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To:Dr. DeMuth, Superintendent

From:Beverly Smith, Director of School & Community Services

Date: March 6, 2012

MCCSC Vision, Mission, & Core Values Survey Results

Update from March 5, 2012 Work Session

Feedback Summary:

Respondents were grateful for the opportunity to offer feedback and generally agreed with updating the

guiding framework of the corporation. The comments were varied and direct in many cases, yet should

be viewed as constructive. Three basic themes emerged:

Minimize usage of corporate jargon, buzz words and acronyms. Discuss wording such as World -Class, Student Achievement, Leaders and Resources. Evaluate whether meaning is really

clear to the general public. These words can sound vague to the community and hard to define

for those charged with implementation.

Final product should be edited for syntax as well as intent. The hard work of the committee caneasily be undone by grammatical errors and sentence structure issues.

Keep it simple, flexible and relatable. Such work has to live for many years. It should reflect theeducational goals of the community. Wording should be valuable yet give the school corporation

room to grow. Statements also should be memorable for the reader and implementer, never

burdensome.

Revisions & Suggestions:

Proposed Vision Statement: A World Class Learning Community - For Leaders of

Tomorrow

A World-Class Learning Community Educating the Leaders of TomorrowOption 2: Nurturing

Option 3: Fostering

A World-Class Learning Community Educating the Leaders of TomorrowTA We envision a world-class learning community that educates the leaders of tomorrow (full-

sentence option) TA


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Proposed Mission Statement: Maximize student achievement, working in collaborationwith parents and the community, to be productive and responsible citizens, who aresuccessful globally.

Empowering students to maximize their achievement and become productive, responsible,successful global citizens.

Empowering students to maximize their educational success to become productive, responsibleglobal citizens TA

Proposed Core Values:

We Believe....

Proposed Value 1: All children can learn; we can teach all students; there are Noexceptions.

Value 1: All students can learn. Therefore, we teach all students. No exceptions!Proposed Value 2: In the facilitation and development of diverse curricular andextracurricular programs which result in high levels of student engagement, addressstudent needs, interests, and integrate technology when appropriate.

Value 2: Diverse curricular and extracurricular programs, integrated with technology, balancestudents needs and interests, resulting in high levels of student engagement.

Proposed Value 3: Children are unique and their self-esteem will be fostered to becomesuccessful.

Value 3: All students are unique and learn differently. As they learn, students are empoweredand self-esteem grows.

Proposed Value 4: A positive attitude creates a successful working and learningenvironment.

Value 4: All students thrive in a positive learning and working environment.Proposed Value 5: District employees are high valued resources

Value 5 & 6: All employees excel in a culture actively supported by a professional learningcommunity. Highly-trained, highly-valued teachers and staff are pivotal to the continuous

improvement and success of our students.

Proposed Value 6: In an environment in which continuous improvement throughProfessional Learning Communities is embedded in our culture to ensure highperformance.

Proposed Value 7: In a safe and secure learning environment.

Value 7: All students deserve a healthy, safe and secure learning environment.


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