Hokkaido International School Strategic Plan: 2022 - 2027

Guiding Statement: Maintaining a safe and healthy educational environment, grounded in our values, will improve learning and is essential to our success in graduating students who live out our mission and vision in the world.

Outcomes: 

• Virtues Project, HUSKIES, character education:

1. Service learning and HUSKIES week 
2. Schoolwide Virtues work
3. Schoolwide common values-based reflection tools 
4. Development of research-based SEL best practices

• Socio-emotional support:

1. Schoolwide homeroom curriculum including robust anti-bullying work
2. Overnight trips, outdoor immersion & student events 
3. Development and support of comprehensive school counseling 

• Child Protection:

1. Child safety manual  
2. Dormitory child protection and pastoral care
3. Emergency management practices 
4. Continue safeguarding work outlined in WASC Action Plan

Guiding Statement: Every HIS student’s individual learning needs are supported through structured learning environments and effective differentiated teaching practices.  Every teacher is an ELL teacher, every teacher provides learning support for students with diverse identities and educational needs.

Outcomes:

• Support for English Language Learners:

1. Assessment & data best practices 
2. Schoolwide professional development 

• Support for diverse learning needs: 

1. Manual for tiers of individualized learning support 
2. Professional development in inclusive practices 

• School culture & intercultural competence: 

1. Staff regularly read and discuss professional literature for developing cultural competence 
2. Staff recruitment (including consideration of diversity and representation)
3. Implementation of transgender inclusion policy  
    

Guiding Statement: HIS will continue to thrive and grow sustainably, recognizing the environmental challenges of our times and modeling the values we encourage in our students.  A thriving HIS community includes students, families, faculty, alumni, and school governance; all have important roles to play in leading our work forward. 

Outcomes:

• Student recruitment & retention

1. Balanced domestic and international marketing to increase school profile
2. Meet annual enrollment targets
3. Establish an endowment fund that supports both merit and need-based scholarships

• Financial health

1. Generate an annual surplus that goes toward developing and supporting school programs
2. Shore up structures ensuring long-term financial health

• Faculty support 

1. Benefits, recruitment & retention 
2. Strong staff culture & morale 
3. Well-supported staff transitions in and out of HIS
4. Contracts & Rules of Employment revised and updated for greater clarity, flexibility, and consistency 

• Building & Grounds

1. Environmentally sustainable model for any new building 
2. Modeling environmentally responsible practices 
3. Protect health, safety, and wellbeing as it relates to the construction and occupancy of our campus facilities
4. Make HIS a safe, stimulating, and aesthetically pleasing place to learn

• Executive Board governance & support 

1. Establish alumni office
2. Establish increased scholarship & financial aid options 
3. Develop fundraising activities
4. Develop and initiate long-range plan for buildings & facilities 
5. Clarified roles & structures; adherence to existing protocols
6. Strong ongoing communication with school community about Executive Board’s role and decisions