Adventures in Early Childhood Development

Posts tagged ‘vision’

Creating your mission statement…

  Last week we graduated a wonderfully competent group of youngsters and my commencement speech alluded to the school’s vision. Our school’s vision (aka ‘mission’), is “To provide quality education through innovative, exemplary methodology in a safe and nurturing environment, thereby enhancing our global community”.   The statement sums up what we wish to accomplish [...]

Teamwork

This week I had the good fortune to attend Art Basal in Miami Beach. My husband wanted to see a “Master Glass Gaffer” who’s Aunt he was familiar with. As we lined up along the sidewalk, our bodies were warmed by the 2000 degree furnaces blasting the molten glass into submission as we began to [...]

Talk About Great Things with Your Children….

  Every Wednesday and Saturday, I would strap my two children into our worn old Cutlass and head towards the beach. Paul was five and Jesse only two. I relished these trips to his violin lessons. There, they would be my captives, at my mercy. These drives would allow us uninterrupted time, where I would [...]

Leadership

  Every so often I get a call from a niece or nephew, looking for guidance in choosing the right preschool program for their child. I gather the necessary checklists and brochures and send them off. In my heart I have such an empty feeling, because I know that all the written material I can [...]

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