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ONWARD WOODWARD: AN UNPARALLELED STUDENT EXPERIENCESTRATEGIC PLAN2022-2025
The 2022-2025 Strategic Plan will continue with our mission of being Atlanta at its very best.Mission Statement:• Woodward Academy is Atlanta at its very best. We intentionally bring together students from diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences, creating a richer learning community. Our graduates are caring and compassionate global citizens who are a microcosm of what the world should be.Vision Statement:• Woodward Academy will be the national model in college-preparatory education. Motto:• Excellence. Character. Opportunity.
The 2022-2025 Strategic Plan is based on extensive feedback and analysis. In May 2021, surveys were administered to the entire Woodward community, eliciting responses from 667 parents, 398 US students, 368 MS students, and 400+ employees. Seven Governing Board sub-committees were tasked with analyzing the data and developing specific recommendations in response.
The overarching theme of the 2022-2025 Strategic Plan is an Unparallelled Student Experience.We identified four goals to advance our mission and support this theme:1. Build a warm, welcoming, and engaged community, on and off-campus, based on mutual respect and care.2. Focus on positive student/ teacher relationships that enhance the student experience.3. Proactively foster, develop and support the social and emotional well-being of each member of the Woodward Academy community.4. Increase real-world applications in the curriculum and cocurricular activities.
Goal: CommunityRecommendations:● Continue to ensure that every member of our intentionally inclusive community is honored, valued, and respected.● Establish positions in each school to focus on an exceptional experience at each step of a family’s Woodward journey.● Expand the role of Parent Community to maximize opportunities for engagement for current, new, and prospective families.● Review student leadership and cocurricular opportunities to increase school-based and grade-based connections.● Make capital improvements that directly reflect our commitment to community, with priority given to a multi-use Student Commons and a Chapel Garden Pavillion.● Plan a year-long celebration for our Quasquicentennial (125th) anniversary during the 2024-2025 school year.
Goal: Student/Teacher RelationshipsRecommendations:● Continue to recruit and retain the highest quality leadership, faculty, and staff, who will be representative of our diverse student body.● Examine teacher compensation to ensure Woodward salaries are competitive and reflect performance.● Create structures of accountability by incorporating the student voice in faculty and class feedback.● Train all faculty and staff to provide an exceptional student and parent experience in an engaging, positive culture.● Provide clear and consistent access to and dissemination of information for students, parents, and teachers.
Goal: Social and Emotional Well-beingRecommendations:● Implement and communicate Academy-wide adoption of SAFE: Social/Emotional Assistance For Everyone. ● Establish Academy-wide well-being team of current faculty and staff members.● Conduct Academy-wide SEE (Social Emotional Ethical) learning routines.● Form partnership with a psychology group, available to students and employees.● Develop a more extensive new employee and new family orientation.
Goal: Real World ApplicationsRecommendations:● Develop and implement a “May-mester” program for grades 7-11. ● Gauge areas of interest for course/experience offerings in partnership with students, parents and alumni.● Explore ways to cover the financial costs of student trips and experiences.
ONWARD WOODWARD: AN UNPARALLELED STUDENT EXPERIENCESTRATEGIC PLAN2022-2025