Strategic Vision

Germantown Academy will offer learning experiences that are personalized, innovative, relevant, and meaningful. GA will also ensure that current and new academic programs align with our mission and 21st century skills. Because learning happens in and out of the classroom, we will focus on building student leadership, collaboration, and opportunities for creative learning, service, and social impact in our co- and extra-curricular programs.

Students

• We will continue to develop the essential skills for every student that will guide learning, teaching, curriculum, and assessment for the future.
• We will build on previous programs to promote student engagement, collaboration, critical thinking, problem solving, and innovation inside and outside of the classroom.
• We will make student engagement the first priority in all extra- and co-curricular activities—athletics, arts, and clubs—developing competitive and recreational programs in alignment with students’ abilities and interests.

Faculty & Staff

• 我们将通过创造条件和设定明确的合作期望，将专业发展融入十大体育外围平台排名, learning, research, and development for all faculty and staff.
• We will foster a culture of professionalism by continually developing standards for the best teaching, mentoring, and instructional practices in partnership with our faculty.

Parents & Alumni

• 我们将让家长和校友参与学校的学习和成长，并以有意义的方式进行沟通，使他们与社区保持联系.
• 我们将围绕孩子的发展需求与家长合作——他们如何学得最好，他们需要什么才能健康和成功.

Community

• We will strive to understand the needs and backgrounds of our community, foster mutual understanding and respect, and create a community which reflects the world around us in order to truly engage each individual.

十大体育外围平台排名将强调并加强我们对幼儿教育(4至8岁)的承诺。, recognizing that these years are the building blocks for the development of engaged, curious learners and healthy, purposeful lives.

Engaging learning experiences and environments

• 我们将建立一个引人入胜的课程，鼓励学生好奇和主动在他们的教育.
• 我们将创造室内和室外学习环境，以反映幼儿需要参与多感官和基于自然的体验的最佳做法.
• 我们将创造有意和真实的学习体验，利用来自健康挑战的成长.

Developmentally Appropriate

• We will offer an education that emphasizes the development of the whole child, providing for each child’s social, emotional, physical, and intellectual needs.
• 我们将把我们的学习经验建立在对早期成长的一般模式和儿童个体发展的理解之上.

Academic Foundation

• 我们将创建一个严谨的学术基础，以满足每个学生的个人轨迹，反映GA的使命，并为学生的生活做好准备.

Germantown Academy will enhance its culture of engaged leadership between and across the divisions to position the school for long-term success.

Leadership Development

• 我们将有意识地培养领导者，并将这些努力与正在进行的战略和学校的人力资源需求相结合.

Governance

• Our Trustees will embrace the critical role of oversight for the school and its strategic vision and priorities. The Board will ensure stewardship and philanthropic support of GA.
• Our Trustees will continue to partner with the Head of School and leadership to ensure continuity of vision, values, and strategic focus.
• Our Trustees will commit actively to examine policies and practices in order to ensure the highest level of governance.

Organizational Dynamics

• We will examine organizational design to foster a culture of active, collaborative leadership throughout and across all aspects of school life as part of continuous succession planning.

日耳曼学院将不断调整校园总体规划，并将优先事项和阶段与我们以学生参与为中心的未来愿景的目标和目标保持一致.

Campus Plan Leadership

• 董事会将与学校领导合作，调整校园计划，并建议优先安排时间和资源，以支持参与.

Key Needs

• 我们将分析校园规划的现有需求，并在围绕学术和课外空间做出关键决策时遵循学校的战略愿景.

Financial Sustainability

• 我们将结合学校的财务和环境可持续性目标来研究校园规划过程.
• We will coordinate the necessary resources with the Campus Master Plan, determining where to invest strategically and why.

日耳曼学院将为未来建立和发展一个灵活和创新的模式，以最好地支持我们学生的需求.

Innovation and Collaboration

• We will create new opportunities, partnerships, 以及在不增加成本结构负担的情况下加强学习经验和扩大我们在该地区影响的能力.

Non-tuition Sources of Revenue

• We will pursue additional sources of revenue to become less tuition dependent, to support the great programmatic work already happening at the school, and to open our vast resources to the larger community.

GA Community Engagement

• 我们将加强我们的慈善和管理文化，让我们的社区参与到GA作为一个领先的学习机构的现在和未来的承诺中来.

日耳曼学院将为未来建立和发展一个灵活和创新的模式，以最好地支持我们学生的需求.

Communication

• 我们将为学生提供必要的技能，进行严格的调查和民间话语，以建立有意义的关系.
• We will teach students effective oral and written communication skills for use in digital and non-digital spaces.
• We will guide students in learning how to manage conflict, negotiate difficult conversations, and practice advocacy on behalf of themselves and others.

Life and Wellness Skills

• We will help students prioritize their own mental and physical health and wellness.
• We will support students in developing perseverance, resilience, and the growth mindset necessary to imagine and explore new areas of learning.
• We will help students build the awareness and adaptability to use emergent technologies in productive, ethical, and healthy ways.

Civic Skills

• We will prepare students to navigate the systems that impact their lives, such as education, finance, healthcare, government, and the environment.
• 我们将鼓励学生培养对服务的欣赏，以及在当地和全球社区中发挥积极作用的方法.
• 我们将帮助学生培养跨文化能力，以及向来自不同文化和背景的人学习和合作的能力.

Student-Driven Lifelong Learning

• 我们将扩大差异化的学习机会，让学生在深入自己感兴趣的领域的同时，接触到广泛的领域.
• 我们将增加现实世界和体验式学习，使学生能够掌握自己的学习，并将其应用于GA以外的世界.
• 我们将在课堂内外为学生创造终身学习的机会, alumni, and families.