Writing a Personal Mission Statement for Educators

 Objective:  To help teachers, administrators, and support staff reflect on their core values, standards, goals, and purpose in the field of education. 

A personal mission statement serves as a powerful tool for self-awareness, goal setting, and living a purposeful life. It provides a foundation upon which one can build and/or continue to build a meaningful  and fulfilling future as an educator. 

Below are two mission statements that I read every morning. Both mission statements act as reminders and focus my attention on what's important in my life, who I want to be, and what I want to focus on each day. I created two mission statements - one for my professional life and one for my personal life, and both serve me each and every day. Use the mission statements I have created as guides to create your own. 

Mr. Smith's Mission Statement

As a Teacher,

I will...Encourage my students to work towards being the best version of themselves, so that they can  strive and achieve their full potential.  

I will...Inspire change through my teaching, coaching, and leadership, in my classes, in the gym, on the fields, and throughout our school community.

I will...Give my time and provide opportunities to the students at SMS, so that the students I teach are provided the tools required to continue the Process and Journeys they are on, as they are on, as they work towards maturing into  confident and kind young adults.

I will...Work everyday to build and strengthen my relationship with each student. 

I will...Recognize, acknowledge, and celebrate my student's successes. 

I will...Teach every day with Energy and Enthusiasm, and I will be a Contributor towards the Culture      of our school. 

Personal Mission Statement

To become healthier... to find greater happiness, fulfillment, and value in my life, I will:

LEAD a life based on my Standards, Core Values, principles of integrity, commitment to excellence, love, and compassion for others.

REMEMBER what's important in life... my family, learning and growing every day, helping others become the best versions of themselves, strengthening my mindset - my mental fitness - my overall health and level of fitness - and overall wellbeing. 

REVERE admirable characteristics in others - such as hardworking, sticktoitiveness, resiliency, honour, compassion, tolerance, wisdom, and patience ... and work to instill similar characteristics in my own life. 

RECOGNIZE and develop my strengths as a person who is intelligent, hardworking, dedicated, committed, insightful, and driven to not only improve my life, but help to improve the lives of others. 

HUMBLE myself by acknowledging that I can be impatient, intolerant, unsociable, reactive, careless, about my health, and afraid to take risks ... and by constantly striving to transform my weaknesses into strengths. 

ENVISION myself becoming a person my family, friends, and colleagues see as a good Dad, a good husband, a good friend, and a good colleague, who is steadfast, loving, patient, caring, supportive, and available.