The following is a piece written by Josh Bell, president of Beemok Education and board member of Meeting Street Schools.
As Meeting Street Schools embarks on a new school year, we’re also entering a new era in which we are more focused and intentional about why we exist.
To mark this shift, we’ve refreshed our mission statement and values to clearly reflect who we are and what matters most.
An organization’s mission statement should define its purpose for existing. Our new mission statement is: “Empowering children with the excellent, life-changing education they deserve.”
We commit to providing an exceptional education that allows students to pursue a meaningful range of opportunities in their lives. We are enhancing the trajectory of students’ lives and demonstrating that every student can achieve excellence.
Our values are our guiding principles and priorities. They should define who we are when we’re at our best. Those are:
- Exceptional teaching: We believe excellent teachers are the key to unlocking students’ potential. We are committed to identifying, supporting, and empowering outstanding educators who hold themselves accountable to create transformative learning experiences.
- Life-changing student achievement: Our driving focus is to provide an excellent education that builds optimism about the limitless opportunity in our country. We strive to achieve dramatic academic gains and instill the beliefs and resilient habits in students that will allow them to transform their lives.
- Innovation and growth mindset: We embrace an entrepreneurial, innovative spirit and growth mindset. We constantly challenge ourselves to get better, take calculated risks, and evolve our approach to change the status quo. We are humble, because we believe there is always room for improvement in our pursuit of educational excellence.
- Gratitude and responsibility: We appreciate the incredible purpose in our work. We recognize the responsibility of being entrusted by families with the education of their children. We hold a high bar for ourselves and expect the same responsibility from others.
We look forward to embracing our new mission and values and seeing what we can accomplish together.
