Notes+from+Dick+Werpy+Session+2


 * Drafts of Mission:**


 * 1) As a staff, provide a foundation of trust and respect, offering high high academic quality and CTE knowledge.
 * 2) Provide rigorous learning environment which fosters commitment to achieving short and long term academic and career goals
 * 3) Provide a trusting respectful achievement oriented community that prepares to students to:
 * achieve successful life-long learning


 * Develop meaningful relationships and meaningful learning environment to achieve college and career success


 * Cultivate relationships of all CEC to encourage trust


 * All students with rigorous safe and respectful learning environment

4.) Build a knowledge base that brings success, as defined by the student. 5.) Provide a rigorous learning environment where healthy relationships are encouraged through focus on preparation for future endeavors 6.) To encourage and assist CEC students to fulfill their professional standards (certification, licensure, pathway CE credits, etc.) 7.) CEC ‘s mission is to educate students so they can begin their college and career pathway through a rigorous supportive environment built on healthy relationships. 8.) CEC's Mission to create successful contributors to society 9.) CEC’s mission is to apply core teachings to career pathways 10.) Provide a variety of educational opportunities in a safe and challenging learning environment with high expectations


 * Themes**:
 * promote life-long learning, success for students, achievement, challenging work, obtain soft skills that help promote success, relationships (lots of different types including the ability to define a healthy relationship.),learning environment built on trust where we set rigorous levels of expectations, safe and secure environment

Dick Werpy: Develop purposeful relationships around the work (not just fun-centered relationships)

Helping kids develop knowledge base to give them success down the road.

Shouldn’t be a division between academics and CTE: both include academics.

CEC ‘s mission is to educate students so they can begin their college and career pathway through a rigorous supportive environment built on healthy relationships.

Does the mission create an image in your head? Does it //sound// like a CEC mission? Other side of the coin: does it //need// to be specific or can our mission read like that of any other well-run school?
 * Questions to consider while crafting:**What makes the mission specific to CEC?

Unique Aspects of CEC:

Focus on professionalism and workplace standards College campus presence Connections to marketplace through strong internship and practicum opportunities Focus on academic goals and standards, both in CTE and Core classes. A place where students can begin their path to college and career success Different tools for learning Success beyond school--success in life! Students apply core teaching to CTE A 21st Century Skills emphasis on communication and collaboration Show how core teaching connects to real world applications Students are choosing a small learning environment which is etter for relationship building. (By comparison, North has classes as large as 40 right now.) Cultivate relationships that encourage trust Learning is social. Opportunities to collaborate are abundant Relationships are central. Student to student, staff to student, staff to staff, etc. (Dick: FYI: 83% of job loss stems from relationship problems at work. Therefore strong relationship-building abilities can be perceived a workplace readiness skill.)

Here is the list of trusted colleagues who will meet with Dick Werpy again, distilling the comments down to a meaningful, memorable statement for review. Thanks for your dedication to this work. Art Jackie Ben Emily Bonnie Rick