EA Strategic Plan INGLES

PLAN
Strategic
2019-2024

Our thriving school community was founded 74 years ago by people
who believed in education and the process of nurturing and caring for
students as they developed over time. Over the past 74 years, we are
proud that our school foundation has remained strong and continues
to grow and change as the world around us evolves at a fast pace.
This Strategic Plan is grounded in the belief that EA must continually
evaluate itself and ensure that we are offering the premier academic
program and overall experience that learners need each year. We
believe that we are preparing our students to lead the way globally, as
thinkers and creators. Our process for the development of this plan
included information from all constituents in our community, leaders in
our community and Board members. As we reviewed the information
with our Independent School Management (ISM) consultant, common
themes and goals developed within our planning process and a plan
for the next 5 years at EA was developed.
We must develop a plan that integrates tradition with the changes
in education that our students deserve and need to be successful
globally. This thoughtful plan includes every aspect of our school
and a way to measure our success. We must always be on a path of
continued excellence and be open to change to offer the best academic
program and educational experience in El Salvador.
We are excited to share with you the Escuela Americana Strategic Plan
2019-2024.
Dr. Polly Parker
General Director
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MISSION
To provide our students with
tools, experiences, and challenges
that instill moral courage, develop
their unique skills, and allow them
to reach their full potential in a
dynamic world.
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VISION
For all EA students to achieve
their full potential and become
responsible global citizens.
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WHOLE CHILD
Definition
The ideal EA whole child is an individual
who, guided by our core values and a clear
sense of self and well-being, seeks to become
a responsible member of society and an
active global citizen. The EA whole child will
continually strive to improve, be reflective
and inquisitive, be accepting and respectful
of others, and be genuinely inclined to serve
his or her community. The EA whole child is
equipped with communication, collaboration,
critical thinking, problem solving, information
literacy, adaptability skills, and a high level of
self-efficacy; the whole child is committed to
achieve his or her full potential.
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LEARNING FROM EACH OTHER
SHARED RESPONSIBILITY
MORAL COURAGE
COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE
RESPECT FOR ONE-SELF AND OTHERS
HIGH HOPES AND EXPECTATIONS
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OUR
Values
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OUR
Goals
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GROWTH AND
DEVELOPMENT
WORLD CLASS
SERVICE
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EDUCATING
GLOBAL
CITIZENS
THROUGH
INNOVATION
DEVELOPING
MASTER
TEACHERS
THROUGH
PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
BUILDING A
SUSTAINABLE
CAMPUS
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The EA Board of Directors represents
and guards the school’s mission. They are
charged with celebrating, honoring and
understanding Escuela Americana’s past,
fortifying its present, and ensuring that its
future is mission-driven.
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GROWTH AND
DEVELOPMENT
The EA Board of Directors is committed to a
strategic planning focus. The Strategic Plan will
be updated annually, and renewed every 3 to 5
years. We commit to being a Board that is highly
supportive of the school’s administration.
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OBJECTIVES
1. 1. Establish a Board profile to ensure its
excellence in the election of future Board
members, selecting those who will best support
the achievement of goals.
1. 2. Ensure Board excellence through a strong
board-appointed committee structure.
1. 3. Build a culture of philanthropy by becoming
an organization that utilizes fundraising as a tool
to enhance Escuela Americana’s program.
1. 4. Strengthen the Board to become effective
at fundraising in order to deepen the strategic
capacity.

