Breathitt County Schools Vision and Mission November 23, 2015

WELCOME WELCOME: Superintendent, David Gibson State Manager, Steven Meadows Lead Facilitator/Coordinator of the Educational Recovery Team, Carolyn Spangler, ERL Educational Recovery Team Members: Self Introduction Stakeholders: Who is on our team? What do they do? What is it that we must do well together in order to be successful support for Breathitt County Schools? How will we agree to conduct our work together? We will honor begin and start time of our meetings We will respect all views/opinions We will agree to put our cell phones on silent (we agree to step out to take our calls), Participants use rule of two feet All participants commit to our work ahead Superintendent, David Gibson, State Manager, Steven Meadows, ERL Spangler

What is Our Objective To collaboratively work with ALL stakeholders to create a VISION and MISSION statement that captures an image of the future of Breathitt County Public Schools Spangler

What does data tell us about our current reality? What is our current reality as a school system based on student achievement data? Breathitt County Schools Demographics Superintendent, David Gibson-20 Minutes

What are our Values Can we agree as a team to adopt the following definition? Value: Important ideals shared by the members of a culture about what is good or bad, desirable or undesirable. Individual Activity: “What do YOU think should be the most important values for a Breathitt County education? List each of the 5 values on a separate sticky note Table Talk: Agree to the top 3 most important values for a Breathitt County Education Share Out Record Answers/Consensogram Carolyn: Activity: Need Sticky Notes-Individual-Table Talk-Report Out-*ER Team record

What are our Core Beliefs Can we agree as a team to adopt the following definition? Core Beliefs: Basic truths that we deeply believe, such as “We believe all children can learn at high levels, We believe that all students of Breathitt County schools can learn at high levels.” Individual Activity: “What do YOU think should be the most important core beliefs for a Breathitt County education? List each of your 5 individual core beliefs on a separate sticky note Table Talk: Agree to the top 3 most important core beliefs for a Breathitt County Education Share Out Record Answers/Consensogram Carolyn: Activity: Sticky Notes-Individual-Table Talk-Report Out

What are our Goals Can we agree as a team to adopt the following definition? Goals: End result, Ultimate achievement, preferred status, Success Individual Activity: “What do YOU think should be the 5 most important Goals for a Breathitt County education? List each of your individual Goals on a separate sticky note Table Talk: Agree to the top 3 most important Goals for a Breathitt County Education Share Out Record Answers/Consensogram Carolyn: Activity: Sticky Notes-Individual-Table Talk-Report Out-ER Team Record

Breathitt current Vision Statement (What does our ultimate “dream” look like for the students of Breathitt County? It is the mission of the Breathitt County School District to produce College and Career Ready graduates by providing quality educational programs and services to all students in a nurturing, learning environment. *Ask: What is OUR ultimate dream-VISION for OUR students! Dream BIG!

Our current Mission Statement…(what we will do everyday to work toward achieving our Vision). BCS is committed to excellence with a goal of preparing students to succeed for life. Faculty and staff of our schools are committed to providing students with quality instruction and quality assessments (formative and summative) for student learning. Although technology continues to be a focus, BCS is also committed to implementing the new Common Core Standards. BCS's mission is to partner with parents and community to provide equitable education and social opportunities with high standards for performance with a goal of Career and Career Readiness for each graduate of Breathitt County Schools. Carolyn: What we commit to doing every day to get to vision=MISSION

Affinity Chart What do we value as a district? Values are the behaviors, beliefs and actions we find important. What are our goals as a district? How will we reach its goals? Carolyn/ER Team

Drill Down What are our core values? Do we share common definitions? Carolyn

The Vision A good vision statement: is detailed enough to carry meaning will motivate people to strive for an improved future Is concise and easy to recall is compelling and vivid is shared by all

School Vision Criteria Achievable/Doable Focused on results and leads to accountability Measurable Simple and clear Actionable Lends itself to developing a clear strategy for making the vision possible Leads to hard choices Worth fighting for This is the NISL criteria to use with the vision statements. This is the criteria we will use to analyze your current vision

A good mission statement includes: What we do How we do it The Mission A good mission statement includes: What we do How we do it And for whom we do it Carolyn

Vision vs. Mission A vision is the school’s goal. Where you hope to see it in the future. A vision is concise and easy to recall. A mission provides an overview of the steps planned to achieve that future. A mission is lengthier and more explanatory in nature. Carolyn

Drafting Session Break into teams and choose a scribe. Guiding questions: What kind of district do we hope to become? What do you think should be reflected in our vision/mission statements? How are we different from other districts? Scribe records responses, ideas and key terms and phrases. Groups then share out. Carolyn/ER Team

Begin Drafting In small groups, begin crafting a vision/mission statement. Refer to the core values and goals identified in the affinity chart.

Is our vision/mission… Imaginable? – conveys a picture of what the future will look like Desirable? – appeals to the long-term interests of stakeholders Feasible? – comprises realistic, attainable goals Save this slide and the next to check our vision statement.

Does our Vision/Mission Statements meet the following criteria? Is the VISION Focused? - clear enough to provide guidance in decision making Is the VISION Flexible ? – general enough to allow for individual initiative and changing responses in light of changing conditions Is the VISION Measureable? (How do you know if you are achieving it?) Is the MISSION Aligned with the new vision? Does the MISSION Statement contain steps, actions, and values that will help achieve the VISION? Communicable to all stakeholders? – easy to communicate and explain Worth fighting for? Carolyn

“All Students can learn based on what WE do.” District B Vision: ________County School District students will leave our institution college and career ready as critical problem solvers prepared to face the future. Mission: “All Students can learn based on what WE do.” SAMPLE-MSU sample can go here as well—saved in favorites

Breathitt County Schools Vision Breathitt County Schools Based on what WE have learned –what will be our COLLECTIVE –ULTIMATE VISION for OUR schools?

Breathitt County Schools Mission Breathitt County Schools Based on what WE have learned, what will we commit to doing EVERY day to ENSURE we reach our agreed upon vision=MISSION

Morehead State University Vision http://www.moreheadstate.edu/vision/ GREAT SAMPLE-CLEAR-CONCISE

S M A R T SMART GOAL PROCESS Specific- The goal addresses student needs within the content. The goal is focused on a specific area of need. M Measurable- An appropriate instrument or measure is selected to assess the goal. The goal is measurable and uses an appropriate instrument. A Appropriate- The goal is clearly related to the role and responsibilities of the teacher. The goal is standards-based and directly related to the subject and students that the teacher teaches. R Realistic- The goal is attainable. The goal is doable, but rigorous and stretches the outer bounds of what is attainable. T Time-bound- The goal is contained to a single school year/course. The goal is bound by a timeline that is definitive and allows for determining goal attainment. Ask participants to look at this handout. We will use this handout as we progress through the next few slides. The goal must meet the SMART criteria. Take a moment to review what each of the S M A R T criteria means. Notice how this might be different from the SMART process used in your district for different purposes. Pause to have a conversation here: How does this compare to what you’ve used before? Is the purpose the same? After conversation: Goals developed need to meet SMART as defined here. Encourage participants to refer to this document as they evaluate their goals and have discussion about them. Also, note that this is not simply a SMART goal setting process, it is a SMART goal process applied to goal setting for student growth.

Plus Delta What are OUR next steps? Please complete the plus delta before you leave Carolyn/ER