Together Towards 2025 Ensemble Vers 2025
STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS
To the Ashbury Community,
Building on the pillars of the 2014–2019 strategic plan, we are excited to chart new directions for our next half-decade. Blending tradition and innovation, Together Towards 2025—Ensemble Vers 2025 seeks to harness Ashbury’s rich heritage and inspiring teachers within a global educational context. With teaching and learning as our central purpose, a whole-student approach is a cornerstone to the Ashbury experience where partnerships for learning build on our community and stakeholder connections.
Following an inclusive process, students, faculty and staff, current and past parents, alumni and community members have all given voice to our new direction. The Ashbury of today is a unique blend of day students from across the Ottawa-Gatineau region, diplomatic missions to Canada’s capital and boarding students from around the world. As such, a renewed level of programming positions students
within our global and pluralistic framework where each can grow, prepare for university studies and contribute to their communities.
Access to the Ashbury experience is opened through an enhanced financial assistance program making our community even stronger and more inclusive. Our strategic directions steward and invest in our resources, ensuring the legacy of those who have built the school to where it stands today continues into the future. Above all, the strength of one’s character is a hallmark for each student who passes through our doors, giving guidance and direction to proceed into the future with Honesty, Courage and Kindness – Probitas, Virtus, Comitas.
Together Towards 2025—Ensemble Vers 2025
Norman Southward Head of School–Directeur
TEACHING & LEARNING
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Strategic Directions
STEWARDSHIP & SUSTAINABILITY
GUIDING STATEMENTS
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WHOLE SCHOOL LEARNING & WELLNESS
ACCESS & INCLUSION
STAKEHOLDERS & COMMUNITY
Our Motto: Probitas, Virtus, Comitas – Honesty, Courage and Kindness
Our Mission is to inspire students in a dynamic learning environment as intellectually curious, compassionate and responsible global citizens.
Our Vision is to offer the highest standards in teaching and learning and to prepare students for a life of integrity, enrichment and contribution to a changing world.
Our Values include Academic Excellence, Personal Growth, Character Development, International Engagement and Community.
Highest Standards In Teaching and Learning
STRATEGIC PRIORITIES:
Inspire and challenge students with authentic learning experiences and outstanding and supportive teachers in preparation for university studies.
Lead in approaches to TEACHING AND LEARNING (ATL), while blending Ministry, IB and international curricula
Ensure broad-based and flexible academic programs OPEN DOORS to a variety of university pathways through the ASHBURY DIPLOMA
Develop a framework for GLOBAL EDUCATION with consideration given to the UN Sustainability goals and indigenous education
Leverage the CENTRE FOR SCIENCE & INNOVATION as a school-wide resource in a variety of subject disciplines.
ADVANCE interdisciplinary and project-based learning opportunities in both Junior and Senior Schools.
Develop FUTURE-READY competencies in students, while emphasizing literacy and numeracy.
Reinforce our BILINGUAL PROGRAMS and consider additional language offerings .
DEVELOP the appropriate place of technology and e-learning in teaching, learning and school life.
Offer SUMMER PROGRAMMING options complementary to the academic program.
Whole Student Development and Wellness
STRATEGIC PRIORITIES:
Develop experiences, competencies and skills that promote students’ strength of character and physical and social-emotional wellness in a supportive campus community.
Ensure student support systems and programs promote WELLNESS, RESPECT and RESILIENCE
Support students in their PERSONAL GROWTH with an ongoing focus on university and career guidance
Promote SPORT, OUTDOOR PURSUITS and the ARTS through a range co-curricular offerings, including Round Square, IB CAS, and Duke of Edinburgh programs
Cultivate service-learning opportunities for students LOCALLY, NATIONALLY and GLOBALLY.
Develop a vision for the chapel program as a centre of community and INTER-FAITH UNDERSTANDING.
Leverage advisor, form room and boarding programs for STUDENT GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT.
Access and Inclusion In Our Pluralistic Community
STRATEGIC PRIORITIES:
Extend our commitment to access through financial assistance (FA) and foster an inclusive school community that embraces pluralism.
Foster an INCLUSIVE SCHOOL COMMUNITY that builds on the strengths of our diversity.
Promote the FA PROGRAM and objectives to the community and Ashbury’s stakeholders.
Ensure endowment growth supports the College’s financial assistance goals to SUPPORT STUDENTS on meaningful financial assistance.
Continue to attract students, REGARDLESS OF MEANS, to elevate the Ashbury experience for all.
Stakeholder and Community Engagement
STRATEGIC PRIORITIES:
Expand the Ashbury network for students, alumni and the greater community.
Extend our PARTNERSHIPS FOR LEARNING within the National Capital Region and our international networks.
Foster a continued spirit of outreach within the COMMUNITY AT LARGE
Advance INTERNSHIP AND VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES for students that build on our alumni, parent and partner networks.
Develop the continuum of the ASHBURY EXPERIENCE and enhance alumni engagement programs.
Celebrate our HERITAGE while recognizing alumni accomplishments and contributions to society.
Resource Stewardship For Long-Term Sustainability
STRATEGIC PRIORITIES:
Ensure our resources are managed, maintained and developed for the future.
Ensure top talent recruitment, diversity, retention, and performance as central to ALL LEVELS OF HR development and governance.
Regularly REVIEW AND UPDATE Admissions, Development and Communications strategies.
Prioritize the OPTIMAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT and the preservation of green spaces and heritage areas through a detailed campus master plan
Manage and mitigate enterprise risks in ALL ASPECTS OF OPERATIONS.
Develop a campus and program-wide ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP PLAN.
Maintain HIGH-QUALITY FACILITIES and optimal class sizes.
Extend our FOCUS ON SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT and horizon issues through member organizations and research.
Ensure CONTINUED FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP and long-range planning around the school’s not-for-profit operations.