3 Activity

Moral values must be thought to children right from the beginning, and no age is too early to start.
They play a huge role in building the personality of the child and have the biggest say in how your
child shapes his/her life.
It comprises some basic principles such as truthfulness, honesty, charity, hospitality, tolerance,
love, kindness and sympathy. Moral education makes one perfect. Education is not aimed at
obtaining only a degree, it includes necessary value based teachings which result in character
building and social improvement too.

Aesthetic:
Aesthetic Education is a way of regaining touch with the process of learning something new, of
being introduced to a medium never known in a particular way before. It is the incorporation of the
arts across the curriculum in a way that fosters a heightened awareness of and appreciation for
all that touches our lives.
Intellectual:
Intellectual Values Truth and wisdom are the ultimate goals of intellectual development. Love of
truth implies the tireless and enthusiastic search of knowledge in all its form. Wisdom is the
required personal quality to understand what is true, right and lasting.

Social
Many incidents can be avoided by educating students social values in school. ... Respect,
tolerance, equality, and honesty are some of the social values that build a strong and secure
personality of any individual.

What will you write in a values statement for your school?

Values-based Education is an approach to teaching that works with values. It creates a strong learning
environment that enhances academic achievement and develops students' social and relationship skills
that last throughout their lives. The positive learning environment is achieved through the positive values
modelled by staff throughout the school. It quickly liberates teachers and students from the stress of
confrontational relationships, which frees up substantial teaching and learning time .It also provides social
capacity to students, equipping them with social and relationship skills, intelligences and attitudes to
succeed at school and throughout their lives

Activity 2
There are some questions that anyone should be able to answer when looking at your mission or vision
statement. If they can be answered then the mission or vision statement will generally be effective.
What do you think these questions are? Record your questions below.
Mission statement, question to ask
Vision statements aren’t the same as mission statements, but they are closely related. To create a
mission statement, you should first have a vision for where you want to see your school in the
future.
To develop your school mission statement, ask what steps the school community needs to take to
achieve the vision. Questions to ask include:
 What’s already in place to help us move forward?
 How do we envision our school growing?

 What needs to be changed?

 What characteristics should we emphasize?

 What changes do we see happening in the future?

 Vision:
If your school
is extremely successful over the next three- five years, how will people describe
your school? Think about the answer as you begin to develop the vision. Here are some
samples:

What type of students do we want to develop?

 How might we develop the desired knowledge, skills, and mindsets?
 How might we assess the desired outcomes?
 What is the role of the teacher?
 What is the role of technology
 How can we all work together to achieve our desired outcomes ?

What do you understand by a vision statement?

Vision Statement
A vision statement is a public declaration that an educational institution makes describing their
core purpose and organizational commitments. This statement can also be used to describe an
institution’s high-level goals for the future, or what they hope to achieve if they successfully
fulfill their organizational purpose or mission.
A vision statement refers to a standard that guides an institution’s internal decision-making and
aligns its goals. Vision statements are pragmatic and are the driving force that directly attracts
and motivates its instructors’ and learners.

What is difference between a vision and mission statement?

 Comparison Table Between Vision and Mission (in Tabular Form)
Parameter of Vision Mission
Comparison
Meaning The ultimate goal to be A statement indicating the
achieved activities to be pursued for
accomplishing a goal
In simple words how Where are we heading How will we reach there?
to describe? towards?
Main Purpose To inspire and hope to To provide guidance or roadmap
the people to contribute for achieving the goal
towards attaining the goal
Benefit to employees Helps understand why Help recognize what exactly are
they are doing a they doing
particular task
Benefit to The company The company recognizes what it
organization understands what it should do in the present
wants to achieve in future
Whether it can Ideally will remain Yes, it can change as per changing
change or is flexible? constant, changes will be circumstances or on the client
minimal perception but will relate to the
main goal
Whether it is Future i.e. focused on Present i.e. focused on today
focused on the tomorrow
present or future?
Example of how a Where does the company What does the company need to
statement can look intend to go in the perform today? For whom should
like or how it can be future? By when? the company serve?
designed
Example of a real The vision of LinkedIn is- The mission of LinkedIn is- “The
statement of a “Create economic mission of LinkedIn is simple:
company opportunity for every connect the world’s professionals
member of the global to make them more productive
workforce” and successful”

Whether vision Vision comes first as it The mission comes after vision
comes first or guides the overall
 Parameter of Vision Mission
Comparison
mission? structure for mission
Timeline Long timeline because it Short timeline because it can be
focuses on achieving the changed as per prevailing
final goal circumstances
Scope Wide Narrow

