Strategic Plan

During the 2023-2024 academic year, we piloted two surveys to assess belonging and social-emotional well-being in grades 3-5. In the spring of 2024, Authentic Connections was administered in grades 6-8, the ERB Check-In Survey was administered in grades 3-5, and the ERB Self-Wise Survey was administered in grades 4 and 7. Moving forward, Langley’s social-emotional learning and DEI teams will determine how to utilize the data to enhance our signature social-emotional learning curriculum.

The admission team worked with the Business Office to research tuition models and tuition assistance best practices within and outside of the DMV market. This work will serve as a foundation as we continue to review our tuition model and the goal of making Langley accessible to every student who would thrive here.

In addition, the development team researched and built a strong case for support for an endowment campaign based on successful models from peer schools and other nonprofit organizations. This foundational information will be essential as Langley explores whether to move forward with an endowment campaign to reduce our reliance on tuition and support competitive faculty salaries.

Langley's human resources director completed a comprehensive compensation study to develop a compensation philosophy aimed at adjusting faculty salaries to the 75th percentile of average independent school teacher salaries in our region. Using data from the Association of Independent Schools of Greater Washington (AISGW), the school has committed to adjusting all faculty salaries to this level by 2026.

Academic leaders and teachers began an extensive review of Langley’s curriculum documentation process, establishing the tools and procedures that teachers will use to continually review, enhance, and document the curriculum going forward. Included in this assessment was an in-depth review of the school’s world language program. In the 2024-2025 school year, Langley’s world language program will include enhanced standards, new resources, and a newly created “Portrait of a World Language Graduate” that will guide Langley teachers as they deliver a world language curriculum that is aligned with the expectations of the area’s top high schools.

Parent exposure to learning doubled with the introduction of more opportunities for parents to witness learning in action at every grade level. This increased exposure has been a boost to parent engagement overall, giving them more chances to experience Langley’s inquiry-based and social-emotional learning approach firsthand and to see the process of learning rather than just the end product.

In February 2024, Langley completed our 10-year Virginia Association of Independent Schools (VAIS) accreditation review. The positive report from the visiting team lauded Langley’s experienced and dedicated faculty, staff, and leadership; strong enrollment and community; exceptional academic program, facilities, and campus; and intentional strategic focus on the future as a few of the reasons that Langley met the qualifications for accreditation.    

To meet this goal, Langley added two positions. The chief technology officer and the assistant head for programs and director of curriculum & instruction both began in the 2023-2024 academic year.

Langley added a new projector and audio equipment in the gymnasium of the Solomon Athletic Center, replaced the audiovisual equipment with a state-of-the-art sound and light board in the auditorium of the Sherman Arts Center, and completed landscaping and hardscaping construction on “The Green,” a courtyard gathering space in the center of campus. The equipment and upgrades have enhanced community and learning experiences in those spaces and contributed to the belonging, community, and connection that are important components of our program.

After identifying best practices in service learning using the National Youth Leadership Council guidelines, faculty looked at ways to build more service learning experiences into Langley’s curriculum. During the 2023-2024 school year, we piloted service learning initiatives in preschool and grades 5-7. This work will continue as we take what we learned this year to build a service learning program that deepens learning and connection and teaches students not only the value of service in their communities, but also the power each has to make a meaningful difference in the world.