How We Got Here

The Process

SCAN PHASE
February – April 2021

A Steering Committee was formed comprised of parents and guardians, members of our professional community, MTS alumni, and Trustees. In partnership with Mission Minded, committee members deeply studied the state of the school through interviews and a community-wide survey and immersed themselves in research around topics such as demographics, diversity, technology, pedagogy, and the economy. A comprehensive SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) Analysis was developed, and a Situation Analysis was shared with the Board of Trustees. 

 

ENVISION PHASE
May – June 2021

Building on our SCAN phase of work, and in partnership with Mission Minded, the Steering Committee identified the school’s distinguishing characteristics and areas of vulnerability. The Steering Committee iterated with school leadership on Vision, Mission, and Values statements that were adopted by the Board, and considered this essential question as they set strategic commitments for the school:

What habits of mind must we instill in our students so they can activate their education and solve the complex problems of their changing world?

 

CREATE PHASE
August – December 2021

Four Strategic Commitments were affirmed by the Board of Trustees at the onset of the CREATE phase, enabling the Steering Committee and Mission Minded to engage students, MTS alumni, our professional community, and parents and guardians to ideate about the priorities MTS must set to realize them. The entire MTS community was invited to participate in group discussions and then weighed in on the importance of the ideas that surfaced through a community-wide survey. The resulting priorities were developed by the Steering Committee and unanimously approved by the Board of Trustees in January 2022.

Steering Committee Members

 

Andrew Davis
Head of School

Meagan Andrews
Head of Lower School

Lindsay Bercovitch
Member of the Professional Community, Parent

Quincy Davis
Former DEI Director, Parent

Courtney Della Cava
Trustee, Alumni Parent

Elliot Hayne
Member of the Professional Community, Alumni Parent

Nancy Kehoe
Advancement Director

Ann Le
Parent, DEI Steering Group member

Sara Marshall
Alumni Parent, Former PA President

Katrina O’Connell
Trustee, Parent

Amy Pearson
Director of Admissions and Marketing

Michelle Sarti
Former Board Chair, Alumni Parent

Alexandra Stallone
Trustee, Alumna

Talia Rhodes
Former Professional Community Member

Nick Wilsey
Head of Middle School

 

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