Assessing VIS Vision Statement

 

Vision International School - Vision Statement

VIS empowers passionate, lifelong learners, driven to positively impact the world.

Ranking:

Focused on Student Success: 8

Inspiring: 7

Aspirational: 9

Concise: 10

Memorable: 10

Clear: 7

Revised Vision:

VIS develops well rounded, confident and responsible individuals within an inclusive environment, who are empowered to positively impact the greater community. 

Justification:

I felt it was necessary to include specific terms that would determine student success (well-rounded, confident and responsible), this would be used when designing learning and the types of ways teachers assess students. Additionally, I felt it was necessary to include an aspect of diversity where the school creates a culture and environment for inclusivity within physical spaces as well as academically (i.e. no student left behind). I also wanted to be more intentional and realistic regarding the previous vision statement "positively impact the world", this seemed too broad. Alternatively, I rephrased and directed the statement to "positively impact the greater community", I feel that the revised statement is more realistic and easier to drive decisions. In this way, teachers and administrators would create opportunities for students to be present in their local communities and eventually broaden this to a more global goal. 

Overall, I believe that the vision needs to be something that any stakeholder can use as a direction both inside and outside the classroom. The revised statement I developed does achieve that to a better degree than the original.