KRB Strategic Plan - 2017-2019

STRATEGIC PLAN 2017 – 2019

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Why do Courage, Confidence and Compassion matter?

“We bring up the children for the future, not for the present, not that we may enjoy the fruit of our work, but for others, for God, for the Church, for their parents, for their home life. …therefore it is better to begin a great work than to finish a small one.”

Janet Erskine Stuart, RSCJ

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MISSION

LONG TERM VIABILITY

PERSONALISED LEARNING

KRB VISION To provide a world class Sacred Heart education for our students in our iconic location

QUALITY SACRED HEART EDUCATORS

WORLD CLASS CAMPUS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

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INSPIRING SACRED HEART STUDENTS

VALUES THE FIVE GOALS OF A SACRED HEART EDUCATION In support of our vision, our Sacred Heart Education is based on the following goals:

• A personal and active faith in God • A deep respect for intellectual values • The building of community as a Christian value • A social awareness which impels to action • Personal growth in an atmosphere of wise freedom.

Our School is a Catholic school and is part of the international Sacred Heart network of schools founded by St Madeleine Sophie Barat in France in 1800.

The School was founded in 1882 and we have a strong educational tradition that underpins the education we provide for our students today.

KRB is an ELC to 12 school with a co-educational Junior School and girls only 7 to 12 day and boarding school.

At Kincoppal – Rose Bay we are focused on the whole student – Our motto, Cor Unum, embodies educating both the Heart and Mind to develop each student’s integrity.

We prepare each student for the future by developing confidence, compassion, resilience and perseverance in an environment of faith, intellectual challenge, love, community, opportunity and personal growth.

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STRATEGIC PLAN 2017 – 2019 Vision To provide our students with a world class Sacred Heart education in our iconic location Mission Providing a Catholic education in the Sacred Heart tradition Goals

Strategies

• Build on the Catholic Sacred Heart heritage

• Ensuring and understanding the Catholic nature of the school • Ensuring an understanding of the Sacred Heart heritage

• Sacred Heart goals are integral to our School

• Encourage and celebrate the pursuit of the Sacred Heart goals within our community • Use of the Sacred Heart goals as a framework for decision making • Articulate, affirm and make visible the Sacred Heart goals • Reinforce the value of a Sacred Heart education to our community • Facilitate formation of staff as Sacred Heart educators • Enhance the visual prominence of the Sacred Heart Goals

• The faith and spirituality of our students is developed

• Facilitate the deepening of individual spirituality within a global context • Develop dynamic and relevant liturgy • Further develop interfaith dialogue

• Active engagement in the local and international Sacred Heart networks

• Facilitate engagement with local and international Sacred Heart networks

• Responsible stewardship of the Sacred Heart relationships, heritage, rituals and traditions

• Maintain the heritage, rituals and traditions of the Sacred Heart • Enhance and extend local and international Sacred Heart relationships

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• Demonstrate commitment to social justice

• Promote and enhance opportunities for engagement with social justice initiatives and programs

Personalised Learning Engaging every student to be the best they can be Goals

Strategies

• Balanced all-round education

• Maintain an appropriate breadth of curricular and cocurricular opportunities • Acknowledge and celebrate the diverse talents and achievements of our students • Track and monitor student participation

• High quality learning and teaching

• Maintain best practice learning and teaching for coeducation ELC-6 and girls 7-12 • Maintain commitment to evidence based practices • Utilise technology to enhance learning and teaching • Maintain an appropriate response to emerging educational agenda • Encourage and facilitate appropriate professional learning for our teaching staff • Enhance and develop collaborative expertise • Foster and enhance student engagement

• Academic excellence

• Achieve agreed academic benchmarks • Challenge and support each student to be the best they can be • Maintain best practice in academic care

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• Demonstrable personal growth and development of students

• Measure and analyse individual student performance to inform practice • Maintain effective and informed assessment and reporting • Refine and differentiate learning programs to meet individual student needs

Quality Sacred Heart Educators Attracting and developing Sacred Heart educators Goals

Strategies

• Strong commitment to our Mission and strategic vision

• Maintain an effective induction program • Ensure ongoing formation of staff • Foster commitment to the Mission and strategic vision of the school • Operationalise the Strategic Plan

• Educators as inspiring Sante Savantes (wise educators)

• Attract, retain and develop the best Sacred Heart educators • Maintain active engagement with the Mission of the School

• Individual commitment to ongoing professional development

• Facilitate effective and targeted staff professional development • Provide review and appraisal processes to support individual learning and growth • Foster a culture of mentoring and coaching

