Evaluate NPS's curriculum and instructional methodologies, ensuring they are reflective of the mission and current research and best practices

Assess and enhance age-appropriate technologies and digital education tools

Determine the optimal academic schedule to meet the needs of all learners, subjects, and divisions, and to accommodate teacher planning and collaboration

Incorporate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) research and best practices into all aspects of curricular and co-curricular programming

Ensure appropriate staffing in all student support positions, ranging from teaching associates to learning specialists, counselors, and other specialist and resource roles

Explore changes to both the outplacement program and current 2-division model to best meet the needs of our students, parents, and faculty

Create and foster a welcoming environment for dialogue about issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion

Explore expansion of NPS’s geographic reach by researching additional transportation options for families

Make school events accessible and reflective of multiple perspectives, backgrounds, and schedules

Strengthen and create relationships with educational organizations and other non-profits to reach a broader audience, increase visibility, and develop a staffing pipeline

Maintain a healthy, vibrant, and mutually-enriching school-church relationships

Further refine and support the Chaplain position as it enters its second decade at NPS

Continue to ground the religious educational curriculum in a Christian framework while serving as a community that is welcoming to all faith traditions

Serve as a national leader in further defining Presbyterian school identity

Develop long-term financial forecasts to support planning and priorities, considering all angles and implications of school financial decisions, assessing opportunities, risks, and resources

Review faculty and staff compensation to support, retain, and attract top-level educators in a competitive and high cost region

Continue to prioritize and grow the NPS endowment to secure opportunities for future generations of students

Provide a high value for an independent school education and work as good stewards of our community’s resources as we better understand the underlying economics for our families

Conduct a capital campaign for institutional priorities, including facilities improvements to strengthen the program and the NPS student experience

Develop a school facilities master plan that assesses outdoor and indoor space needs and opportunities

Expand the National Presbyterian Child Care Center (NPCCC)

Optimize environmental sustainability

Maximize opportunities for general beautification consistent with improvements to the NPC-NPS campus

Ensure appropriate staffing in all student support positions, ranging from teaching associates to learning specialists, counselors, and other specialist and resource roles.

With NPS’s focus on the decade of childhood, define the school’s unique market position and key messaging

Explore opportunities to increase the use of NPS facilities to widen awareness and expand the NPS brand beyond the current school community

Showcase the talents and expertise of NPS educators to bolster NPS’s standing as a leader in elementary school education

Refine the NPS digital and social media plan to maximize the value of our school’s online presence for current parents and the broader community

Maximize the potential of the current parent community to build awareness and enhance the value of the NPS brand

Review NPS’s marketing and promotion resourcing with regard to staffing, structure and budget to ensure that NPS is positioned to address the ongoing marketing needs of the school