A Summary of our Operating Plan




THE LOVETT SCHOOL WILL STRENGTHEN ITS ALREADY EXCELLENT AND INNOVATIVE EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT. In keeping with our founder's vision, we will celebrate lifelong learning, offering curricular and co-curricular opportunities that prepare our students for college and for life in an increasingly complex world. We will also utilize our Academic Resource Center (formerly the Learning Lab) as an academic resource for all students and faculty.

A sampling of initiatives already underway:
Academic Resource Center (ARC) instructors are now better integrated into the classrooms, with "satellite" centers and staff working directly with students and faculty in all school divisions. This change allows our students to view our ARC teachers as "regular" teachers. In the Lower School, the ARC teachers spend 10 hours per week in the classrooms; in the Middle School, an ARC reading specialist works with all sixth graders on their reading skills; and in the Upper School, an ARC teacher serves as a math instructor. This integration, coupled with the hiring of additional ARC teachers, is allowing for the ARC to reach more students and to train school faculty to implement a greater number of proven teaching strategies.

Other selected strategies:

• Include college counselors in new curriculum discussions.
• Use college counselors as a resource in training advisors during course registration.
• Strengthen the overall ethos around teaching, learning, educational practice, and innovative methods of instruction.
• Define other areas where signature courses or learning experiences may be developed.
• Integrate more fully the reality of testing into the educational plan.
• Advise teachers and students regarding test-taking skills.