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Recommended books by Superintendent Matthews:

Opportunity Gap

• The Global Achievement Gap -Tony Wagner
• Leading for Equity - Stacey M. Childress, Denis P. Doyle & David A. Thomas
• Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard - Chip Heath & Dan Heath

21st Century Education

• The Flat World and Education - Linda Darling-Hammond
• Focus: Elevating the Essentials to Radically Improve Student Learning - Michael Schmoker

 

San Jose Unified Board of Education Adopts New Vision and Mission Statement

La Mesa Directiva del Distrito Escolar Unificado de San José adoptó una nueva declaración de su visión y misión

On September 1st the SJUSD Board of Education voted to adopt the new vision and mission statements for San Jose Unified School District.

Vision Statement: “All San Jose Unified School District students are inspired and prepared to succeed in a global society.”

Mission Statement: “San Jose Unified School District’s mission is to eliminate the opportunity gap and provide every student with the finest 21st century education.”

The Board of Education laid an excellent foundation for the future vision and mission of the District, the rationale for the change of the vision and mission statements were to:

Vision:

• Make the focus of the vision on students, not the district
• Make the outcome of our efforts to be students who are inspired and prepared for success
• Add the word “all” before students, emphasizing our achievement gap
• Change “global economy” to “global society” to ensure we can include responsible citizenship, 21st century skills and knowledge
• Drop the words “commits to”, since the focus is on students, not the district and “commit” is not as action oriented as “inspire” and “prepare”
• The statement is short and helps us visualize the student(s) of the future

Mission:

• Our number one imperative is to provide a quality education for each and every student and we have not yet been successful in closing the achievement gap between whites/Asians and Latinos. 
• We need to narrow our focus, take responsibility and finally commit to ensuring equity in opportunity and outcomes for all students.
• “The finest 21st century education” needs to be defined. We want it to lead us from “good” to “great.”  It needs to be inclusive of: safe environments, world-class skills, 21st century skills, responsible citizenship, and respect for self, others and the environment.
• The statement is short, easy to remember and focuses the work of our employees and district.

Everyone in our community will have the opportunity to “Get Involved” and be part of resetting the Strategic Plan through various focus groups, committee meetings, site meetings, and community meetings.  Continue to check the district website, as these meetings will be scheduled soon.  We want everyone’s input on what our students should be able to know and do as 21st century learners.