ELCC Mission Statement

Creation and stewardship of a learner centered culture is vital in sustaining vision of an institution. ELCC (Educational Leadership Constituent Council) Standard 1 defines and describes vision as “The administrator facilitates processes and engages in activities ensuring that: the vision, mission, and goals of the school are effectively communicated to staff, parents, students, and community members, and that the vision shapes the educational programs, plans, and actions, and also the vision, mission, and implementation plans are regularly monitored, evaluated, and revised”. With the help of the school supervisor I have developed two goals for this project, and they are: 1. the intern will be able to design an ongoing means of communicating …show more content…
With the help of the chorus teachers at Middle and High School we have composed music for the mission statement and trained the chorus group after school on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Plan is to sing the mission song during morning announcements time, during PLCs, and all school programs. Song form of mission statement was relatively easier for the stakeholders and now the teachers were asked to engage students in discuss about the mission and vision statements with the students. With the permission from Dr. Whack, the principal, I have presented the importance of mission and vision in all PLCs and asked faculty to actively engage in advocating the vision of the school. I have seen Dr. Whack modeling teachers with examples on Depth of Knowledge (DOK) questions, implementing mission and vision, lesson plan reviews, and common observations from classroom walkthroughs. The vision is embraced by Dr. Whack through effective communication with stakeholders: newsletters, web page, marquees at the entrances, and town hall meetings, and implementing a strong curriculum and instruction through classroom observations, observation written reflections, standard based lesson plans,