Transcript PRAXIS - ACS Athens

Institutional
MetamorPHosis
2011-2015 Vision & Goals
by Stefanos Gialamas, Ph.D.
President of ACS Athens
Vision & Goals
2011-2015
2005-2009:
institutional change
• Mission
• Enrollment
• Accreditation
• Academics
• Governing
• Innovation
• Finances
• Student Services
• Infrastructure
• Student Activities
Vision & Goals
2011-2015
2005-2009:
institutional change
• Mission
ACS Athens is a student-centered international
school, embracing American educational
philosophy, principles and values.
Through excellence in teaching and diverse
educational experiences, ACS Athens challenges
all students to realize their unique potential:
academically, intellectually, socially and ethically -to thrive as responsible global citizens.
Vision & Goals
2011-2015
2005-2009:
institutional change
• Accreditation
• Accredited by Middle States
Association Of Schools & Colleges until
2014
• Accredited by the International
Baccalaureate Organization to offer the
IB Diploma
• Authorized by the Greek Ministry of
Education to offer the Greek High
School Diploma Equivalency
Vision & Goals
2011-2015
2005-2009:
institutional change
• The 3 MSA Accreditation Goals
• Improving Student Writing
• Improving Quantitative Reasoning
(Mathematical Problem Solving,
Computational Skills)
• Improving Civic Responsibility
Vision & Goals
2011-2015
2005-2009:
institutional change
• Governing
• Board of Trustees
Executive Committee
• Chairman:
Mr. Constantine Stergides
• Vice-Chairman:
Mr. Simos Dimas
• Treasurer:
Mr. Suheil Sabbagh
• Secretary:
Ms. Georgia Koumantaris
Tzouros
• Member At Large:
Ms. Ann E. Butler
Members:
Ms. Vanessa Adam
Mr. Christopher Leavey
Mr. Yiannis Alafouzos
Mr. John Marder
Mr. Timothy Ananiadis
Dr. Gerry Monopolis
Ms. Ann E. Butler
Mr. Tassos Potamianos
Mr. Simos Dimas
Mr. Suheil Sabbagh
Dr. Saleh S. Jallad
Mr. Constantine Stergides
Ms. Georgia Koumantaris
Tzouros
Vision & Goals
2011-2015
2005-2009:
institutional change
• Finances
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4-year stretch of balanced and surplus budget
50,000 annual financial aid assistance
25% Alumni tuition discount
SKAI Scholarship program (cumulatively 600,000 €)
Hasib & Diana Sabbagh Athletic Scholarship
Program (cumulatively 400,000 €)
Procter & Gamble (cumulative 60,000 €)
Summer Camp (cumulative revenue 520,000 €)
Corporate Basketball Program (120,000 €)
Other: 120,000 €
Vision & Goals
2011-2015
2005-2009:
institutional change
• Infrastructure (Facilities)
• More than 1,6 million € allocated in facilities improvement
• Elementary School Cafeteria/Multipurpose room
• Replacing carpets from all classrooms and offices with
environmentally friendly materials in Elementary School and
Middle School
• Totally remodeling ES/MS/Academy libraries
• Construction of classrooms and offices for the Institute of
Creative and Critical Thinking (ICCT)
• Completing the new wing for the Office of Student Services
• Remodeling all administration offices
• Replacing all windows with energy-saving aluminum windows
• New Elementary School Dance & Music Center
• Creating a Gift shop
Vision & Goals
2011-2015
2005-2009:
institutional change
• Infrastructure (Technology)
• Setting up 4 additional computers labs
• Full implementation of the new Academic
Management System (Skyward)
• Full implementation of the new Accounting
Software System
• 80% of classrooms are equipped with interactive
white-boards
• Complete upgrade of network wiring – fiber optics and architecture
• Upgrade and redesign of website functionality (over
1 million unique hits per year)
Vision & Goals
2011-2015
2005-2009:
institutional change
• Enrollment
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2005: 585 (end of year)
currently: 816
2009: 825 (projected)
Cumulative Net Increase: 41% over 4 years
• Over 50% of applications were submitted online
• 2009-10: for the first time, a waiting list is
established for new applicants
• Separate admissions process & applications were
created
