Over the past few years, we have been referring to our Mission and Values more frequently in conversations with staff, potential employees, families, and the community. The Mission Statement was wordy and cumbersome, not easily memorable and difficult for people whose first language was not English. We wanted the same message, but an easier delivery so we have chosen...
“We help people grow”.
There are some recommendations that say that values need to be actions rather than nouns to demonstrate how to show the values. Our former values were honesty, transparency, and integrity. After much discussion and analyzing what qualities were missing from employees who did not fit well, we came up with Respect, Honesty, and Integrity. To put those into action we say:
