Our Strategic Action Plan
has 3 focus areas:

List of 3 frequently asked questions.

• A New Mission Statement

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  New Mission launch April 2021
  As the school has evolved and recognized the importance of belonging in a space where every student is known, so has the mission statement. In a recent update to the strategic plan, Miami Country Day School's mission statement has changed to the following and will be slowly rolled out over the next academic year:
  “Our mission is to empower every student, every day, everywhere to learn deeply, explore with purpose, strive for excellence, and serve with honor, respect, and compassion as global citizens. We do this in a community where every student is known and included by engaging the whole child, in and out of the classroom as they discover their full potential.” Our Values: Purpose – Respect – Compassion – Honor – Wisdom

• Creation of the Board of Trustees’ Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee

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  August 2020. The committee meets once a month. The Diversity Committee of the Board is responsible for ensuring continuing Board and institutional progress toward the intentions of Miami Country Day School’s strategic plan, board goals concerning diversity, equity and inclusion, and the Head of School’s work plan objectives that focus on opportunity and equitable student success. The Diversity Committee of the Board is kept apprised of the school DEI priorities and processes as well as the school’s implementation of programs and initiatives. The committee works with the Head of School to establish strategies and resources to support the school to advance its goals related to DEI. The committee works with school leaders in DEI to ensure that board members are familiar with and able to represent to community stakeholders the on-going efforts underway at the school (e.g. cultural competency trainings, professional and faculty development work in DEI, Social Justice workshops, etc.). General responsibilities:
  

  • Understand and create a commitment to the school’s identified goals concerning DEI.
  • Assist the Board in incorporating diversity, equity, and inclusion into Board goals and priorities.
  • Nurture a collaborative culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion through discussing issues in a meeting environment that respects and values divergent points of view while being careful to avoid patterns of power and privilege that contribute to the chilling of free expression.
  • Make recommendations to the Board of Trustees, as are deemed appropriate by the Head of School and the Diversity Committee of the Board members.

• Campus Group Work:“Be a Racial Ally”

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  March 2021.The group meets once a month.
  To advance racial equity, there is work for white people and people of color to do separately and together. This work group provides a space for people to work within their own racial/ethnic groups. For white allies, this group provides time and space to work explicitly and intentionally on understanding white culture and white privilege and to increase one’s critical analysis around these concepts. This group also puts the responsibility on white people to teach each other about these ideas, rather than placing a burden on people of color to teach them.