PURPOSE
To make access to great, enduring education cultures contingent only on the commitment of each community.
BEHAVIOR-BASED VALUES
Goal INTERDEPENDENCE (succeed through transparency)
Maintains a disciplined focus on student, family, employee, and/or community-centered progress.
Demonstrates a significant desire to discover what others can offer.
Goes the extra mile to help others succeed and fill any void.
Recognizes the contributions of others and affirms and celebrates their successes.
PURPOSE (always do what is right)
Greets others with eye contact and a genuine smile.
Takes the time to develop, support, and maintain positive relationships.
Contributes to the best of their ability for the good of the collective.
Never compromises the values.
GROWTH (focus on COLLECTIVE & individual goals)
Thinks big, thinks differently, asks why, why not, or what could be; explores all challenges with an attitude of curiosity.
Promotes diversity of thinking in return for the best results, particularly long-term continuous improvement.
Thrives by developing [her or himself] and others, learning from past successes and failures.
KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS (KPIs)
Short-term: Student academic resilience and related rates of well-being, family involvement, faculty/staff enthusiasm, transformational leadership, and community support.
Long-term: Student academic growth, family enrollment, employee cohesion, shared leadership, and community investment.
Notes: *Schools and systems can gauge cohesion through questions specific to inclusivity, trust, pride, and camaraderie in addition to KPIs such as those referenced above. **Student academic resilience represents the degree to which they can maintain or achieve success despite significant challenges or setbacks depending on levels of family involvement, educator enthusiasm, transformational leadership, and community support. ***Transformational leadership refers to the extent to which someone motivates and inspires community members to achieve a goal or vision of shared significance.