Resources on Vision

Resources

• Montgomery County Public Schools Mission, Vision, and Guiding Tenets
  The Guiding Tenets of the Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland include statements of the district's Core Values, Mission, Vision, System Goals, and Board of Education Academic Priorities.
  
• Arcadia Unified School District Vision and Beliefs
  The Arcadia (California) Unified School District's statement of its Vision, Mission, and Beliefs
  
• Northern Ozaukee School District Mission, Vision, Values, and Goals
  The Northern Ozaukee School District in Wisconsin incorporates its Mission, Vision, Core Values, and Goals into its board policy manual under the category of Ends Statements.
  
• Calvert County Public Schools Vision Statement
  Vision for the Calvert County (Maryland) Public Schools: a statement of aspirations for the county's schools and the children, families, and community they servce.
  
• Boulder Valley School District Vision, Goals and Strategies
  The Boulder Valley (Colorado) School District's statement of Vision, Mission, Goals, and Strategies. The strategies include Continuous Improvement.
  
• From Plaques to Practice: How Schools Can Breathe Life Into Their Guiding Beliefs
  In an article from Phi Delta Kappan magazine, Lew Allen describes five problems that help cause schools to ignore their guiding statements, and he recommends six ways schools can overcome this shortcoming. By "guiding statements," the author refers to vision, mission, philosophy, covenants, and/or values that inspire and guide the work of school districts.
  
• Visionary Leadership
  An Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Digest that discusses previous research on vision development.
  
• What would you do if your board had no official vision statement or goals? [PDF 229,607kb]
  An American School Board Journal advisor column from January 2006.