Mission: To increase student achievement as measured by Literacy Data.

To LEAD our professional community by:

• maintaining our personal commitment to literate lives
• sharing our passion and enthusiasm regarding literacy
• building interpersonal relationships

• encouraging a positive, rational approach to literacy expectations
• teaching and modeling best practices in literacy instruction
• affirming already skilled practitioners and encouraging the desire for growth

• collaborating with colleagues in reflective, purposeful literacy instruction
• sharing of expertise, examples, and resources

Vision: Our vision is that all students have a right to independent literacy and the power, joy, and freedom it can provide.