A mission is the special purpose established for a school. A mission is the shared vision of people in the school about what their ultimate purpose really is. To be effective the vision must be shared among teachers, administrators, board members, students and parents. It is something to which everyone is committed. With this commitment the mission statement become a powerful tool in planning, decision making, and evaluating.
Mission statements differ from philosophy statements, goal statements or the lists of objectives.
The school's educational philosophy tells what the people in the school believe about students, society, and how education is to affect the students. A mission statement uses these beliefs to establish an overall purpose for the school. Mission statements differ from goal statements because goals set rather specific directions. . On the other hand objectives are how we plan to accomplish goals. Displaying the mission statement wherever possible keeps the commitment in focus at all times.