Mission Statements: Defining purpose in all you do

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Mission StatementsDefining purpose in all you
do!
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• If you don't know where you're going, it doesn't
  matter which way you go
• -The Cheshire Cat

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High Performing Education System
CLEAR DIRECTION
Vision, Mission, Values, Goals
METHOD
Quality Tools, Teams, Continual Improvement
INTEGRATED SYSTEM To coordinate all efforts
? 2000 Pinellas County Schools
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MISSION

• Why you do what you do the organization's reason
  for being, its purpose.
• Says what, in the end, you want to be remembered
  for.

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Do you know your schools mission statement?
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• Do you live, breath, and model your mission?
  Does it guide your decision making?

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• Do your parents, students, and staff know and
  work toward the schools mission?

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• What happens to an educational system when it
  lacks clear direction?

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ALIGNED ACTS OF IMPROVEMENT
AIM (Stakeholder Focus)
GOALS
RAI Random Acts of Improvement
RAI
? 2000 Pinellas County Schools
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• The result of unfocused leadership is that the
  resources available are scattered in so many
  directions that no initiatives get the time,
  attention, and resources that are necessary for
  success.

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ALIGNED ACTS OF IMPROVEMENT
AIM
(Stakeholder Focus)
GOALS
AAI Aligned Acts of Improvement
AAI
? 2000 Pinellas County Schools
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• Agreement is key to centralized and strategic
  leadership. With agreement, everyone works for
  the same common goal and achieves at higher
  levels.

Created by Katie Post, CLS Coordinator