UWCSEA Strategy 2018–2023

Education as a Force

At UWCSEA, we educate our students to impact on individuals and society in accordance with the UWC mission. Through a holistic Learning Programme, students develop the skills and qualities (which  meld to form the UWCSEA profile) to fulfill their potential and become life-long learners and ethical agents for change.

We understand educational excellence to be manifested by student learning across all five elements of our Learning Programme. This spirit of excellence, balanced with a serious commitment to well-being, will help inspire our community to rich experiences and high achievement.

Our innovation will align with our values. We will take scalable, safe-to-fail approaches to probe and test the boundaries of our strategies and practices.

Within the contexts of Singapore and our Learning Programme, we will seek to be inclusive and diverse, in accordance with our definitions of these concepts, and we will recognise the importance of intercultural competence.

• Strategy E1: Extending Excellence
• Strategy E2: Deliberate Innovation
• Strategy E3: Diversity and Inclusion

Peace and a Sustainable Future

Our community is strengthened by diversity and united in common purpose. On local, national and global platforms, we will seek to engage with and impact positively on individuals and communities who hold similar, disparate and diverse ideas.

All members of our community should understand Peace to include concepts such as justice, equality and human rights and to be more than the absence of conflict. Our Learning Programme will help seed and nurture these concepts. We aspire to promote Peace in all of its contexts—for the individual, our communities and our global societies. We will embed structures to support learning for Peace and its systematic implementation across the College, and develop meaningful links with like-minded organisations that are in pursuit of the same goals.

Sustainability as a systemic response means aligning ourselves to the UN Sustainable Development Goals to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all within the means of nature. We will engage with these challenges by deepening our intellectual and moral capacities, and building our collective wisdom. We will develop our curriculum to ensure that sustainability is woven into all five elements of our learning programme from K–12. We will also develop our community’s capability in systems thinking.

• Strategy P1: Working for Peace
• Strategy P2: Sustainability as a Systemic Response 

A United Community

A strong College community, based on shared values, is fundamental to our success. Our community members will demonstrate respectful attention to diverse needs and perspectives, and compassionate engagement with others.

We seek to promote the educational significance of UWC residential life and will seek to harmonise the best of the day and residential experiences. We will strengthen relationships with one another, between campuses and with those outside our immediate community of students, staff and parents. We will build strategic relationships that extend our reach and deepen our impact. We will intensify the focus of the UWCSEA Foundation, enhance Alumni engagement, and continue to dedicate an agreed percentage of our annual turnover to scholarships.

Our fundamental responsibility to our community members is to keep them safe, well and secure at all times and in all situations. We will continue to develop robust safeguarding practices, and empower our community to identify and respond to safeguarding situations. We will implement policies, practices and programmes to support staff and student wellness and safeguard everyone in our community.

• Strategy C1: Strengthening our Community
• Strategy C2: Keeping People Safe and Well

Our Strength and Capacity

UWCSEA puts people, not systems, first. Our plan for sustainable growth will be transparent and support our community, while reflecting and responding to current realities and future possibilities. We will guarantee the financial security of the College while balancing present and future educational, environmental and organisational needs.

In order to retain education as our focus, we recognise the necessity of humane, sustainable and effective systems.

We will develop operational systems that set a positive, data-informed culture around rigorous practices, adhering to all external regulatory requirements. In adapting to any changes, we will support our community and protect the College’s ethos and values.

We will establish decision-making processes and leadership structures that enhance operational effectiveness while retaining flexibility to adapt to changing circumstances.

• Strategy S1: Ensuring Long-term Financial Sustainability
• Strategy S2: Embedding Effective Systems
• Strategy S3: Establishing Effective Decision-Making Structures