WITS organizational values are the highest values that guide our organization’s actions.
WITS Value Statements
Community
- WITS is a movement of educators, volunteers and investors coming together to support a better
public education for every student. - WITS believes that pipelines of mentors, across all of its communities, set the right tone and
culture in our schools for all students to become literate. - WITS communities of teachers and volunteers model for students the life-enhancing benefits of
literacy and a passion for learning.
Empowerment
- WITS advocates for every CPS student to have access to the literacy resources necessary for academic and professional achievement.
- WITS teachers and volunteer mentors empower students to trust in education opportunities and the value it brings to their future.
- WITS builds teachers into literacy leaders and broadens the civic mindedness of volunteers.
- WITS believes in the power of mentors to build and strengthen communities. Volunteers mentor students. Volunteers mentor volunteers. Students mentor students.
Consistency
- WITS is 100% privately funded, and program delivery is not reliant on school or city budgets.
- WITS students out perform their peers in reading level growth year over year, driving students
- to grade-level proficiency.
- WITS fosters relationships between students and mentors to develop mindsets critical for positive youth development.
