Mission Statements with a Focus on TechnologyAs a member of this Master’s program, you are helping shape the future of your school with regards to its 21st Century technology practices. Please research what your school’s educational technology mission statement is. Is there one? Is technology mentioned at all? In your blog, please write your school’s mission statement that incorporates technology and comment on it. How does their statement align with your personal practice? Does it meet the goals for your capstone?
At the beginning of the year we worked together as a staff with our new principal to refine and develop our site Vision & Mission statements. We started by reviewing Napa Valley Unified’s mission statement and goals. Our mission is to transform lives by instilling 21st Century skills and to inspire lifelong learning. We believe it is imperative that we make learning relevant to the real world in order that our students can thrive in the work force, contribute to their communities and become respected members of society. Neither the district mission statement or goals directly mention technology but I suppose it can be inferred with the 21st Century skills and mention of real world in the goals. From here we developed an AVID Schoolwide Mission Statement since we are in our second year of implementation and then developed our AVID Schoolwide Goals. From there we reviewed and revised our school mission statement. Our mission is to foster a love of learning by challenging and supporting every student, fostering collaboration among all stakeholders (students, staff, families & community), and maintaining a positive and respectful environment. Again, no specific mention of technology but I believe it could be easily added with something like Technology may be implemented to enhance, improve, engage and stimulate the learning environment for all students to advance their educational experience. I believe with the addition or mention of technology the mission statement will more closely align with both my personal practice and capstone project goals.
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Kristin Pruitt
3/5/2017 08:48:28 pm
It seems many of us have found no mention on technology in our school site mission or vision statements. I find it very interesting especially in our NTN district. We innovative teachers have some work to do in helping to revamp our site mission statements to include technology....
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