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Strategic Plan

FIVE ESSENTIAL INITIATIVES

In order to continue the legacy of the Mission of Education of the Order of the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart, and to honor the Guiding Principles of the Order, the setting of strategic priorities is critical to achieving both our short term goals and Seisen International School’s long term vision and mission.

These initiatives, together with our guiding principles, and Re-Accreditation recommendations will guide our journey together into 2020 - 2023.

These initiatives are essentially inter-dependent.

Initiative 1 :  ENSURE THAT SEISEN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL MAINTAINS ITS IDENTITY AS A CATHOLIC, HANDMAID SCHOOL

While strategies may evolve, it is the Mission and Guiding Principles of Seisen International School that constitute our identity as a Catholic School. They distinguish and define the school and guide our course, as we journey together into the future. Our Leadership Team, teachers, staff, students and parents are expected to support our mission and make it a living document. We honor the Guiding Principles of the Order and reflect them in our student, teacher, and parent profiles. This initiative must extend to all stakeholders: prospective families, current students and their parents, faculty, staff and our alumni.

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Looking to the Future - 
In our apostolic works there has always been a desire to do things in the best possible way, according to the times and circumstances. The quality of what we do must necessarily include care for the person and transmission of Gospel values, but also important to us are the educational methods that we employ and the way in which we organize our centers. In everything that is in our power, we endeavor to work with professionalism and effectiveness. 

Attentive to the changes in the world, to the advances in science and technology, and to the trends in educational innovation, in each place we look for the most suitable teaching methods. We do this with creative fidelity, preserving and taking care of that which is fundamental for us and at the same time remain open and flexible in order to incorporate the new, always with the end of better serving the persons whom we are educating. 

In order to put this dynamic of constant renovation into practice, it is necessary to have a serious commitment to ongoing formation which enables us and the educators with whom we share the mission to respond to the demands of the society in which we live”-Our Educational Style - Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Roma 2017

Initiative 1 ENSURE THAT SEISEN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL MAINTAINS ITS IDENTITY AS A CATHOLIC, HANDMAID SCHOOL

While strategies may evolve, it is the Mission and Guiding Principles of Seisen International School that constitute our identity as a Catholic School. They distinguish and define the school and guide our course, as we journey together into the future. Our Leadership Team, teachers, staff, students and parents are expected to support our mission and make it a living document. We honor the Guiding Principles of the Order and reflect them in our student, teacher, and parent profiles. This initiative must extend to all stakeholders: prospective families, current students and their parents, faculty, staff and our alumni. 

WE WILL CONTINUE TO ENSURE THAT SEISEN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL MAINTAINS ITS IDENTITY AS A CATHOLIC, HANDMAID SCHOOL BY: 

  • Embedding the Seisen International School Mission and Guiding principles into every aspect of daily school life and ensuring that they constitute the foundation for all Seisen International School policies, strategic decisions, employment practices, and all interactions personal and professional within the school. 
  • Ensuring that the school’s leadership and faculty are committed to strengthening Seisen International School’s identity and heritage as a Catholic School by implementing a review cycle of our Mission, and student, teacher and parent profiles. 
  • Expanding the relationships already formed with Handmaid Schools in other countries. 
  • Enhancing the teaching of Religion and Religious Studies throughout the School, so that both members of the Seisen International School Community are provided opportunities to develop their own beliefs, while reverencing the spiritual treasurers of other faiths. 
  • Preparing Catholic students for the reception of the Sacraments. 
  • Developing a comprehensive K- 12 Religion Curriculum. 
  • Embedding and documenting Service as part of the curriculum K- 12. 
  • Embedding and documenting Global Mindedness and Intercultural Competencies through the lens of a Catholic School Education. 
  • Ensuring that our moral obligation as a Catholic school to ensure student safeguarding is supported by yearly reviews of our Student Safeguarding Policy and the professional development of faculty and staff in safeguarding. 
  • Celebrating the Eucharist with Elementary, Middle School and High School every week and with the whole school several times a year.

Initiative 2 ENSURE RIGOROUS ACADEMIC PREPARATION

Seisen International School will continue to enhance our ability to prepare students academically for the 21st century by clearly defining student centered learning, and by strengthening academic leadership. We are committed to making the best strategic and educational use of our campus. 

