Today at the annual American Montessori Conference, Mitchel Adler, the keynote speaker, challenged everyone in the audience to write a personal mission statement.
Inspired, I drafted my own Mission Statement:
I aspire to be the kind of person
who never stops learning. Learning to me means I read lots to understand how
best to live in the world. Learning to me means I write lots knowing that by
writing, I come to understand my world and then by more writing, I can change
my world. Learning to me means I reflect often by asking lots of questions
about what is working and what could be better and then taking the steps toward
the better.
What would YOUR MISSION STATEMENT BE?
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These questions and stems helped me to get started:
* Who do I want to be?
*Why do I want to be that way?
* I aspire to be...
* I wish to cultivate...
Yes, it's about that desire to never stop learning, isn't it? That's what keeps us fresh and looking forward in out teaching lives.
ReplyDeleteAnd being at TC this coming Saturday to learn all day!
DeleteYes, it's about that desire to never stop learning, isn't it? That's what keeps us fresh and looking forward in out teaching lives.
ReplyDeleteSally, this is awesome! I'm so glad you wrote a personal mission statement! It has inspired me to revisit mine and finish it. Your mission statement comes across as honest and reflective and true to you. I love that your passion for reading and writing is the foundation of your mission statement. I hope your post and guiding questions encourage more to write. These past few days I've been more reflective and thinking about whether or not I'm living according to my mission statement. Wouldn't it be great if we all lived a little bit more reflectively and aspired regularly to live according to our values and beliefs!
ReplyDeleteTruly great. And I think a great first step is to name it! Thanks for the inspiration (via your conference presenter) to take the time to name it!
DeleteYou've given me inspiration to write my own. Always learning...it keeps us growing, doesn't it?
ReplyDeleteI'm going to do it too- just have to think on it a bit, first.
ReplyDeleteYou are right- writing changes the world.
I'm going to do it too- just have to think on it a bit, first.
ReplyDeleteYou are right- writing changes the world.