WORLD CLASS
SERVICE
OBJECTIVES
2. 1. Appoint a committee to carefully examine client
experience and service.
2. 2. Help parents understand how the various divisions
– Academic, Finance & Operations, Advancement,
Executive Leadership, and Board – support our
community.
2. 3. Create a comprehensive strategy for client
engagement which continually reinforces excellence in
parent and student support, leading to an exceptional
and engaged community that understands and
appreciates our brand.
2. 4. Keep our alumni connected to our school in
meaningful ways.
2. 5. Create programs where alumni return to invest in
our current students.
2. 6. Create a graduate tracking program to help
understand the effectiveness of our education.
2. 7. Establish a wellness program for all students,
families, alumni and staff.
2. 8. Redesign the English Extension Program.
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Research has continually shown that children succeed
academically, socially and emotionally to become
well-rounded and balanced individuals if their parents
are involved in their education and school activities.
When parents are involved, students have shown
increased motivation and better self-esteem. At EA
we believe that teacher-family partnerships promote
development and learning.
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The STEAM LAB provides students with an
interactive learning opportunity which brings
together hands-on and virtual learning in
a differentiated environment. Students are
responsible for making decisions about their
learning which empower and motivate them to
learn and grow in an innovative environment.
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EDUCATING GLOBAL
CITIZENS THROUGH
INNOVATION
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OBJECTIVES
3. 1. Develop innovative programs to enhance
our distinctive curriculum. Consider fine arts,
engineering, public-speaking, life-skills, environmental
sustainability, additional languages, and others that
promote critical-thinking, life-long learning, and a
project-based curriculum*.
3. 2. Enhance our programs to offer stronger social
and emotional development for every student,
supportive of the concept of developing world leaders
and global citizens for tomorrow.
3. 3. Implement a comprehensive Visual and
Performing Arts Program considering spaces
necessary to support it.
3. 4. Create a 3-year-old Program.
3. 5. Develop and implement a Standard Based
Grading* and Master Transcripts System to enhance
and improve the student experience, and to more
effectively communicate to parents each student’s
individual journey.
*See page 21

DEVELOPING
MASTER TEACHERS
THROUGH
PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
OBJECTIVES
4. 1. Build a culture of professional development
to continually train and support our teachers and
students.
4. 2. Build enduring morale, so that we remain an
employer of the first choice in El Salvador.
4. 3. Develop a strategy to become an innovative
learning community*, focused upon caring faculty,
highly satisfied and engaged students, with a
growth mindset focus.
4. 4. Become a community of enthusiastic
learners, valuing success and mistakes alike,
instilling in our students a joy and passion for lifelong
learning.
4. 5. Develop a Teachers Training Academy,
serving all educators in El Salvador.
*See page 21
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Through professional development,
teachers acquire the skills to help
students learn how to think, problem
solve and develop a growth mindset.

The FabLab, fabrication lab or maker space, is a LEED
(Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) building, a
certification system that qualifies the most used green buildings
in the world, being a symbol of the achievement of sustainability.
With this, EA seeks to save up to 30% in energy, 50% in water
consumption, natural resources, reduce waste by up to 90%
and 35% in CO2 emissions. This not only boosts innovation, but
provides more healthy and comfortable spaces to work and learn.
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BUILDING A
SUSTAINABLE
CAMPUS
OBJECTIVES
5. 1. Enhance facilities in an ecologically minded
manner, reducing the impact on the environment
while creating a sustainable campus.
5. 2. Design and create a Wellness Center to
enhance our campus and programs.
5. 3. Create student programs for sustainability
to provide them opportunities for real-world
learning and facilities improvement.
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KEY TERMS
Project-Based Curriculum
“A teaching method in which students learn and
acquire skills for an extended period of time through
researching and solving essential questions.” (NAIS)
The project-based curriculum is a student-centered
pedagogy that involves a dynamic classroom approach
in which it is believed that students acquire a deeper
knowledge through active exploration of real-world
challenges and problems.
Standard Based Grading
In education, the term standard-based refers to
systems of instruction, assessment, grading, and
academic reporting. They are based on students
demonstrating understanding or mastery of the
knowledge and skills they are expected to learn as they
progress through their education.
Innovative Learning Community
Innovative education’s objective is to develop critical
thinking, metacognition (awareness and understanding
of one’s own thought processes), and collaboration skills
in students. It emphasizes learning by creating
hands-on projects, and experiential learning.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
2019-2020
Carlos Moreno
Felipe Castro
Sara Gasteazoro de Menéndez
Ana Cristina Quiñónez
Ana María Viaud Licea
Cecilia de Kahn
José Mayorga-Rivas
Vanessa Rubio
Ana Cristina de Tamayo
Alejandro Mondini
Alexia de Chamorro
Rodrigo Cruz
Carlos Palacios
Brad Doebel
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AN
Escuela Americana
GRADUATE
IS
ACTIVE GLOBAL
CITIZEN
COMMITTED TO
ACHIEVING FULL
POTENTIAL
COMMUNITY
COLLABORATOR
RESPONSIBLE
MEMBER OF
SOCIETY
CRITICAL
THINKER
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Calle y Colonia La Mascota Final Calle 3, San Salvador, El Salvador
(503) 2528-8300 www.amschool.edu.sv