1. Breathitt County Schools
Vision and Mission
November 23, 2015

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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!

9. 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

10. 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

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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

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

18. 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.

19. 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

20. “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

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

22. 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

23. Morehead State University Vision
GREAT SAMPLE-CLEAR-CONCISE

24. 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.

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