Mission & Vision

Mission of the St. Clare Initiative for Leading and Learning:
The St. Clare Initiative for Leading and Learning is committed to ensuring high quality Catholic education across all schools in the Archdiocese of San Francisco through a commitment to robust, continuing professional programming to support remediation, formation and innovation for all teaching and leading professionals. Through careful stewardship, aggressive study and collaborative visioning, the St. Clare Initiative for Leading and Learning maintains a high moral minimum for the ministry of Catholic education in the Archdiocese of San Francisco.
 
Statement of Purpose, St. Clare Initiative for Leading and Learning:
The St. Clare Initiative for Leading and Learning is designed to provide professional education to school employees who serve in Catholic education in the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Focused on remediation, formation and innovation, the St. Clare Initiative for Leading and Learning is the Archdiocesan response to ensuring high quality Catholic education at all archdiocesan Catholic schools regardless of site demographics, teacher turnover and shifts in leadership.
 
Vision of the St. Clare Initiative for Leading and Learning:
The vision of the Department of Catholic Schools in the Archdiocese of San Francisco is that the St. Clare Initiative for Leading and Learning develop into the St. Clare Institute for Leading and Learning. This institute will be designed to provide exceptional professional development services to Catholic teachers and leaders across northern California, ensuring that California Catholic schools are positioned to thrive in the service and provision of robust and well-appointed formation programs for heart and mind.