Which key stakeholders will you need to engage when you write the school’s mission and vision
statement.
Constituent Groups What’s at Stake?
Students Personal success throughout school, future opportunity
Parents Pride, success, and opportunity for the students they care about
School staff Professional efficacy and job satisfaction
School & district staff “Adequate yearly progress,” meeting accountability expectations
School board Fulfilling the district’s mission, media coverage, accountability
Taxpayers Getting a good return on their tax “investment” in schools
Business community Ability to hire graduates with skills needed, community economics
Other community members
Community pride and “livability,” real estate values
To what extent can parent and community involvement impact student success in school?
How might traditional involvement of external stakeholders be extended such that these
constituents become a force for successfully implementing and sustaining effective schoolwide reading
practices?
Historically, parent involvement in education has taken one of three forms: 1. Parent training How to be a
good parent;
how to promote the importance of education to your child; how to talk to your child about important
issues.
2. Parent support In terms of the school’s homework practices and the child’s homework efforts (including
student independent reading outside of school).
3. Parent volunteering Ranging from volunteering in the classroom to helping out with social
activities at school (e.g., class parties, school carnivals, field trips,) or with fund-raising activities.
While all of these activities can enhance the academic or social dimensions of a child’s school experience
and extend what the school can provide, most parent involvement activities remain at a distance from the
heart of the elementary school’s mission—to impart basic skills and foundational knowledge in preparation
for the more advanced learning required in middle school, high school and beyond. The gatekeepers this
type of parent
involvement, of course, and those who determine its form and extent are the school staff. It is incumbent
upon educators to engage parents and community members in ways that are aligned with critical
outcomes and go deeper to impact school outcomes at scale. Let’s examine how some educators are
reaching out
to stakeholders to support the school’s mission and to empower school improvement.

What strategies will you use to secure their commitment to embed the vision?

Governing board meetings

If your meeting has an agenda item to which the school's vision is particularly relevant, include it at
the top of the agenda, so that it is a constant reminder to governors during the discussion.

It is easy to get bogged down in day-to-day concerns, so it is important for your board to

constantly bear their school's vision in mind, and refer back to it when it needs to.

School development plan

The school development plan should be a tool for helping your school to achieve its vision. Your
vision is an overarching goal that everything else should feed into.

When setting school objectives, you should always ask yourselves the question “How does this
help us to achieve our vision?”

Making big decisions: case study

The governing body of Wade Deacon High School, a teaching school in Widnes, recently decided
to form a multi-academy trust (MAT). The chair of governors told us that a key part of the
discussion prior to making the decision centred on the school's vision, and whether this new
initiative would help the school to achieve this.

As the school's vision is based on improving outcomes for its pupils and pupils in the local area,
governors decided that the formation of a MAT would help with the achievement of their vision.

The community
Your school vision should be stated on your school website. Consider using a school newsletter to
further publicise it as this can help to make your vision ‘live’ in the minds of your stakeholders.

A church school could ask permission to put a summary of its vision on the parish notice board. It
could also be added to parish newsletters, along with other relevant information about the school.

Additionally, you could display your vision on a wall at the front of the school so it is the first thing
people see.
Pupils
Your school’s vision and goals could be displayed around the school. Use classroom notices,
school council meetings and assemblies to remind pupils of the school vision.

If it is being revised, pupils can be involved in this process via the school council.

Parents
Although it is no longer a statutory requirement for governing boards to produce an annual report
to parents, it is good practice to do so. You could use the report to update parents on what you
have been doing to help the school achieve its vision, and your plans for the next year.

Also refer to key elements of the vision during any sessions with parents, at school events, and in
any letters sent home. Letters to the parents of new pupils can tell them about it, together with
other important details about the school and its policies.

Staff
Include the school vision in your welcome pack for new staff, in the staff handbook, and on staff
areas of the school website.

The vision statement could also be included in materials sent to potential applicants for any posts
at the school.

At the beginning of the first staff meeting of the school year, the headteacher could take time to
remind staff about the school vision.

Developing and implementing the school vision: case studies

Primary school
A governor of a two-form entry community primary school in north London explained that the chair
of governors at her school developed the school’s vision through a series of workshops with
stakeholders. The result was a vision statement containing 5 strands that represent what the
school wants to be.

The vision was fed into all the strategic documentation the school uses. The 5 strands are
structural headings on documents used in governing board committee meetings, and the
headteacher also uses them as headings in the school’s self-evaluation form.

What action or further actions will you take to embed your school’s vision.?

It’s worth explaining how I think the school’s core purpose, vision, values and
development plan align to ensure you systematically focus upon the most important
feature of all schools – the quality of teaching and learning. I align them like this:
Your core purpose encapsulates why you get up in the morning to go into school to do
what you do. Your vision articulates what your school will look, feel and sound like
when you have got things just right.

In order to move towards realising your vision you will have a very small number of
‘development elements’ in your school development plan, and within that plan you’ll
have a list of more detailed actions for each of those strands.