SUPPORT FACULTY & 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

• Recruit, retain and support relationship-centered, skillsfocused and culturally competent educators who will challenge and inspire our students

• Reexamine Newark Academy’s approach to compensation, health benefits, housing benefits and retirement benefits to ensure the school is the market leader for educators at all stages of their careers

• Reevaluate and revise processes and practices around faculty and staff hiring and evaluation

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

• Charge faculty and academic leadership to establish a clear, cohesive vision for innovative teaching and learning at Newark Academy in service of an excellent student experience

• Enhance and support existing cornerstone programs and frameworks of the academic experience, including experiential education and the 6 C’s among others

• Ensure that faculty and staff possess the skills to harness the power of technology

• Coordinate school-wide teaching and learning programs and initiatives, including individualized, actionable, classroom-focused professional development; the Innovation in Teaching and Learning Fellowship program; the Instructional Coaching program; and the Growth and Renewal process

• Foster and encourage risk-taking, collaboration and professional growth among faculty, thereby also helping to identify, attract and retain educators aligned with our approach

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

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