Future Focus: Five-Year Strategic Plan 2024-29

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This strategic plan affirms what we value in a Breck education and propels our people, programs, and community to meet the complexity of our time.

Over the last five years we have leaned on our school’s enduring mission and values to successfully navigate some of education’s most challenging circumstances. From a global pandemic to a national racial reckoning that was sparked in our Twin Cities community, we acknowledged, learned, and evolved as a school. We are now positioned to leverage our strengths to amplify the course for an incomparable Breck experience for current and future generations of Breck students.

The work of the Future Focus plan is to set our strategic priorities so that Breck continuously strengthens our transformative student experience and is increasingly recognized as a national leader in independent school education.

This plan reflects extensive input gathered from students, parents, alumni, faculty and staff, board, and other stakeholders through more than a year of conversation that began with a review of our mission and values. Here, we present our five year vision — one that prioritizes our challenging and innovative academic program, student well-being and connection, faculty excellence, and courageously commits to investing in the sustainability of our school’s mission.

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At the heart of this plan is a single question...
How do we bring Breck’s enduring mission and core values into an increasingly complex world?
We know that our past and traditions are a source of strength, but they will not, in and of themselves, satisfy future challenges.
 

Strategic Priorities

Deepen Academic Excellence

Our challenging and innovative academic program thrives at the leading edge of teaching and learning.

Promote Student Well-being

Breck prioritizes student mental, physical, and spiritual health by developing confident learners, leaders, and human beings.

Nurture Inspiring Faculty

Being a Breck teacher is a top of class professional experience.

Bolster Philanthropy & Financial Sustainability

We are accountable to current and future generations of Breck students.

Transform our Vibrant Campus

To achieve our strategic objectives, we envision campus improvements that will elevate the experience and impact of a Breck education.

Background Information

Read more about our process to creating the Future Focus strategic plan.

Future Focus Updates

Throughout the next five years, Breck faculty and staff are working to move forward a number of strategic initiatives annually. The below list captures our progress and shows how we are continuously moving this work forward.

Growing Excellence: Expanding Faculty and Leadership Support
  • Nurture Inspiring Faculty

In response to our objective ensuring that faculty have the training and resources to remain on the forefront of research-based educational innovation, Breck expanded faculty teaching and leadership coaching programs.

Enhance our national presence as a premier destination for exceptional candidates
  • Nurture Inspiring Faculty

In response to our objective to enhance our national presence as a premier destination for exceptional candidates, in Spring 2025, members of the Senior Leadership team, including divisional and program directors, engaged in an analysis of recruitment and hiring at Breck, examined research to learn industry best practices, and identified opportunities to strengthen the process for candidates.

Develop partnerships and student exchanges with exceptional international schools
  • Deepen Academic Excellence

In response to our objective to improve opportunities for students to engage in community and global partnerships and connect with our talented and inspiring alumni, Breck will launch a transformative partnership with the American School of Madrid (ASM) in the Fall of 2025. This initiative will offer Breck sophomores the unique opportunity to experience the vibrant culture of Madrid, while simultaneously welcoming ASM students to Breck each fall for a semester abroad program.

Expand entrepreneurship and internship opportunities across the curriculum
  • Deepen Academic Excellence

In response to our objective within this area of the Strategic Plan (Create new, and enhance current, authentic learning experiences), Breck students will experience new, authentic learning experiences and expanding entrepreneurship and internship opportunities across the curriculum. Students participated in a May Program internship this spring focused on Breck’s Comprehensive Site Plan and opportunities to develop Breck’s campus.

Improve facilities to enhance teamwork, provide equitable spaces across all teams, and promote health and fitness
  • Promote Student Wellbeing

In response to our objective Elevate athletic and physical education experiences P-12 the recent Athletics refresh at Breck School has revitalized the Anderson Gym entrance and Field House corridor. Made possible by the generous support of donors, this project showcases Breck’s commitment to its athletes, featuring a collegiate wall that highlights the success of Breck graduates, and fosters a stronger sense of Mustang pride among students and visiting fans. The renovations, a collaboration between the Athletics, Facilities, and Advancement teams, are part of a long-term goal to elevate athletic spaces and provide top-tier facilities to all Breck student-athletes and coaches.

Frequently Asked Questions: Install state of the art integrated communication, surveillance, and response systems across the campus and Anderson Ice Arena
  • Transform our Vibrant Campus

In a question and answer format, a response to our objective within this area of the Strategic Plan, to begin a generational transformation of Breck’s campus and install state-of-the-art integrated communication, surveillance, and response systems, Breck has implemented comprehensive security measures including enhanced visitor management, upgraded surveillance, and specialized staff training, all guided by a philosophy of prevention, strong relationships, and continuous improvement, ensuring a safe and welcoming environment for the entire community.

Connect with us

If you would like to learn more about the implementation of our Future Focus Strategic Plan, contact our staff members at the information below.

Ben Friesen

Innovation Specialist

Catherine Pearson

Innovation Specialist