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SHAPINGSCHOOLCULTUREBYLIVINGTHEVISIONAND.pptxSHAPING SCHOOL CULTURE BY LIVING THE VISION AND MISSION
Name
Institution
Date
School
Hello everyone and welcome to today’s presentation. The school in focus is Highland High School which has 9 to 12th grade.
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Name
Highland High School
Grade levels
9 to 12
Mission
The mssion of the school is to “Empower students to use knowledge, skills, and strategies to become productive members of society who use higher level thinking”. The vision of the school is Students will “Own Their learning”
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Mission statement
“Empower students to use knowledge, skills, and strategies to become productive members of society who use higher level thinking”
Vision statement
Students will “Own Their learning”
Strategies that embed the mission and vision
It is possible for a school to convey its ethos, mission, goals, and values to its students, staff, and parents in a variety of different methods. A school's prospectus or handbook should present information in a way that is clear and easy to comprehend, taking into account the diverse ethnic group in the area and maybe translating the text into many languages. The website of the school is the spot that makes the most sense to transmit any sort of information regarding the institution as a whole, including its ethos and so on. The internet is the first place that people search for information in this day and age since it can be accessed from anywhere in the world and every school now has its own personal website. Again, in order to experience the true environment of the school, it is necessary to combine this mode of communication with a trip to the location itself.
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Strategy 1
Communication
Repetitive communication of the mission and vision ensures it is embedded (Jensen et al., 2018)
Communications will target all stakeholders
Technology tools will be used to facilitate communication to all stakeholders
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A well-defined statement that provides an explanation of the line of work that an individual plans to pursue over the entirety of his career is an example of a career objective. It is essential for each and every student to articulate their aspirations for their future careers. They are able to devise more efficient action plans as a result of this.
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Strategy 2
Helping students establish career goals
Students will be encouraged to work hard to actualize the goals
Successful careers enable students to become productive members of the society (Şenol & Lesinger, 2018)
Strategies that embed the mission and vision cont…
Finding and employing the appropriate faculty members is possibly the single most significant factor that will determine the institution's long-term success. Even though conducting interviews and making hires is seen by many as an art form, there are tried-and-true strategies that the school may employ to boost its chances of finding the proper people to work there. These approaches are supported by years of experience as well as research.
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Strategy 3
Hiring staff that share vision and mission (Şenol & Lesinger, 2018)
This avoids cultural misfit
It further strengthens organizational values
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Involving all stakeholders ensures;
discussing the strategy for the school board with the kids, parents, and other individuals who are supportive of the school board, and bringing the input to the attention of the school board. ensuring that the conditions inside the school board encourage the academic success and overall well-being of students. ensuring that the school board's budget and resources are being managed responsibly and effectively.
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Strategy 4
Involving all stakeholders
All stakeholders ought to be aware of the mission and vision
All stakeholders ought to be interested and involved in strategic direction of the school
Involvement of everyone ensures that all school participants are on the same page (Allen et al., 2018)
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When there is strong leadership in schools, it helps to cultivate not just a pleasant and inspiring culture for the teaching staff, but also an experience of high quality for the students. By cultivating the most important abilities required of school leaders, school leaders at all levels may make a contribution to this endeavor. The support of leadership is absolutely necessary in order to sustain a healthy culture inside the organization.Every member of staff ought to be provided with both personal and professional assistance in order to make the organization's objective and vision more easily attainable.
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Startegy 5
Soliciting leadership support
Leadership support is crucial for maintaining a positive culture within the institution (Jensen et al., 2018)
Personal and professional support should be availed to all staff to facilitate actualization of organization mission and vision
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The story of the school, including its goal, standards, and expected outcomes, may be better communicated with the support of core values. The formation of such ideas offers the basis for the construction of the kind of environment that we wish to encourage. These standards also provide a framework for thinking about the educational philosophies and projects that the school is committed to supporting.
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Startegy 6
Establishing core values that align with mission and vision
Clarifying core values enables embodying what the institution stands for (Allen et al., 2018)
Core values will guide conduct of all participants associated with the institution
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It is possible to express the institution's mission and vision through activities that are supported by the school.The school can use events that it sponsors to help create relationships with all of the relevant stakeholders.During events that are sponsored by the school, mentoring programs that are congruent with the institution's goal and vision might be presented.
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Strategy 7
School sponsored events
School sponsored events can be utilized to communicate mission and vision of the institution (Clemente & Clemente, 2022)
School sponsored events can be utilized to build relationships with all stakeholders
Mentoring programs that align with mission and vison of the school can be introduced during school sponsored events
Strategies for communicating the mission and vision statements
The practice of communicating vision has to turn into a habit and should be carried out before to, through, and after the transformation. In addition to this, the necessary communication is required. This entails making use of a variety of communication channels in a manner that is appropriate not just for the target audience but also for the content that has to be disseminated. It is quite probable that group presentations, team meetings, and one-on-ones will be included in the method adopted when expressing the vision for change. Additionally, newsletters, the intranet, notice boards, and casual chats may also be included. It is essential to ensure that the vision for communication is carried out in a consistent manner regardless of the channels that are used.Familiarity and the ability to commit information to memory are both facilitated by repetition. The concept starts to gather momentum when the same message is communicated across a variety of media on a consistent basis. When attempting to convey a vision to others, using tactics based on storytelling may be helpful in ensuring that the message is both entertaining and motivating. Reinforcing desired behaviors by reiterating important themes during the recognition of successes of people and teams that indicate progress toward the future goal is an effective strategy.
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Leverage technology
Rationale
Improve engagement
Reach out to many people (Jensen et al., 2018)
Avail information in multiple formats
Repeating communication
Rationale
Enhance recall
Solicit feedback
Rationale
Ensuring mission and vision is understood
Avoiding misinterpretation
References
Allen, K.-A., Kern, M. L., Vella-Brodrick, D., & Waters, L. (2018). Understanding the Priorities of Australian Secondary Schools Through an Analysis of Their Mission and Vision Statements. Educational Administration Quarterly, 54(2), 249–274. https://doi.org/10.1177/0013161x18758655
Clemente, B. G., & Clemente, R. C. (2022). Awareness and Acceptability of the CSU Philosophy, Vision, Mission, Goals, and Objectives, and the Graduate School Philosophy, Vision, Mission, Goals, and Objectives. Journal of Positive School Psychology, 5598–56175598–5617. https://www.journalppw.com/index.php/jpsp/article/view/7625
Jensen, U. T., Moynihan, D. P., & Salomonsen, H. H. (2018). Communicating the Vision: How Face-to-Face Dialogue Facilitates Transformational Leadership. Public Administration Review, 78(3), 350–361. https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.12922
Şenol, H., & Lesinger, F. Y. (2018). The Relationship between Instructional Leadership Style, Trust and School Culture. In www.intechopen.com. IntechOpen. https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/61096
