Shared+Values

__**Shared Values**__

"We must believe in ourselves as no one else will believe in us, we must match our expectations with the competence, courage and determination to succeed." -Rosalyn Sussman Yalow

• learning is a lifelong process and schooling provides the foundation. • all students want and deserve the opportunity to learn. • effective communication is essential for a quality school system. • schools can provide for intellectual, physical, social, ethical, aesthetic, and emotional development of all children. • students learn best from highly qualified, caring, and well-trained educators. • meaningful education can also happen outside the school environment. • the utilization of technology will enhance our ability to be an effective learning organization. • parents, teachers, and students share the responsibility to enhance the learning process. • schools provide a safe learning environment that offers security, understanding, respect, and direction from caring adults. • all students can develop the following life skills to thrive in a period of rapid change: communication, problem solving, higher level thinking, collaboration, information management, and use of technology. • through the promotion of high expectations students are more likely to achieve their individual full potential. • in the inherent worth of every individual and the importance of affirming and supporting that worth in others. • all students have diverse backgrounds, abilities, interests, and needs and can be treated as individual learners without sacrificing the outcome of the majority. • students can become responsible, contributing members of the global community through their education. • our employees all make strong contributions to the District’s operational efficiency through a positive attitude, focused efforts, and creative solutions. • parental involvement in the educational process is key to a child’s success in school. • our community is an essential component of achieving our mission.
 * Current Belief Statements:**
 * We believe...... **

__**January 25, 2012**__

Shared Values are the core tenets shared by your stakeholders that drive your organizations culture and commitment. Unlike the Mission statement (which answers the question “Who are we?” by describing what you do), a Shared Values statement addresses the question “Who are we?” by examining what you believe. When creating your Shared Values statement, it is helpful to begin your responses to the question “What do we believe?” with the relative pronoun “that” followed by a declarative sentence as in “that all students can…”
 * Directions:**

What do we believe? We believe all students can....
 * Brainstorm - share ideas:**

Describe the District's shared values.
 * Begin Drafting Shared Values based on the top 5-7 concepts above:**

Group 1:

**We believe......**

• learning is a lifelong process and schooling provides the foundation.

• all students want and deserve the opportunity to learn.

• effective communication is essential for a quality school system.

• schools can provide for intellectual, physical, social, ethical, aesthetic, and emotional development of all children.

• students learn best from highly qualified, caring, and well-trained educators.

• meaningful education can also happen outside the school environment.

• the utilization of technology will enhance our ability to be an effective learning organization.

• parents, teachers, and students share the responsibility to enhance the learning process.

• schools provide a safe learning environment that offers security, understanding, respect, and direction from caring adults.

• all students can develop the following life skills to thrive in a period of rapid change: communication, problem solving, higher level thinking, collaboration, information management, and use of technology.

• through the promotion of high expectations students are more likely to achieve their individual full potential.

• in the inherent worth of every individual and the importance of affirming and supporting that worth in others.

• all students have diverse backgrounds, abilities, interests, and needs and can be treated as individual learners without sacrificing the outcome of the majority.

• students can become responsible, contributing members of the global community through their education.

• our employees all make strong contributions to the District’s operational efficiency through a positive attitude, focused efforts, and creative solutions.

• parental involvement in the educational process is key to a child’s success in school.

• our community is an essential component of achieving our mission.

Learning is a lifelong skill

Providing for the development of all children is important

Students deserve well-trained educators

Technology has to be embedded in education

Parents, staff and students must support active learning

21st Century students need to critical thinkers and problem solvers

High Expectations for all learners

Families, Community members and all staff are essential to student's success


 * Group 2: **


 * We believe...... **


 * learning is a lifelong process and meaningful education occurs both inside and outside the school environment **


 * • effective communication is essential for a quality school system. **


 * • schools should provide for intellectual, physical, social, ethical, aesthetic, and emotional development of all children. **


 * • students learn best from highly qualified, caring, and well-trained educators. **


 * • the utilization of technology will enhance our ability to be an effective learning organization. **


 * • parents, teachers, students, and the community all share the responsibility to collaborate in the learning process in order to promote a child's success in school. **


 * • all students can develop the following life skills to thrive in a period of rapid change: communication, problem solving, higher level thinking, collaboration, information management, and use of technology. **


 * • students can become responsible, contributing members of the global community through their education. **


 * • through the promotion of high expectations students are more likely to achieve their individual full potential. **


 * • all students have diverse backgrounds, abilities, interests, and needs and should be treated as individual learners that deserve the opportunity to learn. **


 * • all employees and volunteers make strong contributions towards a safe and respectful learning environment through a positive attitude, focused efforts, and creative solutions. **

Group 3:

**We believe......** >> develop the following life skills to thrive in a period of rapid change: communication, problem solving, higher level thinking, collaboration, information management, and use of technology >>.
 * TECHNOLOGY: we believe technology can enhance our ability to communicate with and engage students, and drive our ability to be an effective learning organization
 * PARENTS: parental involvement in the educational process is key to a child’s success in school.
 * STAFF: we believe in motivating a caring and well-trained staff. Everyone plays a vital role in the effective and efficient District operations and educational process.
 * INDIVIDUAL LEARNERS: We believe all students deserve an individualized opportunity to learn, should be elevated to high expectations, are equally accountable to the learning process.
 * LEARNING ENVIRONMENT : we believe in providing a safe, and broad foundation of learning, capitalizing on internal and external resources, to build productive members of our community.
 * TECHNOLOGY
 * PARENTS
 * EMPLOYEES
 * students learn best from highly qualified, caring, and well-trained educators.
 * INDIVIDUAL LEARNERS
 * all students want and deserve the opportunity to learn AND
 * LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
 * meaningful education can also happen outside the school environment.

