ABSTRACT

Shared visions emerge from personal visions. After analyzing the school data profile, clarifying where the learning organization is right now, and learning what is and is not working and why, it is important to study different approaches to improving results. A school defines its future through its mission, vision, goals, and student expectations. The school's vision, goals, and student expectations must reflect the core values and beliefs of the staff, merged from personal values and beliefs. A vision, which is clear and detailed, based on core values and beliefs and best practice research, with support structures gets implemented. With the comprehensive data analysis and the study of Best Practices complete, the actual visioning process should take less than one day, depending upon the size of staff and how much they have worked together in the past.