What we want to be
PartnersSI is a school improvement organization recognized in the field for excellence in developing powerful social justice leaders who get results and for providing a workplace where staff thrive. We are the organization of choice for the very best talent and the source of exceptional leaders prepared to lead dramatic improvement in student learning and school performance for PartnersSI and beyond.

Who we want to be
PartnersSI staff are a group of talented and diverse individuals with an unwavering commitment to achieving educational equity. We believe that educational equity is the pathway toward achieving greater social justice, fulfilling our democratic ideals, and dismantling wider systems of inequality. We are characterized by our results-oriented leadership, initiative and ingenuity, and desire to continuously learn and improve.

CORE VALUES

• OPTIMISM: We do not just hope, we know our work can and will make a positive change in the lives of children. We believe in a better world -- that is what drives our work and helps us persist through challenges.
  
  
• INTEGRITY: We believe that integrity is more than simple honesty. It involves keeping commitments, being sincere, being true in word and deed, and expecting the same of others. We hold ourselves to high standards, thoroughness and accuracy. We do what is right, even when no one is watching.
  
  
• MUTUAL RESPECT: We value and encourage the contributions of others. We expect all members of our organization to be cognizant of everyone's differences, thereby supporting diverse ways of being and ways of working.
  
  
• COMMITMENT: We believe that it is our responsibility to persevere to realize our mission. We pledge to work diligently, as individuals and in partnership with others, to achieve our goals.

1. To develop each PartnersSI staff member as a powerful leader and change agent in public education
   
   
2. To establish PartnersSI's reputation for excellence in developing extraordinary results-oriented leaders capable of affecting profound change in public education
   
   
3. To establish and fund a staffing model that enables sustainable and scalable organizational capacity positioning us to achieve our organizational objectives as well as maintain work/life balance
   
   
4. To establish a comprehensive staff system (including professional development, growth/promotion opportunities and compensation components among other essentials) that develops and retains top talent and produces extraordinary results-oriented leaders
   
   
5. To implement a systematized and robust recruiting process that authentically reflects the professionalism and values of PartnersSI enabling us to fill each position with outstanding candidates
   
   
6. To develop an abundant pipeline of candidates such that we are able to fill staff positions with highly qualified and diverse individuals in a timely manner
   
   
7. To provide a collaborative and challenging workplace that provides opportunities for growth and development through regular teamwork, initiative and ingenuity, mentorship and improvement that enable staff to thrive
   
   
8. To enable departing staff members to continue as leaders affecting profound change in public education, a career path which they may not have considered without their PartnersSI experience