Well, the final assignment - the 3 year vision statement is in and now the wait begins for the mark
This assignment was one of the most rewarding so far, especially when approaching from a real-life perspective of our current library. Many of the comments on the forum, echo this as well.
Initially, the assignment seemed overwhelming and the only difficult part, really was in the setting out.
There are plenty of ideas to try to instigate to improve our library service and it was immensely beneficial on focussing on the implementation of the new Australian Curriculum. Needing to understand what is on the horizon was extremely helpful in terms of the work I actually do each day, as we build towards resourcing these new innovations adequately.
I really hope that we can try out some of my suggestions in the mission statement, because they were all based on professional reading as well as suggestions from our school principal. I have learnt so much in this course and this assignment really helped consolidate all the ideas and theories that I have learnt about in the past few years.
I am including the reference list from my assignment because I believe that they can continue to be of benefit, should I ever have to present a 3-year vision to our principal.
References
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St Philip’s Christian College, (2012). About us: our vision. Retrieved from
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