Strategic Plan

Journey With Us - Designing the future of WMS

Strategy is about surviving and thriving during evolution.
– Grant Lichtman

Wilmington Montessori School began working on a new strategic plan in June 2019 with the help of educational thought leader and strategist Grant Lichtman. As the group of staff, faculty, parents, alumni and other educators shared their WMS experiences and hopes for the future, we set out to test the ideas using the design thinking model.

WMS Strategic Plan

Goal 1: Montessori Program

Staying true to our strong foundation as an accredited Montessori school where children are known, affirmed and prepared, our mission, and our core values, we will deliver a compelling rigorous program focused on personalized learning and individual mastery that encompasses outdoor education.

Create a set of agreed upon competencies that students develop throughout their WMS education and refine the curriculum, campus (facilities) and staffing to accomplish them.
Establish partnerships with community organizations to help further the use of our natural campus resources.
Continue to innovate our curriculum, aligning it with educational curriculum standards and designing individual student learning plans with those in mind.

Goal 2: Faculty Development & Community Education

Extend the WMS teachers’ understanding of cognitive neuroscience (brain-based teaching and learning), problem/project-based learning and design thinking in service to meeting the individual needs of all students, focused on their learning profile.

Expand professional development to include training in Mind, Brain, Education that aligns with Montessori pedagogy and philosophy.
Extend this knowledge to parents and the broader community in an effort to educate our community about the important progress that has been made in understanding the science of learning and its strong connection to Montessori education, differentiating WMS from other independent and charter schools.
Identify and hire/promote and retain teachers who possess the curiosity, dedication to the Montessori philosophy, knowledge of child development and commitment to teaching the individual student.

Goal 3: Spreading the Word

What is design thinking?
Design thinking is a human-centered approach to innovation — anchored in understanding the needs, rapid prototyping and generating creative ideas — that will transform the way you develop products, services, processes and organizations.

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