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The mission statement of an organization and the philosophical statements that drive that mission statement speak volumes as to who we are as a system and who we are striving to become.
Organizations put in hundreds of hours of work in the development of mission statements and defining their philosophy. Plaques and poster are often made including the masterfully sculpted passages. Too often, however, the words are celebrated for a few months but are referred to less and less often as time passes until they become just part of the woodwork of the buildings that house our organizations.
For systems to remain “on course” to reach our systemic goals, school administrators and others in leadership positions are called to keep the mission statement and philosophy on the organizations front burners. It is our role, as school leaders, to make those statements a living, breathing, and evolving document.
School boards, administrative teams, building level leadership teams, district advisory committees, school improvement teams, support staff members, students, and classroom teachers need to have an understanding of what the mission and philosophy statements mean. The facilitated conversations with stakeholders help give meaning and purpose to those key words.
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