WE WILL ENSURE SUPERIOR ACADEMIC PREPARATION BY: 

  • Achieving and maintaining IB World School Continuum status. 
  • Documenting the development and implementation of an overarching K-12 curriculum with an emphasis on vertical alignment. 
  • Implementing common policies across K-12 including Learning and Teaching, Differentiation, Assessment and Inclusion. 
  • Enriching our programs and courses at divisional and subject levels to offer relevant learning experiences to our students. 
  • Identifying, recruiting and retaining the best and most qualified faculty possible. 
  • Engaging in Teacher Training Partnerships with established Colleges of Education. 
  • Supporting professional growth of Seisen International School faculty through relevant professional development opportunities in Japan, overseas, and online. 
  • Expanding and continual exploration of technology to support academic programs and learning throughout the school. 
  • Development of the Fine Arts Curriculum to include more opportunities for student expression through the arts. 
  • Development of Environmental Sustainability Projects K- 12. 
  • Focusing on Student and Faculty wellbeing from an emotional, social, emotional, physical,cognitive and Spiritual standpoint. 
  • Providing improved facilities and additional classroom space. 

Initiative 3 BUILD COMMUNITY AND PARTNERSHIP

We are all Seisen International School. Students, the Leadership Team, Faculty, Staff, Parents, and Alumni are all indispensable members of our community. All are important and contribute in so many ways to the growth of our students, and to their outreach to those who are less fortunate. At Seisen International School, the student-faculty-parent relationship is critical. 

WE WILL BUILD COMMUNITY AND PARTNERSHIP BY: 

  • Creating a culture of transparency and collaboration consultation with all stakeholders through meetings, e- communication, updates, social media. 
  • Continuing our commitment to and partnership with sister Handmaid schools in Japan and overseas as interactive members of the community of Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus schools. 
  • Active participation in the Japan Council of International Schools (JCIS) and the East Asian Region of Overseas Schools (EARCOS). 
  • Collaborating with the Seisen Parents Association in the best interest of school community building. 
  • Conducting outreach to former students through a constructive relationship with the Seisen Former Students Association. 
  • Establishing a “think tank” of alumni who are current parents in order to facilitate program and campus development.

Initiative 4  DEVELOP LEADERSHIP NOW AND INTO THE FUTURE 

Seisen International School’s future depends on a school of leaders committed to Seisen International School’s vision, mission, and guiding principles. We need leadership that is well structured, capable and accountable. 

This initiative will facilitate, develop and support strategic leadership into the future. 

WE WILL INVEST IN INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIAL PROFESSIONAL CAPITAL OF OUR STUDENTS AND FACULTY: 

  • Ensuring that the Student Councils in MS and HS and House Captains in ES have a voice in Community Programs and other policy decisions that directly affect our students. 
  • Reviewing and revising the Performance Development Program to ensure relevancy and effectiveness. 
  • Ensuring that Performance Development Program Assessments are completed on time each year. 
  • Implementing the Professional Development Policy and providing PD support directly linked to the Performance Development Program. 
  • Developing leadership succession plans for the SLT/LT and for all faculty and middle management positions and rotating roles of responsibility within the school. 

Initiative 5  SECURE SEISEN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL’S FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY

Seisen International School’s operating costs are sustained by tuition. Future projects are dependent on the Building Fund and Donations. 

Seisen International School will continue to analyze its financial performance on an on-going basis to minimize unnecessary costs. 

The future improvement of the school’s facilities will, however, require a separate and concerted effort and commitment. 

WE WILL SECURE SEISEN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL’S FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY BY: 

  • Reviewing long term planning for the more effective use of Seisen International School’s campus, while continuing to improve and update facilities. 
  • Completion of Master Design Plan by Perkins Eastman 
  • The development of a vision, goal, plan and costing for the renewal of Seisen International School’s school facilities over the next 10 years. 
  • Ongoing update of the Seisen International School Business Plan in accordance with School Board requirements. 
  • Expanding and enhancing our communication and outreach to prospective families and alumni and the general public. 
  • Launch of new website and review and possible upgrade of website every 3 - 5 years.