Cornerstone Montessori Mission
Cornerstone Montessori School is committed to educate every student in its care by providing the skills, knowledge, and values necessary for individuals to be capable and concerned participants in society.
BELIEFS
Our belief statements articulate our system’s values. We believe that:
- Each individual is unique and has intrinsic worth;
- All people can learn;
- Learning is a lifelong activity;
- Nurturing and supportive relationships enhance personal growth;
- There are shared values which are the foundation of our community;
- Education is a shared responsibility involving a partnership of students, parents, staff and community;
- The foundations of learning are sensory skills and critical thinking;
- Education has a responsibility to set high expectations and to be accountable for the achievement of those expectations;
- Each individual is entitled to fair and equitable treatment;
- Education involves a variety of experiences to develop the total person,
PARAMETERS
Our parameter statements specify the limits within which we will pursue our mission. They are self-imposed boundaries for our system. We will not:
- Initiate any new programs which are not consistent with the school’s goals;
- Tolerate violence;
- Tolerate racism;
- Tolerate any barrier to fair and equitable treatment;
- Tolerate fiscal mismanagement;
- Ignore ineffective performance by employees.
GOALS
Our goal statements articulate our aspirations for our students. In a safe, secure and supportive environment, all our learners will:
- Develop the capability to adapt successfully to continuous change;
- Develop the capabilities for positive and effective human relationships;
- Demonstrate competency in sensory skills and critical thinking;
- Reach the learning outcomes identified for a graduate of each incremental level of learning.
STRATEGIES
Our strategy statements indicate Cornerstone Montessori School’s activity in support of our goals. We will:
- Ensure a safe, secure and supportive learning environment;
- Actively address inequities and barriers which prevent learners from reaching the prescribed learning outcomes;
- Align resources and organizational structures to attain our goals and eliminate activities and processes which are not so aligned;
- Develop specific plans to communicate with our staff, students, parents and community partners;
- Engage in continuous improvement based on information from systematic assessment, monitoring and analysis of our activities;
- Promote awareness, sensitivity and personal responsibility for social, economic and environmental concerns;
- Align our curriculum review, development and implementation activities, and staff development activities with our goals.
Download the Cornerstone Montessori School Mission Statement in PDF format.