Reciprocity – Everyone has something to offer and everyone has something to learn.
Respect – All people will be treated with dignity. All opinions will be heard and valued.
Relationship – At the heart of literacy learning are healthy relationships – with ourselves, with others, and with our world.
Sustainable – Every participant becomes a conduit of literacy learning for others, which is not only sustainable, but an exponential investment in future generations.
Community – Literacy learning flourishes in communities, rather than in isolated academic endeavors.
Our 5 Design Principles
Niteo launches all initiatives based on our organizational design principles.
Principle 1
NITEO is invested in fostering a reading culture. This culture is informed by its Literacy Manifesto (see When We Give Children Books).
Principle 2
NITEO’s reading culture embraces a broadened sense of literacy. Literacy, by definition, is how we survive and thrive in a changing world.
Principle 3
NITEO respects the worthiness of every child, family, and community and will hold space for personal and cultural actualization.
Principle 4
NITEO’s work rests in the development and maintenance of authentic relationships that are reciprocal and responsive, both locally and globally. There is no us / them.
Principle 5
NITEO values and embraces the UN Sustainable Development Goals. NITEO uses these goals to inform its activities, and it seeks partnerships with organizations / groups who embrace the goals within their work. Recognizing that the UN SDGs do not directly address indigenous rights or definitions of wellbeing, NITEO will strive to decolonize our work.