OUR PURPOSE

To make access to loved, transformative, and enduring student/people-centered cultures increasingly dependent only on the commitment of each community.

OUR VALUES & BEHAVIORS

COMPASSION: We champion a people-first approach to building relationships and community.

• Greets others with eye contact and a genuine smile.

• Takes the time to develop, support, and maintain positive relationships.

• Demonstrates people-centered practices.

HUMILITY: We believe an individual’s strength is best used for the benefit of the team.

• Demonstrates a significant desire to discover what others can offer.

• Recognizes the contributions of others and affirms and celebrates their successes.

• Demonstrates a commitment to transparency; sharing objectives, metrics, and ideas openly to attain the best result and increase collective knowledge.

GROWTH: We focus on the continuous improvement of personal and organizational goals.

• Exhibits a sense of humor that allows us to take ourselves lightly while continuing to take our work seriously.

• Thrives by developing oneself and others by learning from past successes and failures.

• Explores all challenges with an attitude of curiosity; asks why, why not, or what could be; thinks big and differently.

INTERDEPENDENCE: We succeed together.

• Contributes the best of one’s ability for the good of the team.

• Supports each community to use its purpose, values, and metrics to promote diversity of thinking and culture.

• Maintains a disciplined focus on people (little & big) and community-centered progress.

• Goes the extra mile to help others be successful and takes the initiative to fill voids.

INTEGRITY: We have the courage to always do what is right.

• Consistently takes personal responsibility for their quality of work.

• Exemplifies the Values, never compromising them for short-term results.