Mission Statement

Please write a personal mission statement, including four components: A Vision Statement, a Mission Statement, your Core
Values, and your Goals (please see descriptions below).

Vision Statement (global picture of what you want to achieve moving into the future-the long view of who you want to be
professionally):
 Often starts with the word “to”

 To guide students to get an understanding of educational concepts, and to also instill into them an understanding of their deep
worth and capabilities.

Sample: To ignite students with their own passion for life and learning and to support the growth of deep internal levels of
confident faith and a strong sense of empowered agency.

Mission Statement (who you are now-should connect with your vision statement to show how what your doing now will get you
where you want to go in the future):
 Should be concise: 1 sentence, 2 at the most: LESS is MORE.
 Should capture the essences of who you want to be as a teacher

A leader with a mirror facing my audience.

Sample: Lighter of the flame

Core Values (at least 5):

 Specific moral qualities or sense of purpose for your career, such as:
o The kind of character you wish to exhibit for your students or specific virtues (patience, compassion, endurance, long-
suffering, intellectual rigor, etc.)
 o The sort of work ethic you would like to demonstrate to students (excellence, ongoing effort for strong and meaningful
lessons, engaging extra curricular activities for your school site, providing differentiated learning, strong, character-
building classroom with good classroom management, high quality interactions with student)
o The sort of employee you’d like to be for your employer (faithful, dedicated, innovative)

Samples:
o A strong work ethic is a critical aspect of living a life of faith, including putting forth the effort to prepare classes well,
show up on time, and go the extra mile on behalf of my school and my students
o Maintaining a close relationship with the Lord that empowers me to have the wisdom and strength to live a virtuous
life. This includes honesty, compassion, fairness, increasing freedom from begetting sins…

 Dedicated to put forth my best foot and accomplish goals to the best of my ability, while keeping others in mind.
 Passionate about creating a welcoming learning environment that has high quality interactions, lessons, and management.
 Demonstrating and acting out God’s love to everyone I encounter, no matter the age or status. Extending compassion and
wisdom when dealing with school conflict and concerned parents.
 Creating a safe space in my work environment for those around me, both staff and students, to feel confident that they are
being heard and cared for when they step into the room.
 Dedicated to try my absolute best in every situation with grit and perseverance, and to do everything in my power to cultivate
the minds of my students.
 Help build the next generation into people who have strong characteristics that value honesty, integrity, perseverance,
positivity, optimism, and dependability.

Goals (at least 3) (statements of what needs to be accomplished to fulfill your mission and vision):
 Specific things you need to do or areas you need to grow (finish teaching credential, specific educational skills such as
knowing specific teaching strategies, classroom management, theory)
 Specific aspects of your teaching content that you wish to become more knowledgeable about (science, history, ELA, Physical
Education)
 Specific timeframes for how you wish to proceed

Samples:
o Identify 3 teaching best practices and implement, including 1 Inquiry Based Learning Unit
o Provide students with faithful coaching, including rigor and accountability
o Concrete plan for daily communication of Growth Mindset

 Complete my teaching credential by Spring 2022.

 Become avid in the new teaching methods for math and understand the different methods that I didn’t learn
myself by the end of the school year.
 Learn new ways to connect with my students and develop deeper relationships and trust with them.
 Demographic Profile Grading Rubric
Insufficient Poor Satisfactory Good Excellent Total
5.9 and below 6-6.9 7-7.9 8-8.9 9-10
Vision Lack of a strong, Minimal statement Adequate Strong, clear Strong, clear,
Statement clear statement that does not cast a statement that casts statement that casts inspiring statement
(10 points) that does not cast meaningful, personal some level of a meaningful, that casts a
a meaningful, vision for the future personal vision for personal vision for meaningful, personal
personal vision the future the future vision for the future
for the future
Mission Failure to provide Ineffective expression Satisfactory, Concise expression Concise, dynamically
Statement expression of of immediate concise expression of immediate illustrative
(10 points) professional professional purpose of immediate professional expression of
purpose that that do not point to professional purpose that point immediate
point somewhat the vision statement. purpose that point clearly to the vision professional purpose
to the vision somewhat to the statement. that point clearly and
statement. vision statement. intuitively to the
vision statement.
Core Values Unhelpful or non- Minimally helpful Satisfactory Meaningful, Richly meaningful,
(10 points) existent expression of core expression of core morally cogent morally profound
expression of values that create few values that create expression of core expression of core
core values that parameters for some parameters values that create values that create
do not create professional life for professional good parameters strong parameters for
parameters for life for professional life professional life
professional life
11.9 and below 12-13.9 14-15.9 16-17.9 18-20
Goals Failure to provide Minimally motivated Somewhat Strongly motivated Strong, clear, highly
motivated goals goals that motivated goals goals that motivated goals that
demonstrate a lack of that demonstrate demonstrate demonstrate a rich
thoughtfulness about thoughtfulness thoughtfulness thoughtfulness about
next steps that are about next steps about next steps next steps that are
unlikely to establish that may establish that are likely to highly likely to
personal growth. personal growth. establish significant establish significant
personal growth. personal growth.
Point Chart: Comments: Final
45-50 A Score:
40-44.9 B
35-39.9 C
30-34.9 D
29.9 and
below: Failed