ENGLISH DEPARTMENT: MISSION STATEMENT

In order for a school to operate effectively in a rapidly changing society, it needs to process Vision, Values and Mission Statements. What is the difference? 

A Vision Statement answers the "Where?" question. It addresses where an organization is headed—its direction, perspective and paradigms in view of the changes taking place in our nation and in the world today. 

A Values Statement addresses the "What?" question. It is concerned with what the school is becoming—the effective end/goal behaviors it needs to model in the present. 

A Mission Statement, on the other hand, answers the "Why?" question. It addresses the reason(s) why an organization exists in view of the direction taken and the needs of its target population. At every step of the process certain key questions have to be answered:

THE FOUR CRUCIAL QUESTIONS

1. The Where Question: addresses Vision: "Where are we headed?

2. The What Question: addresses Values: "What are we becoming?"

3. The Why Question: addresses Mission: "Why do we exist?"

4. The How Question: addresses Goals: "How do we get there?"

MISSION STATEMENT

To foster a collaborative coaching approach to the teaching of English around best practices and procedures within an innovative learning environment which takes into account the rigorous demands of interdisciplinary techniques such as media literacy, teamwork, effective communication skills, enhanced teacher-student interaction and fashioning values and habits of mind that will make all stakeholders, especially students, proud of their achievements.

Personal Vision of Education

Formal education is a continual experimentation within the natural and artificial domains of pedagogical excellence. It is a delightful destination of discoveries.

OOW
2011