Strengths: • The administrative team communicates with each other frequently, both informally and formally, and each member sees his/her roles and responsibilities as working in tandem and collaboratively with each other, strengthening the sense of teamwork. • Through the annual evaluation and goal-setting process, the sense of collective professionalism and leadership is strong, as is the mutual sense of responsibility for the school’s overall success. • The administrative team is consistently involved in pursuing better and better practices, and the assessment of the school’s progress is continuous, in order to support th e school’s faculty and to support the school’s Strategic Plan goals and priorities. • The school’s business operations and development department have been considerably successful in recent years, in terms of delivering on their goals during a most unusual phase of time during the pandemic; likewise, the entire administrative team has been able to mobilize and re-align its priorities in order to adjust to the new realities in a successful way. • There is a clear understanding among administrators regarding appropriate reporting lines, such as when communicating with board members and other constituents, so that together we approach matters with the proper process. • The administrative team has always sought to engage in team building activities as part of its annual retreat (pre-COVID) and the team looks forward to a time when we can renew our efforts and strengthen our sense of team. Challenges: • Coming to a collective agreement will be crucial between key constituents as to the definition and parameters of what a school of inclusivity should entail for Levine — becoming a more inclusive and welcoming school, in order to achieve a broader reach of students, will be critical for the school’s sustainability. • Because of the close interplay of teaching, learning, general and Judaic studies in the school’s programming, the lines of authority between K8 Principal and the Director of Jewish Life and Learning can sometimes cross or be fuzzy, causing confusion. • While the school has pursued a uniform teacher communication system when it adopted Schoology in 2019, the system is still not utilized across the board in an effective manner, and the school still lacks a uniform administrative software system that connects all facets of the school’s operations. • The need for enhanced communications — teacher-to-parent, school-to-home, school-to-potential families, etc. — is ever-present. The administrative team may need to expand in the area of marketing, social media, as well as support to teachers in terms of its communications.
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