Vision & Goals
2011-2015
2005-2009:
institutional change
• Academics (Teaching & Learning)
• Continue recruiting highly qualified US trained
faculty
• Implement a comprehensive faculty orientation,
training and development programs
• Establish the “Festival of Learning and Creativity”
with exhibits, presentations, discussions, displays, of
faculty work and accomplishments
• Implement a comprehensive Faculty Exchange
Program with USA-based and international schools
• Continue with the program of “faculty professional
growth and development”
Vision & Goals
2011-2015
2005-2009:
institutional change
• Academics (Teaching & Learning)
• Enhance the Science/Math, Arts, Literature,
Foreign Language, Environmental Studies, and
Greek Programs
• Enhance the IB Program with American
educational philosophy on teaching and learning
• Enhancing the curriculum with more AP course
offerings
• The first ever “Virtual Science Fair” by all the
Middle Schools students took place
Vision & Goals
2011-2015
2005-2009:
institutional change
• Innovation
• Creation of the Institute of Creative & Critical
Thinking, with new facility and a full-time
Director
• Innovative programs for K-12 students
• Grant underwriting for major projects
• Adult education courses
• Evening & weekend programs
Vision & Goals
2011-2015
2005-2009:
institutional change
• Student Services
• Developed effective and efficient SAT preparation
program
• Developed a parent education program on choosing the
best higher education institution fitting the student
• Total Electronic Student Portfolio (TESP)
• Initial Agreement with 24 U.S. Universities & Colleges
• Offer opportunity to qualified students to spend 10 days
visiting Colleges and Universities: Attend Classes, Meet &
Interview with Admissions Officers & Academic
Advisors
• Experience & understand the challenges of Student &
Academic Life in a U.S. Higher Education institution
Vision & Goals
2011-2015
2005-2009:
institutional change
• Student Services
• Optimal Match Learning Program
• Refined the OM comprehensive program
• Established the “High Student Performance” program
• Enhanced further the OM program with additional
state of the art teaching and learning tools
• Created a comprehensive OM specific faculty
awareness and development program
• Introduced the “Touch Math” approach in teaching
Mathematics
• Established and organized the Annual Conference on
Learning Differences since May 2006.
Vision & Goals
2011-2015
2005-2009:
institutional change
• Student Activities
• Athletics
• Varsity Teams Championships (Basketball)
• Recreational (After-school programs)
• Academies (Tennis, Swimming)
• Civic Responsibility
• Environmental programs
• Community Service
• Volunteerism
• Student Clubs
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Forensics
MUN
Music Performances and after-school classes
Theater
Vision & Goals
2011-2015
2005-2009:
institutional change
Vision & Goals
2011-2015
2010-2015:
institutional metamorphosis
• Metamorphosis:
• A complete transfiguration or transformation; a complete
change of form, structure and substance
Vision & Goals
2011-2015
2010-2015:
institutional metamorphosis
• Metamorphosis of an Institution:
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Vision
Praxis
Reflection
Celebration
Vision & Goals
2011-2015
2010-2015:
institutional metamorphosis
• Vision:
• Establish ACS Athens as the center of
Morphosis* by integrating knowledge, belief,
innovation and behavior, and engaging students,
faculty, staff, administration, parents and friends
* Morphosis: Holistic, Meaningful and Harmonious Education… for a Lifetime
Vision & Goals
2011-2015
2010-2015:
institutional metamorphosis
• HOLISTIC:
• A holistic approach to education successfully combines
academic, emotional, physical, intellectual and ethical
components of learning to provide students with the tools
to become healthy and balanced individuals who can
successfully cope with the changes that the university
experience and life beyond will bring.
