Brevard Academy
Minutes
July Strategic Planning Retreat
Date and Time
Friday July 26, 2024 at 10:00 AM
Location
Brevard Chamber of Commerce
175 E Main St, Brevard, NC 28712
Mission:
The Mission of Brevard Academy is to prepare its students to achieve academic excellence through the Core Knowledge Sequence. Through a partnership involving students, teachers, and parents the school strives to create citizens with strong moral character and active intellectual inquiry.
Vision:
Brevard Academy: A Challenge Foundation Academy (BA-CFA) a K-8 public charter school develops and encourages motivated, intellectually curious students who are skilled in critical thinking, individual expression, and problem-solving. From their diverse backgrounds, students accept our challenge to pursue personal and academic excellence. Through this pursuit, they become confident members of their community who lead by serving others.
Strategic Goals:
- Ensure Academic Success for Every Student
- Provide Effective & Innovative Learning Environments
- Recruit, Hire and Retain Highly Effective Personnel
- Use Resources Effectively & Be Fiscally Responsible
- Engage Our Communities
Committee Members Present
Abe Pallas, Jamie Atkinson, Jennifer Silva, Mark Campanini, Mark Franklin, Paul Cooper, Ted Duncan, Tyree Griffin
Committee Members Absent
None
I. Opening Items
A.
Record Attendance
B.
Call the Meeting to Order
II. Strategic Planning Discussion
A.
Discussion
III. Strategic Planning--BOD Members Only
A.
Board Annual Training
Board members signed annual Board of Directors commitment documents.
Board members reviewed the Board on Track training slideshow entitled: Charter Board Structure for Success.
An overview of the notes taken during the exercise will be shared with the board for review and additions of strategies by the October Board Meeting.
B.
Board Committees
Long Range Planning and Visioning - Chairperson: Mark Campanini
Facilities - Chairperson: Tyree Griffin
Finance - Chairperson: Paul Cooper
Governance and Policy - Chairperson: Abe Pallas
Academic Excellence - Chairperson: Abe Pallas
Development - Chairperson: Jen Silva
A calendar with committee meeting dates to follow.
C.
Board Action Calendar
A board action calendar will follow.
D.
School Data Review
School Director reviewed enrollment trends with the board.
Board executes a strategic planning exercise, focusing on 5 priority areas. These areas include Academic Success, Learning Environments, Personnel, Resources and Fiscal Responsibility, and Engagment in our Community.