Ever Onward
A 5-year Strategic Plan for Trinity Episcopal School 2023–2028 Trinity Episcopal School’s culture of a community that accepts and respects each individual and supports students as they discover their unique paths distinguishes it from its competition. Our academics combined with high participation rates in the IB diploma programme and AP program, athletics, the arts and other co-curricular activities create a vibrant and engaged community of learners. This strategic plan supports and strengthens our commitment to that culture, including continuing our work on diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging which is woven throughout the plan. Our mission and philosophy remain unchanged. The plan’s five goals focus on: ●1. ●2. ●3. ●4. ●5.
Maintaining academic excellence in a rapidly changing educational environment Developing skills that help students navigate complex situations Strengthening parent partnerships so we can work together to help each student thrive Maintaining and enhancing our campus and facilities Being good stewards of our financial and human resources
A 5-year Strategic Plan for Trinity Episcopal School
2023-2028 Priorities and Goals:
I Excellence in Teaching and Learning We are in a time of rapid change in approaches to education. We are now looking forward with some combination of excitement and caution at increasingly sophisticated technology. We cannot avoid it; we must figure out how to use it to provide an even better education for our students. We must continue to enhance our adaptability to be prepared for ever-changing educational and global perspectives. We are fortunate to have an excellent faculty and staff. We recognize that we must be prepared to support new faculty as well as our tenured faculty, and we must provide a sense of belonging to them just as we strive to do for our students. Retention will be key in a world where shortages of educators may be more common. Trinity’s values and culture remain at the center of our community as we integrate ways to support continuous change and improvement around teaching approaches for all faculty and staff. We also recognize that we need to adapt to a shift in personal preferences in the workplace and support those to the extent we are able.
GOAL: Develop faculty and staff who can help Trinity evolve our approach to teaching as we encounter rapid changes in technology, competition, and holistic factors in students’ lives. 1.
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Attract and retain a diverse faculty and staff who are committed to supporting Trinity’s values and standards of teaching. Support faculty and staff as professionals. Evolve Trinity’s resources and teaching to address new benefits and challenges provided by technology. Utilize the IB World School diploma programme as a resource to advance educational excellence in all courses. Use co-curricular activities to support Trinity’s core values and educational goals. Highlight Trinity’s educational value proposition externally and internally.
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Navigating Complexities
Parent Partnerships
Our world – local, national, and global – is increasingly more complex and ever-changing. We are preparing students for jobs that have not been imagined yet. In every aspect of life, there is more that needs to be done than there is time to do it. As our students enter this world, we want to prepare them for not only college, but also a fulfilling life of meaning and purpose. In partnership with their parents, we must look for ways to help students strengthen their own well being — by becoming confident in who they are and in their ability to make decisions for themselves while also developing strong interpersonal skills that lead to a network of supportive relationships.
Parenting today is more complex than ever before. In addition to academics, families rely on Trinity to provide safe spaces, develop interpersonal skills, and support physical and mental wellbeing for students. These are important issues that are addressed best through a close partnership between families and the school. We will work on both a systems level and a personal level to develop partnerships built on trust and two-way communications to support each student.
GOAL: Guide students to explore and understand who they are, how to make purposeful decisions, and how to develop strong relationships. 1. 2. 3.
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GOAL: Strengthen our partnerships with parents to provide the shared support that students need to thrive. 1. 2. 3.
Improve our communications with parents/caretakers. Develop deeper relationships with and among parents. Continue parent education through Parent Pathways.
Develop and formalize the concepts that are foundations of this goal. Engage the Trinity community in developing and owning efforts to develop this area. Build on the IB Program and current resource classes to provide opportunities for students to learn and practice skills that lead to good decision-making, interpersonal skills, and independence. Provide tools to faculty and staff to support Navigating Complexities.
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Campus and Facilities
Trinity Stewardship
Trinity’s campus is beautiful and compact. Our fields are on campus enabling efficient transitions for students and coaches and providing many opportunities to bring visitors to campus. At the same time, we are landlocked; we must find creative ways to use our current space effectively. We will develop and implement plans for our campus and facilities with an eye toward curricular and cocurricular, security, and cyber needs.
We are responsible for developing a community and culture that enables students and faculty to thrive. As education itself and the needs and desires of our families become more complex, Trinity must continue to balance our expenses with our income. We believe that our current target of roughly 510 students is correct, given our goals for building community, our faculty and staff, and our facilities. As a school built on a community of students from 40 different schools, 80 different zip codes and countries from around the world, we recognize that our identity relies on our tuition level and the availability of tuition assistance. We look continually at our tuition price point compared to our primary competitors and would like to remain on the lower end of that tuition range. Importantly, though, Trinity must continue to offer high-quality programs in all areas to prepare our students for college, careers, and life. We will look for ways to increase our revenue, with emphasis on growing our endowment while being judicious in our expenses.
GOAL: Maintain and upgrade our facilities for optimum use within our available space. 1. Repurpose and create new space. 2. Increase both physical and cyber security. 3. Reduce our carbon footprint and maintain a strong commitment to environmental stewardship/care.
GOAL: Ensure that we have the resources available to provide an excellent educational experience for current and future generations of students 1. Ensure the ongoing growth and continuity of faculty and staff skills and knowledge. 2. Build a culture of philanthropy. 3. Continue to be good stewards of the financial resources entrusted to Trinity. 4. Look for opportunities to generate auxiliary income.
A 5-year Strategic Plan for Trinity Episcopal School