Mission+Statements

//What components are needed to create an effective mission statement?//

With your team, brainstorm a list of mission statement criteria. Communicate your thoughts and ideas through email, instant messages, synchronous chats, your team discussion forum, or using a Web 2.0 technology. Criteria: -Charrai's Criteria:

 Lisette's Criteria
 * 1) simple & clear
 * 2) inspire
 * 3) provide direction
 * 4) be measurable
 * 5) futuristic

1. Socially meaningful (moral/ethical position) 2. Support a set of values that set performance standards 3. Defines the organization 4. Positive

With your teammates, develop an evaluation tool in the form of a chart, graphic organizer, or rubric that helps evaluate a mission statement based on your identified criteria.

Once the evaluation tool is developed, **//each//** team member should use it to evaluate one school and one business mission statement from the **[|Sample Mission Statements].** You can choose which two statements you would like to review, but ideally there will not be duplicates with other team members.

 **Charrai's Selection: Baltimore County and Courtyard** Lisette's Selection: Howard County Public Schools and McDonalds Michelle's Selection - St. Mary's and Walmart Kathy's Selection: - Harford County and Eastman Kodak

Share the results of your mission statements evaluation with your team. The Reporter should be responsible for compiling results from all team members and posting them in some format (link to an online resource, Word document, etc.) in the team discussion forum in a new thread labeled, **Week 4: Team Mission Statement Evaluation.**

Individually, revisit the Week 4 thread at least once by the end of the week (or a few days into Week 5) to post your reflections about this activity, including what you’ve learned. Consider:
 * //The differences you see between the education and business mission statements.//
 * //What you have learned about the development of a mission statement and how this type of statement would support a school vision.//
 * //How you would evaluate your own school’s statement based on the criteria your team identified.//