DuPont Tyler Middle
Vision and Mission Statement Development

The development of vision and mission statements at DuPont Tyler Middle Prep occurred on May 15 & 26, 2017.  Dr. Margie Johnson used the collaborative inquiry process with grade level teams, which also included students and support staff, to develop draft vision and mission statements.  These statements will be used by the leadership team to revise, edit, and finalize the vision and mission statements.  Check out their awesome work in the below pictures.

May 26, 2017 Leadership Team Meeting

Activating and Engaging
What is your vision for DuPont Tyler Middle Prep?

Exploring and Discovering--Spend a Buck

All participants were given a copy of the draft vision and mission statements created by the common planning teams.  Each person had 100 pennies to spend to choose the top vision and mission statement. 
vision_mission_drafts.pdf
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Organizing and Integration--Finalizing Vision and Mission Statements

With consensus reached about the vision and mission statements, the final step was to use the below vision and mission checklist to ensure the statements met the best practice criteria for vision and mission statements.

After a short discussion, the leadership team decided to revise the final statements.
vision_and_mission_checklist.pdf
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Exit Slip Reflection--What actions might you take as a result of our time together?

  • memorize
  • create logo
  • love what we have done—how to get teachers on board
  • what does this look like
    • language
    • behaviors
    • both teachers and students
  • think of ways to teach and track
  • awesome vision
  • always remember to support, engage, and inspire my students
  • order T-shirts & posters
  • ensuring that we do what needs to be done to drive the vision/mission statement
  • excited to have a mission and vision that is truly shared by us
  • I feel much more positive about next year.  I look forward to working through this with my students and what it looks like in band.
  • I will finally be able to learn them since I helped with them and they are short.
  • I will remember this process and bring it to whatever school I lead.
  • I am excited about our mission and vision.  It really reflects what we desire to achieve.

Meeting Feedback--How was the Meeting?

Plus

Suggestions for Improvement
  • collaborative (2)
  • concise & short
  • positive experience
  • enjoyed the team work
  • appreciated the activities
  • great brainstorming session for vison and mission statements
  • amazing
  • thorough
  • we collaborated and came to an agreement
  • thank you…this was great
  • loved the “use your $”
  • appreciate the process
  • teaching in the school
  • my way of thinking in how my classroom looks

May 15, 2017 Common Planning Teams

Activating and Engaging
What is your vision for DuPont Tyler Middle Prep?

  • high quality education
  • relationship-driven
  • consistency and follow-up
  • orderly (2)
  • Want to be here—teachers and students (engagement)  (2)
  • supportive environment (team-centered) (3)
  • technology access
  • Mutual trust and respect among all stakeholders (parents-teachers; students-teachers; teachers-admin) 
  • be student-centered (learning styles)
  • community (2)
  • fun, safe, learning environment
  • mutual responsibility (Collective responsibility) –(2)
  • relevant, rigorous instruction
  • value education—want to be here
  • value why here
  • diversity (2)
  • consistency/structure—clear expectations and consequences (discipline) (2)
  • respectful
  • increased parental involvement (2)
  • learning is joyful
  • culture of caring, kindness
  • accountability for all stakeholders
  • 1-1 Technology (device for every student)
  • Enforced school rules with consequences (consistently implemented discipline plan)
  • clear schoolwide procedures, expectations, and responsibilities for adults and children
  • better communication with teachers
  • engaged learners

Exploring and Discovering
Text Exploration

Sitting in quads, a jigsaw strategy was used to process an article about vision and mission statements.
vision_and_mission_text.docx
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Organizing and Integrating
Draft Vision and Mission Statements

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Next Steps

The draft vision and mission statements will be used at a leadership team meeting where the statements will be revised, edited, and finalized.

If you would like to learn more, please contact Dr. Bianca Jefferson, Executive Principal at DuPont Tyler Middle Prep.

Click below to access the PowerPoint used during the session.
may_15_2017_mission_and_vision.pptx
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Exit Slip Reflection
What actions might you take as a result of our meeting?

  • Improve and find more resources and content to engage students
  • plan and brainstorm more ways to support, encourage, and reinforce students especially positive behaviors
  • research schools that are really good at what we struggle with
  • make sure to foster a community of learners, continue to be supportive
  • building a better community
  • having a better hold on order
  • being a supportive teacher, mentor and staff member and provide a high-quality education for my students
  • breathe
  • remember to try to stay student-centered
  • am I student focused
  • am I willing to be a lifelong learner/flexible
  • I am ready for summer
  • I would like to get the entire school involved in doing school-wide culture project.  The project would reflect all core subjects and all grades.  This would bring cultural awareness to our school and help educate our students better.
  • To hold myself accountable everyday when I educate children to constantly grow and improve as an educator
  • start to provide and talk about mission and vision statements with my classes
  • think more about why mission/vision is essential
  • make sure procedures are clear
  • make a mission statement for my class
  • continue to create a culture of the importance of learning = success
  • work on these expectations for next year
  • try to provide more opportunity for student use of technology
  • work on creating a school calendar for everyone to communicate better
  • Think about action steps to achieve the mission statement
  • More accountability
  • Be more engaged in every aspect
  • Provide a safe and engaging learning environment for each of my students
  • educate all students on the same vision
  • learn what our mission and vision statements are
  • post vision and mission
  • looking forward to knowing the mission and vision for DTMP and going to work on my personal mission and vision
  • Be involved in describing what makes a safe learning environment safe

Meeting Feedback

Plus

Suggestions for Improvement
  • I thought it was productive and important to be on the same page
  • all good
  • bringing up the purpose of our vision and mission statement
  • great feedback and discussion
  • you listen and help us develop our thoughts
  • very easy going
  • helpful
  • willingness
  • good job being a facilitator
  • being realistic is good
  • being honest is nice
  • being supportive is good
  • Thank you (2)
  • understanding
  • that our team was able to discuss how our vision should look
  • collaborating
  • brainstorming
  • excited that we as a school are creating a vision and mission statement
  • succinct and planned for results
  • clearly led
  • article was great support for our work
  • your personality is perfect for this
  • stayed on task
  • ended on time
  • good topic
  • thought our team was involved and had some great thoughts
  • great thinking about ideas for the future
  • got to talk about our system
  • thought into vision and mission statements
  • input in vision and mission statement
  • very comfortable atmosphere
  • informative
  • short, too the point
  • relevant
  • relatable to teachers
  • focused
  • organized
  • building the vision and mission as a team
  • clear instructions
  • good articles
  • great collaboration
  • maybe provide examples of mission statements form good schools at the end of the meeting
  • not at the end of the year
  • wonder how much of this will make it to the final draft
  • will we meet again with you again?
  • difference between vision and mission
  • try to combine ideas to come up with a common goal
  • establishing a vision and mission statement can be a difficult task
  • not enough time for such an important topic
  • look forward to knowing our school vision and mission
  • more clear definition for vision and mission
  • need an overall vision
  • was not clear on what this was about at first
  • explain where we are going
  • maybe let everyone write their possible vision down based on collaboration vision page
  • reflection instruction a bit confusing