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Ashford 2:

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Week 1

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Assignment

Mission Statement

For your Final Project, you will be creating a presentation to use as a recruiting tool to attract the

best and brightest educators to your

(real or fictional) early childhood development center. As a

first step, this week you will craft a mission statement for your center.

Using the information given in Chapter 3 of your text and the NAEYC

Code of Ethical Conduct:

Supplement for Early Childhood Adult Educators

, write a paper that articulates your personal

purpose, vision, and mission statement for a successful early childhood development center. In

your re

sponse, include the following components:

a.

Summarize your responses to the following questions from your text that help identify

your purpose. This section of your paper will culminate with the completion of the

following sentence: “My purpose on earth is

to _________.”

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Name three traits you had as a child that you still have today. These traits will

help you identify your gifts and strengths.

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Recall a time in your life when you felt you were doing exactly what you were

meant to do. This is what “living o

n purpose” feels like.

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Identify a person who noticed your potential. What did that person see in you?

Others often serve as messengers to help us see what we cannot see in ourselves.

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Describe a time when you experienced “flow” and did not need to think a

bout

what you had to do. You may have felt that everything came naturally to you

(Csikszentmihalyi 1991)

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Ask three people you trust and who care about you, “When have you seen me at

my happiest? What impact do you believe I can have on the world around me

?”

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What contributions would you most like to make? Some people find it helpful to

write the statement/epithet for their gravestone. Others think about what might be

said at their retirement party.

b.

Describe your vision. How will your purpose manifest its

elf within your early childhood

development center? In what ways do you envision that your early childhood center will

improve the lives of the families with whom you interact?

c.

Develop your mission statement (in approximately one to three sentences), tha

t is true to

your purpose and vision. How does your mission measure up to the requirements outlined

in the Standards for a Mission given in your text and listed below?

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Inspires everyone who hears it

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Remains timeless

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Empowers staff to find their own purpo

se within the greater mission

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Shines steadily like a lighthouse when storms bluster

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Sets a standard for quality performance

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Reflects our deeper core values

Ashford 2: - Week 1 - Assignment

Mission Statement

For your Final Project, you will be creating a presentation to use as a recruiting tool to attract the

best and brightest educators to your (real or fictional) early childhood development center. As a

first step, this week you will craft a mission statement for your center.

Using the information given in Chapter 3 of your text and the NAEYC Code of Ethical Conduct:

Supplement for Early Childhood Adult Educators, write a paper that articulates your personal

purpose, vision, and mission statement for a successful early childhood development center. In

your response, include the following components:

a. Summarize your responses to the following questions from your text that help identify

your purpose. This section of your paper will culminate with the completion of the

following sentence: “My purpose on earth is to _________.”

 Name three traits you had as a child that you still have today. These traits will

help you identify your gifts and strengths.

 Recall a time in your life when you felt you were doing exactly what you were

meant to do. This is what “living on purpose” feels like.

 Identify a person who noticed your potential. What did that person see in you?

Others often serve as messengers to help us see what we cannot see in ourselves.

 Describe a time when you experienced “flow” and did not need to think about

what you had to do. You may have felt that everything came naturally to you

(Csikszentmihalyi 1991)

 Ask three people you trust and who care about you, “When have you seen me at

my happiest? What impact do you believe I can have on the world around me?”

 What contributions would you most like to make? Some people find it helpful to

write the statement/epithet for their gravestone. Others think about what might be

said at their retirement party.

b. Describe your vision. How will your purpose manifest itself within your early childhood

development center? In what ways do you envision that your early childhood center will

improve the lives of the families with whom you interact?

c. Develop your mission statement (in approximately one to three sentences), that is true to

your purpose and vision. How does your mission measure up to the requirements outlined

in the Standards for a Mission given in your text and listed below?

 Inspires everyone who hears it

 Remains timeless

 Empowers staff to find their own purpose within the greater mission

 Shines steadily like a lighthouse when storms bluster

 Sets a standard for quality performance

 Reflects our deeper core values