Westminster SchoolLeadership Team

2016-2017 Goals

President’s Goals 2016-17

I. Strategic Initiatives

- building the foundation for a successful capital campaign

- implementing first phase of new student support system

- developing data management systems and organizational structures

President’s Goals 2016-17

II. Leadership Development

- new Upper School Head

- Business Office personnel transitions

- professional development retreats for the Leadership Team

President’s Goals 2016-17

III. Successful completion of Westminster’s re-accreditation process

IV. Outreach

V. JanTerm course

Thad

• Improve the Employment Ecosystem

• Grow Adult Learning and Leadership

WhitGoal 1- Create the structures and pathways that allow for true trans-disciplinary learning (not isolated to a specific faculty member or group of teachers, not serendipitous, not a major culminating event– part of the LS fabric)

Goal 2- Developing a stronger leadership team who better understands and implements best practice as it relates to the art and science of leadership

Goal 3- Develop better skills personally around coherent leadership– figuring out the right drivers and frameworks for more action-oriented leadership (preventing: initiative overload, fragmentation, splintered acts, reactive decisions, etc.)

Potential (Collective) Senior Leadership Goals to tackle: Student support & cultural competence??

“To succeed, fly like a bumblebee…”

Marjorie• Complete and adopt a team developed

Strategic Enrollment Plan with buy in from stakeholders

• Streamline Office Organization and Increase Productivity

• Increase my leadership and managerial skills so I can better lead the teams of people involved in the enrollment management functions.

TD Goals2016-17

1.Student Support - Mental Health/Sports Psychology, Diversity Initiative, Sports Medicine Space Partnerships

2.Teacher Coach Model - Professional Development and Retention Model

3.College Counseling - Information Dissemination, Parent Partner Program, Coach Education

4.Budgeting Process - Inequities, Inefficiencies

DANETTE’S GOAL IDEAS• Build leadership capacity - inspire/ facilitate

vertical development for leaders in the MS division

• Build my own capacity to build capacity (requires both vertical and horizontal development)

• Develop and support the structures for high quality cross-disciplinary collaboration - both academic and social-emotional.

• Continue work on Student Support Services

Goals Trask 2016/20171.Faculty Engagement & Capacity Building

I.Deepen the level of personal connection and commitment each faculty member feels toward the school and its mission – clarity of roles and expectations; leadership development of various teams; identify/support high potentials

II.Investigate/experiment with structures to support cross curricular and cross divisional collaboration

2. Student Support Examine current systems for student support with an eye to

building greater class cohesion, a more personalized knowledge of each child and, ultimately, better service for each student.

3. Outreach I. Getting to know the community- faculty, students, parents, alums

II. STEAM PLC/JanTERM

Glaude’s GoalsDeveloping data management systems & business intelligence

structures

IT Services personnel transitions, mid-level staff development

Digital tools and resources refresh including 1:1 program, SIS,

Website

Programmatic growth across Intern program, coding, & design

thinking

Goals FY17 Ops Team Team - Will be ‘wildly successful’ when operations are executing at a high level, and talent and resources can be identified for trade-offs

Goal for Wendy: aid transition of a leadership team that will enhance Westminster’s strategic position.

HR - Maximize human capital recruitment and management to employ leaders/influencers.

Facilities – Manage teams to protect and renew campus

Enterprise Services & Programs - Evaluate based on ability to ‘amplify and fit’ school’s ‘brand.

Finance - Dashboard accurate timely info. for decision-making.

Special Projects - Identify resources that can be reallocated; educate school constituencies of responsibility for accurate and immediate collection of data.

Emilie’s Goals• Complete campaign preparation

activities for successful advance phase launch

• Implement the refreshed Westminster brand utilizing innovative storytelling and enhanced systems to align communications across campus

• Develop a diverse network of deep relationships

• Build a high performing team

Bob Ryshke

• Collaborate with Jim to successfully complete the SAIS accreditation process this year.

• Collaborate with Leadership Team members to “push out” a leadership curriculum to our faculty and staff.

• Network with Westminster (& Drew) academic leaders to effectively implement CFT programs that are central to L4L, the school’s vision and mission, and our funders.

• Partner with Westminster (& Drew) faculty to assist or facilitate in the development of best teaching practices.

Scoot’s 16-17 GOALS• Find light in each student

and help that light shine• Continue to create an

insurmountable competitive advantage and an atmosphere of “wholesome intensity”

• Stay focused on the present but, at the same time, get prepared for a new transition in my life

Jim• 1. Support the ramp up Student Support

• 2. Learn & Celebrate the Lower and Middle experience

• 3. Herd the Stray Cats of Civic Engagement and STEAM

• 4. Use data to understand the similarities, differences and possibilities of greater alignment