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.

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

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.

Breck Faculty participate in a Gallery Walk of Breck's P-12 curriculum overview.
  • Deepen Academic Excellence
Align our challenging and innovative P-12 academic program by division and department

In response to our objective within this area of the Strategic Plan, continuously evolve our world-class P-12 academic program, this story highlights how Breck faculty have engaged in a transformative curriculum alignment process that makes learning visible, strengthens skill progression across grade levels, and ensures a purposeful, connected academic journey from Preschool to Advanced Scholarship.

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  • Transform our Vibrant Campus
Improve Lower and Middle School learning environments designed to enhance the academic and community experience

In response to our objective within this area of the Strategic Plan, begin a generational transformation of Breck’s campus, exemplified by the redesigned Salas Commons, which reflects a strategic effort to blend mid-century architectural heritage with modern functionality, enhancing learning environments and community spaces through thoughtful design and intentional updates.

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  • Promote Student Wellbeing
Ensure student athletes succeed at the highest levels and are able to participate in a variety of sports and levels

In response to our objective within this area of the Strategic Plan (Elevate athletic and physical education experiences P-12), this story highlights how we are enhancing our athletics program to offer students meaningful, developmentally appropriate opportunities to grow as leaders, teammates, and competitors—building strong foundations in Middle School, encouraging multi-sport participation, and fostering a culture of excellence and integrity across all levels.

Students use computers during their coursework at Breck
  • Deepen Academic Excellence
Evolve our curriculum to integrate emerging technologies and opportunities

In response to our objective within this area of the Strategic Plan (Create new, and enhance current, authentic learning experiences), this story highlights how we are expanding computer science and AI education to provide all students with accessible, innovative, and future-focused learning opportunities.

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 Coach