Calistoga Joint Unified School District: https://www.calistogaschools.org/about_us/about_the_district Mission StatementWe are a collaborative, culturally rich educational community, where a rigorous and innovative curriculum prepares our students to be successful contributors to our global society. I’m not seeing anything on our “About us” page about technology or 21st-century learning. As seen above, it does mention “innovative curriculum” which is pretty broad but could definitely encompass technology and 21st-century learning. The fact that it is not mentioned, means that it could probably use a little nudge. I definitely think that the mission statement implies these things, but can be ambiguous and not explicit. There is a goal section that would be a really good spot to add something about tech/21st-century learners. I’m not sure the last time the webpage was updated or even whose responsibility that is. It would be interesting to see exactly what they meant behind the statement. I have a feeling they wanted to keep it broad. Covers more that way. Sometimes when we get precise in our wording, we leave things out. Maybe open for interpretation is okay? It definitely has some education power words in it that are common in most mission statements. I must say that I do like that it is short and sweet. I’ve definitely seen some that are a page long and they lose you after the first couple sentences. The mission statement is amongst a lot of other things, but a simple scroll and a quick read get you what you need.
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Eric W.
3/23/2022 09:44:59 pm
After seeing how "the sausage is made" when it comes to Mission Statements, I'd say that being broad and somewhat vague is often part of the goal with these things. Companies usually want something that is inspiring and provides some guidance without being constraining. That said, another thing you generally want in a mission statement is longevity. You don't want to be changing it all the time. Since technology moves so quickly, I can see being hesitant to address it too directly.
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Melissa
4/5/2022 03:03:21 pm
I agree! This is a very broad mission statement. I must admit I had no idea what ours was lol. But hmmmm, I think this could be re-worded in order to encompass what and who we are as a whole. Basically it should say something about being culturally rich or something like that.
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Grace
5/4/2022 12:43:31 pm
I would agree that I like shorter mission statements as well. I like when they highlight 3 main categories that they then go in depth on within an info tab or something of that nature. I would say that a lot of these institution could update their mission statements, especially after the changes that have happened due to the pandemic.
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