How Important is Faculty Engagement?

Vital—because it binds the school together into a community where teaching, mentoring, and leadership commitment impact the lives of students and parents in remarkable ways.

Deeper engagement of faculty and administrators is a leading predictor of student growth. When your teachers, staff, coaches, and everyone else understand and prioritize their impact on enrollment and the strategic goals of the school, they are more likely to contribute in a positive, proactive way.

What Happens When You Build Faculty Engagement?

  • Achieve your enrollment, fundraising, and quality goals

  • Enjoy more engaged and happy students, which produces engaged and happy parents

  • vStronger faculty retention, reduced turnover, greater productivity, and higher efficiency

  • Spend less time having to motivate and manage, giving you more time and less stress

What people are saying:

SG Network Member

and Administrator

"The most important thing for faculty to hear and understand is that every teacher (and staff member) is in the admission/advancement department. They play the leading, most critical role everyday in the decision of our current parents to re-enroll and they have already begun to make that decision for next year. Even as a teacher myself, I never heard that and it has changed the way I look at each teacher."

SG Network Member

and Head of School

"The way in which you presented the material was very appealing. All the while you were telling the teachers what they need to be and do, you did so by encouraging and affirming them. Your comments called them to step up even more than they are now. I think the teachers came away understanding just how much they are valued as professionals and as part of the team."

SG Network Member

and Principal

"As the principal, I was encouraged by the way I saw the teachers remain interested throughout the session. I believe they have a new way of looking at their role as part of the larger team. No matter how vast our programs may become or what type of facility we may live in, student engagement and parent satisfaction lie largely with the teacher and that does not depend on programs or facility."

SG Network Member

and Faculty

"It was good to talk about the school as a whole program. It helped to understand the bigger picture and to see how each person/department plays a role in enrollment."

SG Network Member

and Faculty

"We are all responsible for bringing in new students, not just Admissions."

SG Network Member

and Faculty

"I get it--Teach with the future in mind."

SG Network Member

and Faculty

"It placed a great weight of responsibility on me as a teacher, in a good way. I have a greater understanding of the importance of my role to the program as a whole and specifically for retaining current students."