Brentwood Academy HOS Oppty Profile

EXPECTATIONS The <strong>Brentwood</strong> <strong>Academy</strong> Portrait of a Graduate and Strategic Plan (April 2020) articulates the goals and strategies of BA. The Head of School and leadership team are responsible for tactical plans and programs that support these goals and strategies. (Currently, a new Strategic Plan is under review, and it will be available August 2024.) GOAL ONE: THE WHOLE PERSON BA will provide each student with a total experience that develops them as a whole person. Strategies 1. Establish an exemplary advisory system. 2. Provide students with access to a professional, confidential counselor at school. 3. Implement a meaningful student leadership program. 4. Review and adjust our schedule calendar, curriculum, and co-curricular offerings for time and priority demands on students. 5. Monitor and modify, if needed, the most effective means of nurturing student faith. GOAL TWO: ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE <strong>Brentwood</strong> <strong>Academy</strong> will provide a learning environment for our students where twenty-first century skills essential for success in college and life will be learned. Strategies 1. Provide teachers with professional development opportunities to achieve stated student learning goals. 2. Establish a pilot initiative for teachers to learn and use specific methods to enhance student engagement and ownership of their education as independent thinkers and learners. 3. Under the leadership of the Upper School Director, provide support for faculty to have ongoing mentoring for goals #1 and #2 (critical thinking, verbal, and written competence). 4. Establish opportunities for professional and vocational exposure and mentoring for students. GOAL THREE: COMMUNITY <strong>Brentwood</strong> <strong>Academy</strong> will promote our core value commitment to provide a diverse and united school community that values each whole person for their unique God-given attributes. Strategies 1. In attracting students, hiring faculty, appointing administrators and Board members, we will aim to place the most mission-appropriate people in each area while being mindful of perceptions about fairness, diversity, and qualifications that affect the unity of our school community. 2. We will continue to listen well and often to all members of our school community while making decisions consistent with our mission. 16

EXPECTATIONS 3. We will actively pursue involvement, communications, and support from our alumni and past parents. 4. We will provide opportunities for students to lead in various ways to foster initiative and unity. 5. We will continue to affirm the God-honoring reconciling work of Jesus with grace and patience. GOAL FOUR: FINANCIAL STRENGTH <strong>Brentwood</strong> <strong>Academy</strong> will further strengthen our financial position through development of resources that serve current and future students by practicing good stewardship focused on delivering a compelling value proposition to current and prospective families. Strategies 1. We will increase applications from qualified students to maintain an ideal student body through effective marketing and communications. 2. We will increase the per student net revenue from tuition each year. 3. We will build brand awareness of our commitment to nurture and challenge each student to discover their God-given talents. 4. To support growing demand for tuition assistance, we will begin a long-term effort to fully fund all financial aid grants through our endowment. 5. To meet our students’ academic needs, we will evaluate the need for new and/or renovated space and the feasibility of funding it. GOAL FIVE: DEVELOPMENT <strong>Brentwood</strong> <strong>Academy</strong> seeks a Head of School who is willing to invest a sizable portion of time cultivating past alumni, major donors, engaging faculty, and staff, and exploring grants and gifts to help achieve philanthropic goals set out in the Strategic Plan. The <strong>HOS</strong> should, along with the Board, set a vision and communicate the importance of philanthropy inside and outside the BA community while stressing the impact these gifts are making on the lives of each BA student’s body, mind and spirit all for the glory of God. <strong>Brentwood</strong> <strong>Academy</strong> recently broke ground on a new chapel and entrance that was fully funded in the first stage of our Forward in Faith Development Campaign. At present, BA is seeking the final $2.3 million of a project total of $4.3 million to complete the Innovation and Arts Center, providing learning spaces for the Entrepreneurship program, Robotics, Finance, and Arts. For the future, BA will continue the long-term Forward in Faith vision, to include building the Bill and Beth Brown Center for Academics and Student Life, as well as increasing the endowment. 17