Mission & Vision
- What is mission and what is vision? How do they differ?
- What makes a good mission and vision statement? How do we write them? How are they valuable to a school?
- What is your mission and vision? To what extent is it distinctive?
- Does your mission and vision provide a focus for the energies and direction of your school?
- How do we demonstrate our ability to align the school mission to the IB mission and philosophy?
- Tools for promoting your mission and vision.
- What role does a strategy document have? How do we develop school strategy? What makes a strategic plan effective?
- Tools for developing school strategy that you can use with governors, school leadership team and the faculty.
- 20 questions to ask about your strategy.
- How can leaders manage change? Tools for bringing about change.
- Is your school culture one that embraces or resists change?
- Think pieces to use with staff.
- Case studies from schools.
Selected Pages
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Mission & Vision
Tools for leading change Free
How do we bring about change successfully? How can school leaders manage change and sustainable development in a constantly
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Mission & Vision
Leaders as designers Free
School leaders are designers of the school’s governing ideas (mission, vision, core values) by which people should live
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Mission & Vision
Seeing your school as an ecosystem Free
Systems thinking is about understanding the whole of an organization, as opposed to viewing it through the lens of its constituent
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Mission & Vision
How does your school learn and adapt? Free
Schools as 'learning organisations' is a key concept behind the revised IB Standards and Practices (2020). How nimble are
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Mission & Vision
Change Management Free
"The notion of change is an extremely complex one and has been characterised as messy, uncertain, nearly chaotic, a disturbance,
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Mission & Vision
Do your students and staff feel they 'belong'? Free
“Belonging is more than just a word. It's the bridge that connects students to their potential.” (Kohlbecker 2022). “Students