Jan 20 2016

Ad hoc Committee Members—

Once again, thank you for your work on the SDA Vision, Mission, Values, and Beliefs. Overall, through the table discussions that ensued yesterday at the SDA Business Meeting, most of our proposals met with 100% approval!
Vision Statement: Empowering educators, Enhancing learning, Enriching the future (approved Jan 19 2016) Mission Statement: The mission of the Staff Development Affiliate (SDA) is to impact learning through collaboration, leadership, and professionalism. (approved Jan 19 2016) Values and Beliefs

• Collaboration – Collaboration through partnership instills cohesiveness and a sense of community within the affiliate.**
• Leadership – Leadership opportunities within the affiliate help empower and inspire members to build confidence and capacity. (approved Jan 19 2016)
• Professionalism – Professionalism, reflected in affiliate words and actions, strengthens integrity and trust. (approved Jan 19 2016)

**Google form feedback from the membership: 1) "partnership" is redundant with "collaboration", 2) "communication" is missing. With this in mind, I composed the following draft, which I ran past Rhonda this morning and she asked that I share with you:

• Collaboration – Collaboration promotes meaningful and purposeful communication within the affiliate, instilling cohesiveness and a sense of community.

Please reply all with your insights regarding this proposal statement. Feel free to offer counter-proposals. Once we're ready, we can forward a new belief statement related to "collaboration" to the strategists for future consideration by the membership.

Thank you,
Rhonda and Jeff