Prompt: Investigate your district’s mission statement and policies around technology and 21st century learning? What is it? It’s an all-encompassing or does it need a gentle nudge from you? Analyze and comment.
Response: SPSV Mission Statement- St. Patrick-St. Vincent Catholic High School, a Catholic college preparatory high school of the Diocese of Sacramento, challenges our diverse student population to seek truth as creative, complex thinkers and to be responsible citizens and compassionate individuals who share their gifts with others. I inserted the mission statement of the specific high school that I work at because we are not in a "school district". We are part of the Diocese of Sacramento. The Diocese is not specific to education so their mission statement is more of a broad statement regarding the community they oversee. First, I would like to say that I do enjoy the fact that SPSV identifies "responsible citizens" and "compassionate individuals" as major goals. I think academic rigor is sometimes the only focus, and the other soft skills are put on the back burner. I think that identifying compassion and community as key skills in something as important as a mission statement is a step in the right direction. In general, the promotion of creativity and complex thinking is great. It is pretty general, but touches the surface of what is needed in the realm of 21st century skills. That being said, over the last few years that I have worked at SPSV, they have spent an immense amount of time and effort developing their use of tech and implementing courses that are a direct result of that development. With so many resources being allocated to they new tools and courses, I think that it is impactful enough to be mentioned in the mission statement. The ability for our students to explore varying technologies and grow in digital literacy has been given top priority. Enough so that I think it has become part of the mission that this school is trying to accomplish.
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3/22/2022 05:58:20 pm
Hi Grace
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3/23/2022 02:26:59 pm
Hi Grace,
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Eric W.
3/23/2022 09:52:53 pm
Beyond the vagaries, I really like the fact that your organization's mission statement focuses so much on the type of human they want to nurture. It's something I hadn't really thought of, but I like that a lot more than the usual "lifelong learner" phrase. I think that type of mission statement puts them in a good position to be agile and proactive about exactly HOW they go about that mission.
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