* Morphosis: Holistic, Meaningful and Harmonious Education… for a Lifetime
Vision & Goals
2011-2015
2010-2015:
institutional metamorphosis
• MEANINGFUL:
• A meaningful education unfolds within a framework of
principles and values, and leads learners to define and
achieve their personal, academic and professional goals.
Learning is meaningful when it is connected to that
which is most important in our lives; when it speaks to
our dreams, strengths, desires and talents; when it leads
us to fall in love with life and learning.
* Morphosis: Holistic, Meaningful and Harmonious Education… for a Lifetime
Vision & Goals
2011-2015
2010-2015:
institutional metamorphosis
• HARMONIOUS:
• A harmonious approach to education ensures that all
dimensions of the teaching and learning experience
cohere. Mission, beliefs, principles, values and practices
in an educational community must be consistent and
mutually reinforcing if the learning experience is truly to
promote the classical ideal of living a full life with ethos.
* Morphosis: Holistic, Meaningful and Harmonious Education… for a Lifetime
Vision & Goals
2011-2015
2010-2015:
institutional metamorphosis
• PRAXIS:
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Institutional Leadership
Infrastructure (Facilities & Technology)
Finances
Enrollment
Academics
Innovation
Student Affairs
2010-2015:
Vision & Goals
2011-2015
institutional metamorphosis
• PRAXIS:
• Institutional Leadership
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Board of Trustees
President
Functional Area Leaders
Academic Department Chairs Council
Faculty/Staff
Vision & Goals
2011-2015
2010-2015:
institutional metamorphosis
Vision & Goals
2011-2015
2010-2015:
institutional metamorphosis
• PRAXIS:
• Facilities
• Existing Buildings
• GREEN BUILDINGS: increase use of green energy sources
and reduce energy waste
• RENOVATE CLASSROOMS: re-plaster walls, renovate
bathrooms throughout the campus
• RENOVATE SCIENCE LABS
• RENOVATE COMPUTER LABS
• REPAIR BUILDINGS ROOF INSULATIONS
• INSTALL BUILDINGS STORM LIGHTING
PROTECTION
Vision & Goals
2011-2015
2010-2015:
institutional metamorphosis
• PRAXIS:
• Facilities
• PURCHASE NEW LAND - Acquire two school
adjacent land lots totaling about 1,000m2.
• New Buildings
• DORMITORY for students, - About 1,500m2
• NEW BUILDING for Early Childhood program to house
the increased number of students in Jk and KD programs
and other Elementary school activities - About 1,500m2
• NEW CLASSROOMS due to student growth – About 18
new classrooms/science /computer/music labs, incorporate
them in the existing or new construction buildings above.
