Putting People First:

Support Faculty and Staff — Our Greatest Asset

• Renew our commitment to providing all faculty and staff with the resources and support to grow, succeed and thrive throughout their careers

• Synthesize, coordinate, expand and communicate institutional efforts around innovative, skills-based teaching and learning, cementing Newark Academy as a leader among independent schools

• Recommit to efforts to ensure that Newark Academy’s administration, faculty and staff reflect the diversity of our student body through an evaluation and revision of institutional hiring and retention practices

Prioritize an Excellent Student Experience

• Evaluate and “refresh” student life to improve its design and implementation, ensuring that the holistic experience is joyful, healthy, equitable, inclusive, and meaningful

• Renew commitment to excellence beyond the classroom

Promote Authentic & Meaningful Community Engagement

• Establish deep, lifelong connections with Newark Academy alumni

• Cultivate our historical connection with the city of Newark

• Continue to identify ways to engage parents and promote their understanding of the school’s mission, programs and approach

• Renew commitment to excellence beyond the classroom

Commit to Impactful Spaces & Sustainable Practices

• Create and institute a “top-down, bottom-up” institution wide sustainability plan

• Create an updated Campus Master Plan to ensure a clear timeline and appropriate allocation of resources to address facility needs in service of the student experience and the needs of faculty and staff

• ​Establish a long-term strategic enrollment management plan that ensure long-term financial sustainability, informs future planning, and empowers the school to achieve its mission and institutional goals

• ​Formulate a plan to ensure the long-term financial sustainability of the institution