District Core Values

In How to Bring Vision to School Improvement, authors Jon Saphier and John D'Auria explain that "the collective power of a school facility united behind a few important, commonly prized outcomes for students is virtually unlimited." They continue that it is in those families of our communities that are united around a few core values that "we see performance from almost all the children consistent with those values." Thus, Nome Public Schools along with representative parents, community organizations, businesses and most importantly students, are forging an alliance to create a more deliberate and powerful environment for young people.

A core value is a central belief deeply understood and shared by every member of an organization. Core values guide the actions of everyone in the organization; they focus its energy and are the anchor point for all its plans. An organization has a core value if there is evidence of it everywhere such that:

• it permeates the institution,
• it drives the decisions,
• it elicits strong reactions when it is violated, and
• it's the very last thing you'll give up.

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