We commit to people as we:

• Further cultivate a thriving work environment characterised by a balance of expectations, personal engagement in mission-aligned commitments, positivity and joy.

• Review our teaching and boarding staffing arrangements and responsibilities to better meet the needs of students and staff.

• Review our human resources policies to better reflect our mission and values, promote financial sustainability and encourage stability.

We commit to people as we:

• Create an engaged and bought-in community that understands the UWC Thailand philosophy and programme.

• Systematically drive improvements across the student and parent journeys with the school.

• Foster an inspired parent community that contributes to the enrichment of student life.

• Strengthen and engage our alumni network through systematic, ongoing and caring actions that ensure long-standing reciprocal relationships sustained between our school and each alum.

We commit to people as we:

• Hire key personnel who will help boost our Admissions, Communications, Marketing & Advancement and Financial Aid structure.

• Review and refine our Admissions, Communications and Marketing structures and priorities to ensure student growth and improved retention.

• Improve the UWC Thailand reputation and brand worldwide. 

• Meet UWC International Office’s scholarship requirements and enhance our ability to support scholarships.

• Establish an Advancement function to raise funds for the school and scholarships. 

• Roll-out short courses, workshops, webinars and camps where we share our transformative education with a wider audience and that helps establish UWC Thailand as a thought-leader.

We commit to place as we:

• Develop a business plan that identifies, describes and analyzes the technical, economical and financial feasibility in order to responsibly grow and sustain our school.

• Review and develop financial policy that supports the school’s development and growth.

We commit to place as we:

• Expand the capacity of our boarding facility while optimising staffing and providing students with greater independence and responsibility. 

• Deepen and further develop a strong residential life programme that puts the students at the heart of residential life, cultivates a sense of community, and offers them safe opportunities for independent living.

• Further integrate the boarding house facilities and operations into the wider school.

• Expand the residential life programme through the construction of a new boarding house and intentional development of grade 9/10 boarding expansion, in conjunction with growth in grade 11/12 boarding as well.

We commit to programme as we:

• Quantify the learning, progress and growth of our programmes in line with our goals – communicating both the tangible and the intangible achievements of our students that are inherent to our progressive educational philosophy.

• Develop and enhance language programmes that reflect our mission and values and that help further support an inclusive learning environment.

• Create a learning support structure that meets the needs of our staff and students.

We commit to programme as we:

• Ensure our Social Emotional Learning programme meets the diverse needs of our students. 

• Imbed our Social Emotional Learning programme into the stated policy of our school, ensuring that our care for student wellbeing is clear, communicated and shared to all.

• Provide opportunities for professional development for teachers and Social Emotional Learning education for the broader community.

We commit to programme as we:

• Further develop our programme to be world-leading by developing and focusing on a discrete set of Outdoor Experiential Education activities that we commit to at each grade level, articulated in their Outdoor Experiential Education goals and objectives.

• Deepen our commitment to Outdoor Experiential Education in our curriculum and be recognised for our contribution to the wider educational world. 

• Review the balance of time dedicated to Outdoor Experiential Education against the other areas of our holistic programme.

• Develop Outdoor Experiential Education facilities that further support full inclusion within our programme.

We commit to programme as we:

• Ensure our Sports and Activities programme continues to fully embrace our approach of striving for your personal best and living by our motto, “Good Heart, Balanced Mind, Healthy Body”. 

• Further develop our Sports and Activities offerings to ensure best fit for all – from competitive sports, to intramural sports, to specialisation in areas of passion and interest. We seek programming that is high-quality while also meeting students’ diverse needs and interests.

• Integrate further our Outdoor Experiential Education and Sports programmes through the development of our sailing programme and other outdoor sports.

• Optimise use of internal and external staffing resources to ensure consistency and quality.

• Develop a plan for on-campus sports and performance facilities.

We commit to programme as we:

• Further consider the effectiveness of service actions and donations throughout our curriculum and approach.

• Deepen and further develop long-term partnerships in Phuket to provide continuity for our students and material support for our partners.

• Explore the integration of a systems-thinking approach to sustainability, which includes consideration of the environment, the economy.

We commit to purpose as we:

• Continue to ensure our guiding statements are embedded in our community’s way of being and doing.

We commit to purpose as we:

• Explore an integration of a systems-thinking approach to sustainability, which includes consideration of the environment, the economy, wellbeing and society.

• Target for net-zero carbon neutrality.

• Develop a plan to enhance sustainability throughout our campus and curriculum. 

• Introduce sustainability projects like solar power, adding insulation to existing buildings, greater use of open air spaces and upgraded lighting. 

• Develop the campus, according to the masterplan, in order to ensure optimum use of campus spaces, with an emphasis on supporting a sustainable approach to design and use.

• Support our students as catalysts for a better future for our planet and a positive influence on their wider community.

We commit to purpose as we:

• Develop a bespoke UWC Thailand definition for global citizenship.

• Create an integrated nursery – grade 12 programme where our deliberate diversity is a platform for intercultural learning and inclusion.

• Further integrate our UWC Thailand Learner Profile into the daily experience of the community.

• Explore how to better facilitate and monitor the development of global citizenship within our community.

We commit to purpose as we:

• Facilitate and expand upon transformative learning for students of differing abilities, interests and needs.

• Review our curriculum and educational policies and practises to optimise learning and use of staff time. 

• Design and develop learning spaces that inspire and facilitate transformative learning.

We commit to purpose as we:

• Further develop our Mindfulness programme to be world-leading.
• Become a centre for learning and excellence for other schools and a research partner for universities and/or foundations.
• Be recognised regionally and globally for our contribution to the wider educational world. 
• Create facilities that showcase how integral Mindfulness is to our school.
• Position our Mindfulness approach locally and globally in conjunction with our desire to establish ourselves as a facilitator of dialogues and thought-leadership that are grounded in a mindful approach to being and doing.