STRATEGIC PLAN

GOAL 1: STUDENTS

Prepare students for acceptance into the high school of their choice by providing a fun, safe, and rigorous educational experience that prepares them to be the leaders, innovators, and influencers of their generation.

Strategies

  1. Student Experience: Ensure that students feel supported and that they understand how meeting expectations leads to success.

  2. Improve and sustain student retention across all grade levels

  3. Provide instructional best practices that prepare students to meet and exceed academic norms

GOAL 2: ACADEMICS

To discover, nurture, and protect each child’s individual life and academic journey. This is what separates The SAE School from other schools. We have committed to this purpose and we are intentional about carrying it out.

Strategies

  1. Invest in curricula that will maximize the educational experience for all students.

  2. Measure all areas of the application and effectiveness of the curricula. 

  3. Implement professional collaboration standards between and among the faculty and staff.

  4. Benchmark the long-term success of our students beyond graduation.

GOAL 3: FACULTY & STAFF

Inspire academic leaders to nurture growth and learning in every child, every day.

Strategies

  1. Continue to retain faculty and staff.

  2. Provide high impact professional development for faculty and staff.

  3. Increasing competitive advantages of teachers & staff groups

  4. Maintain a culture that fosters the school’s values.

  5. Increase the professional certification rate of student-facing staff to 100%

GOAL 4: FINANCIAL STABILITY

Establish long-term financial stability through skilled management, sound investment of resources, and successful fundraising while maintaining high standards of academic excellence.

Strategies

  1. Maintain financial stability while investing in the quality of student/staff resources.

  2. Increase fundraising efforts to support the current and future needs of the school.

  3. Increase participation with our student scholarship organization (SSO) partner, GA Goal, to improve financial aid opportunities for students who need assistance.

  4. Become debt-free by 2026.

GOAL 5: FACILITIES

Maintain a campus that sustainably supports each child’s individual life and academic journey.

Strategies

  1. Partner with private businesses to provide innovative campus facilities that are good for the students and increase sustainability.

  2. Unify the brand and appearance of the campus to provide a consistent experience, improved perception for prospective families, and comfort for existing families.

  3. Deferred maintenance (lights, HVAC, roof) is no longer deferred: our next 10 years are covered, and facility maintenance is minimized.

GOAL 6: SUSTAINABILITY

Lead all Georgia private schools in the possibilities of sustainable futures.

Strategies

  1. Activate trustees to focus time, talent, knowledge and financial resources on supporting the mission of the school.

  2. Become the first 100% solar school in GA.

  3. Become EnergyStar certified

  4. Maintain and develop our relationships with sustainability-focused partners.

  5. Add EV parking tied to the solar power system.