Strategic Plan 2020
Porter-Gaud will embark on a new strategic plan this year through a collaborative and transparent process that includes representation from all of our constituencies; Board members, parents, students, faculty and staff, and community members. This five to ten-year plan is designed to take the Porter-Gaud experience to its next level of educational excellence.
OUR GOAL
To build a forward-looking, student-centered strategic plan guided by our mission and supported by a commitment to do all that we can to make the Porter-Gaud experience ever more meaningful, accessible, and distinctive.
OUR PROCESS
- Involve our entire community. We will start with everyone in the room,
- Be highly transparent to all school stakeholders,
- Inspire us to think boldly and bravely about our future, and
- Utilize the guidance and expertise of Grant Lichtman, an internationally recognized thought leader in the K-12 education arena.
Timeline
August 15, 2019: Kick-Off Meeting for Faculty/staff, board members, and students
August 15, 2019: Kick-Off Meeting for O'Quinn faculty/staff and parents
October 30, 2019: Upper School Students Ideation (9:45 -11:15 a.m. in Wendell Center)
October 30, 2019: PG Faculty/Staff Strategy and Input Session
October 30 -31, 2019: Focus Groups for PG/O'Quinn Parents (6:30 p.m. on October 30 and 8:00 a.m. on October 31) RSVP HERE.
January 10-11, 2020: Off-Site Work Groups (all constituents)
OUR FUTURE
At the August Kick-Off session, every student, faculty, staff, parent, and board member was asked to write one word or phrase that should drive our thinking on the priorities of the school in the year ahead. Link to list of all the words from the Flag Exercise.
Strategic Planning Videos
Preliminary Data Summaries
Below is a collection of preliminary data from students, faculty, staff, parents, and Board members from the August Kick-Off:
- Link to Guiding Lights: Participants were posed the question: What are some of the best aiming points that reflect the best version of the School in the next 10-20 years?
- Link to Concerns: Participants were asked to share their concerns about the Strategic Planning process.
LEADERSHIP
The following students, faculty, administrators, and Board members make up the Strategic Plan Working Team.
| Strategic Plan Chair | Dee Fortson |
| Head of School | DuBose Egleston |
| Academic Dean | Audrey Holsten |
| O'Quinn Director | Molly O'Toole |
| Division Head | Maureen Daily |
| LS Dean / Faculty | Brannen Greenslade |
| MS Faculty | Paige Baran |
| US Faculty | Tom Westerman |
| Student | Wallace Ann Whatley |
| Student | Courtenay White |
| Student | Robert Russell |
| Marketing/Communications | Jennifer Lorenz |
| Admissions | Ken Hyde |
| Board Member | Jim Buxton |
| Board Member | Steve Berger |
| Board Member | Melvin Brown |
| Board Member | Anne Kelley |
2016-2019 Strategic Plan
