and the ugly and things they would like to see. A Temporary committee would then compile this information …show more content…
The outcome of the doubled groups will be to create one vision and one mission statement based on what they already created and discussed. Then we will do another doubling of groups and do the same thing. This effort will result in 3-6 carefully thought our mission and vision statements. These statements will be written on butcher paper and hung around the room. During a break time teachers will be asked to visit each one and rank them from 1-6. One being the best choice as is and 6 being the last choice. The leader group that was created will be the group of teachers to take the created statements and revise, compile edit, etc. the choices to the point where we have 1-2 statements. These will then be presented to staff later for reflection and one last review will be done. From that, teachers will vote and the decision will be …show more content…
Letter A says Principals collaboratively develops, implements, and promotes a shared vision and mission for quality teaching and learning. By including reflection and input from teachers, staff, students and parents from the beginning collaboration is established. Continuing to gain their input throughout the process ensures their collaboration. Letter B states principals collect and use data to identify goals, assess organizational effectiveness, and promote organizational learning. By surveying parents and students we begin the process of collecting data. By drawing in the data collected by the school district we double our use of data. Letter C of standard 1 says creates and implements plans to achieve goals. The result of this early work is to create a plan both collectively and individually to have our school reflect the very vision and mission we created. Letter D Promotes continuous and sustainable improvement. By informing teachers that this is only the beginning and having them to take a reflective look at their own practices the stage is set for continued follow-up of reaching our vision and mission. Surveys will continue to go out to constituents, reflection activities within school practices will continue and lots of observations will be conducted. Letter E concerning monitoring and evaluating progress and revising plans will take place as surveys are conducted and reflection occurs. The

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