Fordham Prep President Survey

Dear Members of the Fordham Prep community,

This survey has been designed to solicit your views and opinions about school leadership and future opportunities for both Fordham Prep and the next President. The survey seeks to gather thoughts from all of Fordham Prep constituencies that will be useful insight for informing our leadership needs.

Please note that all responses are anonymous and are reported directly to our search professionals, Risa Oganesoff Heersche and Mathew Heersche, at Educational Directions. Members of the search committee will not read individual survey responses. Educational Directions will look for prominent themes or patterns in the responses and will summarize the survey feedback with the search committee.

We have made every effort to be respectful of your time; completing this survey should take approximately 12-18 minutes. We appreciate your candor and participation.

The Fordham Prep Search Committee

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* 1. What is your affiliation with Fordham Prep?

Faculty member

Staff member

Administrator

Student

Parent

Alum

Current Trustee

Former Trustee

Other (please specify)

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* 2. How long have you been affiliated with Fordham Prep?

1-3 years

4-6 years

7+ years

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* 3. How would you describe Fordham Prep?

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* 4. What do you see as Fordham Prep's strengths

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* 5. What do you see as the top goals/priorities for the next President? (please choose five)

Articulate Fordham Prep's distinctive advantages

Champion a transformative vision for Fordham Prep

Unify constituents toward common goals

Support efforts to enhance academic excellence

Lead ambitious fundraising efforts

Strengthen enrollment and retention

Foster a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusive excellence

Further enhance the relevancy of the student experience

Engage with all Fordham Prep stakeholders

Raise Fordham Prep's visibility and promote it to a wider audience

Recruiting, retaining, and compensating high-quality faculty

Enhancing the Catholic Jesuit identity of Fordham Prep

Ensuring best practices for educating young men

Growing enrollment

Enhance the affordability and accessibility of a Fordham Prep education

Engage alumni in the life of Fordham Prep

Develop creative partnerships for Fordham Prep

Facilitate curricular change and enhancement

Enhance Fordham Prep's financial sustainability

Encourage a culture of thinking and acting boldly

Cultivate a positive working environment for faculty, administrators, and staff

Improving communication

Other/Comments

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* 6. What kind of experience is most important for the next President to have? (Please choose five.)

Classroom teaching experience

Track record of engaging alumni and other friends

Leadership/management in Catholic schools

Leadership/management in single-sex schools

Prior president experience

Advocate for access and affordability

Secondary education leadership

Contributor to a national conversation on secondary Catholic education

Fundraising track record

Collaborating effectively with faculty and staff

Collaborating effectively with a Board of Trustees

Commitment to the principles of a Jesuit Catholic education

Financial management

Strategic planning

Business aptitude/experience

Other (please explain)

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* 7. What are the most important qualities for the next President to demonstrate? (Please choose five)

Practicing Catholic

Commitment to all-boys education

Challenges others to achieve high goals

Highest integrity and strong moral compass

Stellar communication skills, including writing, public speaking, and active listening

Reputation for advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion

Humble, servant-leader style who prioritizes transparency

High emotional intelligence and strong interpersonal skills

Undaunted by the demographic shifts affecting all-boys high school enrollment

Collaborative, consultative, and thoughtful decision-maker

Visionary and strategic leadership

Ability to articulate what makes Fordham Prep distinctive

Strong academic credentials

Motivational role model, mentor, and developer of faculty, staff, and students

Bold and decisive managerial style

Leads deftly from the front, middle, and back

Supportive of faculty and staff

Courage

Other (please explain)

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* 8. Which of the following best describe areas in which you believe Fordham Prep has room for significant improvement? (please select three or fewer)

Academic excellence

Catholic Jesuit identity

All-boys education

Faculty/Staff

Athletic program

Arts program

Sense of community

Service

Student-faculty relationships

Identifying and articulating the advantages of a Fordham Prep education

Fundraising

Other (please specify)

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* 9. Is there anything else that you would like the President Search Committee to keep in mind throughout the search?

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* 10. If you know of an educational leader whom you believe should be considered as a candidate for this position, please provide his/her name and contact information.

Name

Phone Number

Thank you for completing the survey.