Suggested implementation steps:• Research and develop active learning programs that promote collaboration and a dynamic

learning environment.

• Spearhead an ongoing active learning studio science coalition with our university partnersand committed secondary schools across the country.

• Partner with the nation’s top universities to develop a Windward writing and rhetoric programthat dovetails with best practices at the university level.

• Seek additional relationships with universities and college preparatory schools to developcutting edge programs designed to meet the exciting new opportunities and challenges ofeducation in the 21st century.

Program and Faculty ThemeWindward School seeks to embrace andbroaden the present environment thatencourages teachers to collaborate, thinkcreatively, and design programs that teachour students to be adaptive, creative, andself-motivated individuals.

Goal 1:Review the curriculum and adapt our programs as needed to prepareour students to be successful and productive students and membersof the 21st century community.

Educational Program

Program and Faculty Theme

Goal 2:Coordinate and refine the school’s student services programs to help studentsto become well balanced young adults who engage actively in the life of theschool and are supported in their efforts to reach their full potential.

Student Services

Suggested implementation steps:• Integrate the college counseling process with the other counseling programs, including

academic advisors, student advisory, community service, parent-related programs, and otherco-curricular activities.

• Research and promote effective strategies for teachers, parents, administrators, counselorsand parents to work together to inspire our students to be responsible, caring, well-informed,ethical, prepared, and well-balanced young adults.

• Evaluate new ways to provide leadership opportunities for our students.

• Faculty, administrators and student leaders should work together to maintain and develop aschool culture that places the highest value on academic honesty and ethical behavior.

Suggested implementation steps:• Build upon the effective faculty mentoring program.

• Evaluate and refine the Meaningful Faculty Evaluation program.

• Develop an ongoing outreach and networking effort to identify top level candidates for futureopenings and collaborative partnerships.

• Allocate sufficient resources to assure competitive compensation that matches our highexpectations for performance and professional growth.

Program and Faculty Theme

Goal 3:Recruit and retain excellent teachers, administrators, and staff whoembrace the core values of the school, and ensure that they aresupported in their professional growth.

Faculty, Administration,and Staff

Suggested implementation steps:• Effectively communicate the qualities that make Windward a premier college preparatory

school that provides dynamic programs in a nurturing, inclusive community.

• Strengthen bonds between Windward and the university community through ongoing dialog,outreach and educational partnerships.

• Collaborate with other premier college preparatory schools across the country and throughoutthe world to develop signature, forward thinking programs.

Community ThemeWindward School is a vibrant, dynamic communitythat has much to contribute to the world at large.We seek to clarify and define Windward’s uniquecharacter and strengths, and communicate thosestrengths to the wider community. At the same timethat we look outward, we bring the best of the globalcommunity to Windward.

Goal 4:Define our strengths and convey them to the local community, tofeeder schools, to other local schools, to universities, and to thewider community.

Collaboration and Outreach

Community Theme

Goal 5:Prepare our students for effective participation in the 21st century globalcommunity through increased exposure to other cultures and communities, andmake certain that Windward continues to be a welcoming, inclusive community.

Inclusive Communityand Global Citizenship

Suggested implementation steps:• Promote economic diversity in our student body through a strong financial aid program,

made possible by ongoing Annual Fund and endowment support.

• Expand the curriculum to develop multi-cultural understanding.

• Expand opportunities for students to interact with students and faculty from differentbackgrounds in our local community and across the globe.

• Evaluate ways to increase cross-curricular programs.

Community Theme

Goal 6:Develop an alumni program that strengthens the relationships withinthe alumni community and between the alumni and the school.

Alumni Community

Suggested implementation steps:• Develop an active alumni council that teams with the Windward Alumni Coordinator to

strengthen the relationships within the alumni community and between the alumni andthe school.

• Provide opportunities for alumni to mentor fellow alumni and Windward students.

• Refine and develop Windward’s communications program with alumni.

Suggested implementation steps:• Complete our current capital campaign.

• Steadily build the Windward Endowment to support the school’s strategic goals.

Windward’s 40th Anniversary ThemeAs we celebrate the school’s 40th anniversary,Windward is a thriving institution that providesa dynamic educational program in its nurturingand inclusive community.

Goal 7:Provide financial resources for the futuredevelopment and continued success of the school.

Building the WindwardEndowment

Suggested implementation steps:• Develop new opportunities for parents, grandparents, alumni, and other community members

to mentor and support Windward students and each other.

• Establish additional ways for parents, grandparents, and alumni to be active members of theschool community.

• Promote and expand a culture of giving in which all community members provide philanthropicsupport for the school and its strategic goals.

• Create an ongoing major gifts committee.

Goal 8:Work with all members of the Windward Community to further developa strong culture of giving.

Windward’s 40th Anniversary Theme

Creating aCulture of Giving