Elementary school will have its own science lab
Vision & Goals
2011-2015
2010-2015:
institutional metamorphosis
• PRAXIS:
• Facilities
• Athletics:
• NEW ATHLETIC PLAYGROUNDS for Elementary and
Middle schools will be created to accommodate the
increases in number of students (4000 m2)
• NEW CLOSED GYMNASIUM, (light metal structure over
current tennis area), for use by the Elementary students
during the day and Tennis/Volleyball ASAP / ART
CENTER programs in the evenings/weekends, (about
2,000m2)
• Resurfacing of soccer field, tennis courts, closed
Gymnasium and other
Vision & Goals
2011-2015
2010-2015:
institutional metamorphosis
• PRAXIS:
• Technology
• Fully functional wireless campus
• Remote access to library resources
• Starting 2010-11, laptop purchasing program will be available for
Juniors and Seniors
• Starting 2011-12, all high school students eligible for laptop purchasing
program
• Starting 2013-14, all middle school students eligible for laptop
purchasing program
• Collaboration with U.Penn. to implement an educational search engine
(pilot starting Jan. 2010)
• 100% of classrooms & labs will be equipped with interactive
whiteboards (by 2011-12)
• Starting 2011-12, pilot program on using e-books for course instruction
• Developing full capacity for delivering online courses
• Upgrading appropriately all computer labs by 2012-13
Vision & Goals
2011-2015
2010-2015:
institutional metamorphosis
• PRAXIS:
• Finances
• Continuing with a surplus budget
• Assist the Board of Trustees to fundraise €5,000,000 for new
building construction
• Establish an endowment fund of €2,000,000 – dividends to
be used for scholarships and fellowships
2010-2015:
Vision & Goals
2011-2015
institutional metamorphosis
• PRAXIS:
• Enrollment
• Continue with a 5-6% annual increase
• By 2015, the enrollment target will be 1,060. The breakdown
will be:
• Elementary School – 380
• Middle School – 240
• Academy – 440
• Total - - 1,060
Vision & Goals
2011-2015
2010-2015:
institutional metamorphosis
• PRAXIS:
• Academics
• Move towards establishing the AP (Advanced Placement)
Diploma program
• Continue offering the I.B. (International Baccalaureate)
Diploma program
• Offering quality high school courses (non-A.P., non-I.B.)
• Provide the option to students to select any combination of
courses from the above categories
Vision & Goals
2011-2015
2010-2015:
institutional metamorphosis
• PRAXIS:
• Faculty/Staff
• Continue hiring U.S. educated and trained faculty/staff
• Expand professional development with exchange programs,
conference participation, action research and publications to
all faculty/staff
• Offer opportunities to complete post-graduate degrees
• Target: More than 80% of faculty have post-graduate degrees
in their field
• Target: In a cycle of two years, all faculty should participate
in at least one professional development program
2010-2015:
Vision & Goals
2011-2015
institutional metamorphosis
• PRAXIS:
• Innovation
• Develop online or hybrid high school course offerings for
ACS Athens students and students from other institutions
• Increase the number of college level courses offered to ACS
Athens students, in collaboration with U.S. colleges and
universities
• Organize conferences and/or workshops in:
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leadership
technology
learning differences
Teaching & Learning
2010-2015:
Vision & Goals
2011-2015
institutional metamorphosis
• PRAXIS:
• Innovation
• Develop online or hybrid high school course offerings for ACS
Athens students and students from other institutions
• Increase the number of college level courses offered to ACS
Athens students, in collaboration with U.S. colleges and
universities
• Organize conferences and programs on:
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Academic leadership
Technology & education
Learning Differences
Teaching & Learning
• Year-round programs:
• Academies: Swimming, Tennis, Dance, etc.
• Summer Youth Programs: Summer Camp, Summer Courses, etc.
2010-2015:
Vision & Goals
2011-2015
institutional metamorphosis
• PRAXIS:
• Student Affairs
• Develop fully the Student Wellness Center
• Addressing the well being of students academically,
intellectually, emotionally, artistically, ethically, socially and
physically
• Provide optimized counseling services, academic advising and
student activities
• Ensure that 100% of the students are engaged in one of the
activities of the Center
• Ensure that more than 90% of the senior class makes it into
their first choice university/college upon graduation
Vision & Goals
2011-2015
2010-2015:
institutional metamorphosis
• REFLECTION
• Commitment
• Dialogue
• Improvement
Vision & Goals
2011-2015
2010-2015:
institutional metamorphosis
• CELEBRATION:
• Recognition of stakeholders’ contributions
Vision & Goals
2011-2015
2010-2015:
institutional metamorphosis
• CELEBRATION:
• Celebrate Student Success
Vision & Goals
2011-2015
2010-2015:
institutional metamorphosis
• CELEBRATION:
• Celebrate Student Success
Nikolai N. Khaladjan
Award 2009
Vision & Goals
2011-2015
2010-2015:
institutional metamorphosis
Vision & Goals
2011-2015
2010-2015:
institutional metamorphosis