1. earning is a lifelong process and schooling provides the foundation.


 * 2. all students want and deserve the opportunity to learn. **

3.effective communication is essential for a quality school system.

4.schools can provide for intellectual, physical, social, ethical, aesthetic, and emotional development of all children.

5.**students learn best from highly qualified, caring, and well-trained educators.**

6.**meaningful education can also happen outside the school environment.**

7.the utilization of technology will enhance our ability to be an effective learning organization.

8.parents, teachers, and students share the responsibility to enhance the learning process.

9.schools provide a safe learning environment that offers security, understanding, respect, and direction from caring adults.

1**0 all students can develop the following life skills to thrive in a period of rapid change: communication, problem solving, higher level thinking, collaboration, information management, and use of technology.**

11.through the promotion of high expectations students are more likely to achieve their individual full potential.

12.in the inherent worth of every individual and the importance of affirming and supporting that worth in others.

13.all students have diverse backgrounds, abilities, interests, and needs and can be treated as individual learners without sacrificing the outcome of the majority.

14.students can become responsible, contributing members of the global community through their education.

15.our employees all make strong contributions to the District’s operational efficiency through a positive attitude, focused efforts, and creative solutions.

16. parental involvement in the educational process is key to a child’s success in school.

17. our community is an essential component of achieving our mission.

Group 4:

We believe all students should be life long learners and deserve a positive, safe, and respectful learning environment.

We believe all students can utilize technology while developing appropriate intellectual, social, ethical, and emotional skills.

We believe that parents, students, staff, administration, and community members share in the responsibility of a meaningful education both within and outside the school environment.

We believe that in a rapidly changing society students need to be able to problem solve, use higher level thinking skills, be able to collaborate with others, and have high expectations in order to fulfill their individual potential.

We believe that through effective communication all students can accept and embrace diverse cultures, various abilities and interests, while positively contributing to the global community.

**We believe......** • learning is a lifelong process and schooling provides the foundation. • all students want and deserve the opportunity to learn. • effective communication is essential for a quality school system. • schools can provide for intellectual, physical, social, ethical, aesthetic, and emotional development of all children. • students learn best from highly qualified, caring, and well-trained educators. • meaningful education can also happen outside the school environment. • the utilization of technology will enhance our ability to be an effective learning organization. • parents, teachers, and students share the responsibility to enhance the learning process. • schools provide a safe learning environment that offers security, understanding, respect, and direction from caring adults. • all students can develop the following life skills to thrive in a period of rapid change: communication, problem solving, higher level thinking, collaboration, information management, and use of technology. • through the promotion of high expectations students are more likely to achieve their individual full potential. • in the inherent worth of every individual and the importance of affirming and supporting that worth in others. • all students have diverse backgrounds, abilities, interests, and needs and can be treated as individual learners without sacrificing the outcome of the majority. • students can become responsible, contributing members of the global community through their education. • our employees all make strong contributions to the District’s operational efficiency through a positive attitude, focused efforts, and creative solutions. • parental involvement in the educational process is key to a child’s success in school. • our community is an essential component of achieving our mission.

__** February 29, 2012 **__

** Does this answer the following questions.... **

What do we believe?

We believe all students can....


 * Shared Values - DRAFT**


 * We believe in ......**


 * SHARED RESPONSIBILITY - parents, students, staff, and community share in the responsibility of a meaningful education, which occurs both within and outside the school environment.**


 * DEVELOPMENT OF ALL CHILDREN - our school should provide for intellectual, physical, social, ethical, and emotional development of all children.**


 * LIFE LONG LEARNING - all students should be life long learners and deserve a positive, safe, and respectful learning environment.**


 * INDIVIDUAL POTENTIAL - all students need to be able to problem solve, use higher level thinking skills, be able to collaborate with others, and have high expectations in order to fulfill their individual potential.**


 * EMBRACING DIFFERENCES - through effective communication, all students can accept and embrace diverse cultures, various abilities and interests, while positively contributing to the global community.**


 * POSITIVITY and FOCUS - all stakeholders make strong contributions to the district’s operational efficiency through a positive attitude, focused efforts, and creative solutions. **

At February 29, 2012 session

**We believe in ......**

**SHARED RESPONSIBILITY - students, staff, parents, and community share in the responsibility of a worthwhile education, which occurs both within and outside the school environment.**

**DEVELOPMENT OF ALL CHILDREN - our school will provide for academic, intellectual, technological, physical, social, ethical, and emotional development of all children.**

**LIFE LONG LEARNING - all students are life long learners in a positive, safe, and respectful learning environment.**

**INDIVIDUAL POTENTIAL - all students need to be able to problem solve, use higher level thinking skills, be able to collaborate with others, and have high expectations in order to fulfill their highest individual potential.**

**EMBRACING DIFFERENCES - through effective communication, all students can accept and embrace diverse cultures, various abilities and interests, while positively contributing to the global community.**

**TRUST, POSITIVITY and FOCUS - all stakeholders make strong contributions to the district’s operational efficiency through trusting relationships between community, board, staff and students using a positive attitude, focused efforts, and creative solutions. **