• Enhanced leadership capability

• Provide appropriate leadership development • Model effective leadership • Foster a collaborative leadership culture

• Active engagement with BoSTES, tertiary institutions and professional networks

• Leverage networks and develop partnerships with tertiary institutions • Foster involvement with external bodies and development of professional relationships

• Ability to attract the highest quality Sacred Heart educators

• Maintain a culture of care and wellbeing in the day school and boarding • Promote and provide effective career development opportunities • Maintain and develop effective attraction and retention strategies for staff

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Inspiring Sacred Heart Students Developing well-rounded Sacred Heart students who will make a difference to their world Goals

Strategies

• Development of students who are: • Engaged with and committed to the five Sacred Heart goals

• Ensure an understanding of the goals • Maintain prominence of the goals throughout the school • Affirm and celebrate achievements and behaviour consistent with the goals

• Responsible and autonomous learners

• Promote a culture and environment conducive to autonomous learning

• Confident, compassionate, resilient and persistent

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Cultivate a growth mindset Provide challenging opportunities for student growth Provide leadership development opportunities Affirm and celebrate desired qualities of Sacred Heart students

• Globally engaged and culturally competent

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Maintain global exchanges and experiences Maintain commitment to international students Maintain relationships within Sacred Heart network Develop relationships with other international schools

• Actively engaged in co-curricular opportunities

• Maintain an accessible and attractive co-curricular program • Affirm participation and celebrate achievement

• Well prepared for transition to post-secondary/ tertiary environment

• Develop and implement a strategic approach for supporting transition to post secondary/tertiary environment

• Provision of outstanding academic care

• Maintain commitment to best practice in academic care through our positive education framework • Ensure each student is known well • Cultivate trusting and respectful relationships and foster a culture of wellbeing in the day school and boarding

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Community Engagement Caring for our community Goals

Strategies

We are committed to: • Strong Community relationships

• Facilitate early and ongoing parental engagement and participation • Celebrate student achievement • Celebrate and engage with our KRB community

• Collaboration among parents, students and teachers

• Provide opportunities for engagement and feedback

• Effective communication with our community

• Implement an effective communication framework • Cultivating a culture of frequent, proactive communication • Effectively communicate the opportunities and services associated with the KRB experience

• Service excellence

• Develop an outstanding personalised service culture • Maintain a commitment to exceeding customer expectations (going the extra mile) • Maintain responsiveness to customer feedback • Continue to regularly survey parents

• Being responsive to family needs

• Actively research opportunities to support families • Maintain a commitment to a transparent fee structure • Demonstrate and communicate KRB’s commitment to value‑for‑money

• Engagement with alumnae and past parents both locally and internationally

• Continue to provide opportunities to engage with alumnae and past parents both locally and internationally • Identify new opportunities to engage alumnae and past parents

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Long Term Viability Ensuring a sustainable future for KRB as The School of Choice Goals

Strategies

• Maintenance of enrolment levels and diversity

• Ensure effective communication and marketing of our value proposition • Enhance our reputation as a world class Sacred Heart School • Promote the uniqueness and value of the KRB experience • Increase the number of students with Bursary support

• Maintenance of sound financial position

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Maintain prudent financial management Ensure budget outcomes are consistently achieved Maintain productive use of KRB resources Active fundraising for capital development projects

• Effective reputation management

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Promote our all-round education philosophy Promote the achievements of our community Foster goodwill within and beyond our community Maintain an effective social media strategy

• Strategic use of Campus

• Promote our iconic location, historic campus, outstanding facilities and attractive boarding • Ensure effective and innovative utilisation of our campus

• Ongoing Compliance and Risk mitigation

• Maintain awareness and ensure compliance with our legal obligations • Identify, manage and mitigate key risks • Maintain a culture of good Governance

• Extension of Scholarship and Bursary programs

• Cultivate a culture of reciprocity

• Extending student and staff accessibility to the Campus

• Explore alternative ways for students and staff to access the Campus • Extend the bus program

World Class Campus Maintaining and developing facilities that support a world class Sacred Heart education Goals

Strategies

• Outstanding and contemporary facilities that meet current and future needs

• Maintain effective Master-planning to ensure sustainable and fit for purpose infrastructure • Enhance awareness of the current masterplan • Provide excellent facilities through ongoing, sustainable infrastructure development • Ensure effective fundraising for Capital projects

• Appealing and contemporary Boarding facilities

• Provide excellent Boarding facilities

• Stewardship and conservation of historic buildings and site

• Develop and implement the KRB heritage plan

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