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Question

1. Does your school have an explicit mission or vision statement? If so, to what extent does your mission statement describe the desired results of schooling (learner outcomes) as opposed to what the school will provide (inputs)?

2. Does the current mission statement need to be updated or revised? What are some examples of how the school mission statement should be revised?

3. To what extent do staff, students, and parents know and agree with the school mission? How might you better publicize the mission for various constituencies?

4. What does the district school mission statement suggest that students will know and be able to do upon existing the system? What implications does this have for curriculum development?

5. Is the school vision or mission statement consistent with the district's mission statement? Why or why not?

6. To what extent does your current curriculum "spiral" around a set of important ideas and essential questions in the various disciplines?

7. What types of cornerstone assessments are needed to provide evidence of learners achieving our mission, program goals, and standards?

8. To what extent do teachers use diagnostic (pre-) and formative (ongoing) assessments to inform needed instructional improvements? Are these assessments provided within our curriculum?