VISIONING Transition slide

“He who has a why can deal with any what or how.” Presenter talking points: The purpose of this section will be to discuss the high points of the urgency and importance of starting with a vision. During the Visioing module, teams will have the opportunity to create or revisit the campus vision. The vision serves to inspire, motivate, and engage all stakeholders as well as set the context for systemic change. The purpose of this process is to envision where a campus wants to be within this school year and beyond. This visioning step is critical to any change effort, and is the most critical step of the whole process. -Stephen Covey

Beliefs and values define what the organization stands for and how it will behave. Beliefs Values The vision describes the organization in a future successful state. Vision Presenter Talking Points: A well-rounded vision consists of two major components: core ideology and an envisioned future. It is the core beliefs and values which will dictate the purpose and future desired state of the organization. While it’s common to think and feel thatthere isn’t time to pause and develop a vision and mission, without it’s presence the work will lack a common language, alignment, and motivation around the work. Optional Activity: Developing Core Values with a Faculty team

Where you are... …where you want to be. Presenter Talking Points: Establishing a vision looks at where you want to be, THEN it becomes important to determine where you are. To do the latter first, may inform you of what’s going on, however without a clear envision future to compare it to, it doesn’t give the data meaning. Envisioning the future state gives data a stronger voice and subsequently provides a better direction for where the work needs to go.

REFLECTION ACTIVITY Presenter Talking Points: Let’s take a moment to consider how important and present your campus vision is. Whether the vision at your campus is alive and well or or perhaps hasn’t been revisited in awhile, take some time with your team to reflect and discuss the following questions.

What is the vision for your school? How is it connected to your core values and beliefs? What are the roadblocks working towards your vision? How do you know stakeholders are engaging with the vision? Presenter Talking Points: NOTE: Give teams 5-7 minutes to discuss the following questions. Give teams time to access their visions if needed or make note of what they will need to do next in order to revisit and align their vision to the work. Once time is up, allow for sharing (if time permits.) Advance to next slide to discuss further.

How do you know your vision is having an impact? How do you measure the success of your campus vision? What does your vision look like in action? How do you know? Presenter Talking Points: NOTE: Have teams discuss the following questions, allow 3-5 minutes. We want to begin setting up the important connection of data to the visioning process. When time is up, have teams share specifically regarding the question “How do you know?” Have teams begin to share what kinds of data they can use to assess the impact of having a vision.