Policy #1: Vision, Values and Mission
VISION
Every student will have the opportunity to experience the joy of learning in the Sunrise
School Division in order to be better prepared for the future, with the knowledge, skills
and values to achieve their own personal life goals.
Every student will have the opportunity to experience the joy of learning in the Sunrise
School Division in order to be better prepared for the future, with the knowledge, skills
and values to achieve their own personal life goals.
Vision Framework
This vision for the division is further supported by a Vision Framework. The framework
summarizes the key values of the Sunrise team, as well as descriptors of the future
reality. It includes a Purpose Statement which describes what staff will do to
make the vision a reality.
VALUES
- Every student will be provided with outstanding learning experiences and
opportunities that enable learners to be knowledgeable, respectful, responsible,
caring and productive, contributing citizens. - Every student will be engaged in an education focusing on literacy, numeracy,
relevancy and altruism. - Every student will be provided an education with experiences and opportunities that
will extend and enhance student learning and competencies in communication,
collaboration, creative problem-solving and critical thinking.
Purpose
The Sunrise School Division staff will provide nothing less than outstanding learning
experiences, one learner at a time.
The Sunrise School Division staff will provide nothing less than outstanding learning
experiences, one learner at a time.
MISSION
The Board of Trustees of Sunrise School Division will govern lawfully with an emphasis
on:
- outward vision rather than an internal preoccupation,
- encouragement of diversity in viewpoints,
- strategic leadership more than administrative detail,
- clear distinction of Board and Superintendent roles,
- collective rather than individual decisions,
- future rather than past or present; and
- being proactive rather than reactive.
Accordingly:
1. The Board will cultivate a sense of group responsibility. The Board, not the staff, will
be responsible for excellence in governing. The Board will be the initiator of policy,
not merely a reactor to staff initiatives. The Board will not use the expertise of
individual members to substitute for the judgment of the Board, although the expertise
of individual members may be used to enhance the understanding of the Board as a
body.
not merely a reactor to staff initiatives. The Board will not use the expertise of
individual members to substitute for the judgment of the Board, although the expertise
of individual members may be used to enhance the understanding of the Board as a
body.
2. The Board will direct, lead, monitor and inspire the organization through the careful
establishment of broad written policies reflecting the Board's values and perspectives.
The Board's major policy focus will be on the intended long term impacts outside the
staff organization, not on the administrative or programmatic means of attaining those
effects.
establishment of broad written policies reflecting the Board's values and perspectives.
The Board's major policy focus will be on the intended long term impacts outside the
staff organization, not on the administrative or programmatic means of attaining those
effects.
3. The Board will enforce upon itself whatever discipline is needed to govern with
excellence. Discipline will apply to matters such as attendance, preparation for
meetings, policymaking principles, respect of roles, and ensuring the continuance of
governance capability. Although the Board can change its governance process
policies at any time, it will observe them scrupulously while in force.
excellence. Discipline will apply to matters such as attendance, preparation for
meetings, policymaking principles, respect of roles, and ensuring the continuance of
governance capability. Although the Board can change its governance process
policies at any time, it will observe them scrupulously while in force.
4. Continual Board development will include orientation of new Board members in the
Board's governance process and periodic Board discussion of process improvement.
Board's governance process and periodic Board discussion of process improvement.
5. The Board will allow no trustee or committee to hinder or be an excuse for not fulfilling
its commitments.
its commitments.
6. The Board will monitor and discuss the Board's process and performance. Self-monitoring
will include comparison of Board activity and discipline to by-laws and policies in the
Governance Process and Board/Superintendent Relationship categories.
Reference:
Introduction
Policy 2 - Board Governance Model and Process
Policy 3 - Role of the Board
Policy 4 - Board Operational Goals
Policy 8 - Board Code of Conduct and Conflict of Interest
Policy 12 - Respect for Human Diversity
Date Adopted: February 2017
Date Amended: October 2019
Date Amended: October 2019