1. Values,Purpose and Vision for a Small School

2. Clarity of Intent How clear is your school’s vision,values and purpose to your School Community?

3. Healthy Organisations “are a mental concept of relationship to which people are drawn by hope, vision, values, and meaning and liberty to cooperatively pursue them”. Hock

4. Your School’s Belief System Does your school have a clearly articulated System of Beliefs ? If it doesn’t,then that in itself says much about the beliefs/practice! What does the belief system look like and what will/could it look like? Map both states.

5. INTRODUCTION WHY VALUES? WHAT ARE THEY? SELF EXAMINATION

6. Rationale You can’t blow an uncertain trumpet! If you don’t know what you stand for, you will fall for anything!

7. Values Human values are the qualities that are elevated high on an individuals list of priorities ‘give significance to our lives’ ‘exist as ideals in our lives as priorities that reflect our behaviour.’ “enable behaviours and beliefs to be congruent”..(Hall)

8. “ The core of culture is formed by values ” Hofsted

9. Foundations for the Future Values(1997) Cooperation Excellence Fairness Integrity Respect Responsibility plus, trust, caring, equity& diligence

10. DECD Organisational Values and Guiding Behaviours Cooperation Excellence Fairness Integrity Respect Responsibility (Statement of Directions 2005-2010)

11. Federal Values (from 9 values for Australian Schools 2005) Fair go Care and compassion Responsibility Honesty& trustworthiness Integrity Respect Freedom Doing your best Understanding, tolerance and inclusion

12. Values as a source of Transformation Personal Organisational Societal

13. VIRTUES Values that affect the moral quality of a person are understood traditionally as virtues. Virtues are a specific sub set of values that are narrower in their intention and purpose They are sometimes ideals expressed as priorities. eg., Covey’s 7 Habits

14. The Greek Virtues…prudence, temperance, courage,justice. Corinthians.. faith, hope and charity The 7 holy virtues… humility, kindness, patience, diligence. liberality, abstinence, chastity. 52 virtues 125 values

15. ARISTOTLE What does it mean to be a “virtuous person”?

16. Aristotle and Socrates Human qualities that make a person good

17. “Whether leaders articulate a philosophy or not, their behaviour expresses a personal set of values and beliefs’’ Depree.

19. There is no more powerful force driving a school or preschool towards excellence and long range success than an attractive worthwhile and achievable vision of the future - widely shared.

20. What is a School Vision? An organising principle for what people do. A mental journey from the present state to the desired future. A statement that is stable but constantly challenged. A ‘roadmap’, guide or ‘beacon’ leading to a better future. The deepest expression of what the school wants to stand for.

21. AN EFFECTIVE SCHOOL VISION Is energising Is clearly articulated Creates the focus Is an expression of hope Transforms purpose into action Is compelling enough to motivate people Is challenging and about excellence Can be articulated by the school community.

22. Community Inquiry What contribution would Woodcroft make? What are our aspirations for the children of this community? What reputation would Woodcroft have? How would people here work together? What would you like to see Woodcroft Primary become?

24. Woodcroft Primary will be a learning community with a strong social and environmental conscience. We will be highly regarded for our culture of inquiry, our passion for learning and our strong relationships with our community.

25. “ The Primary reason we ask people to create a vision statement is to reinforce the belief that all of us are engaged in the process of creating this organisation” Peter Block

27. OUR STRATEGIC INTENT Developing a Learning Community Creating Culture of Inquiry Nurturing an Environmental Conscience Fostering a Culture of Success

28. PURPOSE “Purpose is a clear statement of intent that identifies and binds the community together as worthy of pursuit”.

29. What is it that we need to know to build a better society? What is it that we need to know to transform a person into an exceptional human being?

30. PURPOSE What is Education for ? What is Education? Whose Education is it ?

31. The Purpose of Education.. ( Sterling ) To replicate society and culture and promote citizenship…Socialization To train people for employment…Vocational To develop the individual and his/her potential….Liberal To encourage change towards a fairer society and a better world…Transformative

32. The Purpose of Education..(Treadwell) To facilitate the outworking of the inherent potential embodied within every child such that their uniqueness can change the world for the better via their active involvement in their community and their ability to be lifelong learners that are self assured; balancing confidence with humility and having the capacity to apply their abilities with wisdom.

33. Gardner’s 5 Minds Respect Discipline Synthesis Creativity Ethics “Five Minds for the Future”(2006)

34. Teachers as…. Curriculum deliverersCreativity workers Environment creators in which young people develop knowledge; build conceptual frameworks to be creative, innovative, develop new ideas, thoughts, emotions, products,systems and environments within a moral framework that promotes citizenship.

35. Paradigm Shift Factory fodder Sameness Blandness Fulfilling the potential of the gifts and talents Uniqueness Creativity Innovation

36. Sample Purpose Statement ‘Empowering responsible, caring and self sustaining learners to shape and enrich their changing world’. (Woodcroft Primary)

37. “Empowering responsible, caring and self sustaining learners to shape and enrich their changing world.”

38. What is your “Brand Message”? Is it weak Confused? Irrelevant? Indistinguishable from the school down the road?

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40. SCHOOL CULTURE EVOLVES FROM 3 SOURCES The beliefs values assumptions and symbolic actions of the leader. The learning experiences of group members as the organisation evolves New beliefs, values and assumptions brought in by new staff.

41. Assumptions to test The leadership act of culture building in a small school is very different to the same task in a larger school. Learning cultures of small schools differ from those in larger schools Small schools mirror the personality and beliefs of the leader

42. AFTER ACTION REVIEW What was the intent? What actually happened? What have I learned? What do I do now?