A Change for the Better

Champion Schools is almost 10 years old and the growth in the last few years has been exponential. Things are constantly developing so there are essentially countless areas for improvement in many different levels of function. The size and quality of the facilities and buildings are probably the first thing that you would notice if you spent a day around school. Summit Elementary shares a large building full of classrooms with the Phoenix School for the Arts. There are currently about 350 Champion School's students occupying 10 rooms and space is so limited that at every hour of the day there are students outside for either P.E. or lunch. This issue was addressed long ago and the delays in construction at the new campus are desperately close to being over. The new campus will make things a lot easier with the logistics for school bus pick-ups and organizing school wide programs, like sports. The square footage along with the surrounding community and what it has to offer will be good for the school but I'm sure there will be some negatives as well. The mass of the area around the school carries the same principle as businesses because the surrounding services and residential housing will start to have greater involvement with another educational institution running. After the space issue is taken care of the operating size of the staff is my biggest concern.
Right now, the school could use about 4-6 more coaches to ease the pressure off of the 6 teachers who teach and coach teams. Once the school moves campuses, they will probably increase enrollment by about 30%. I think the staff of 25 needs to do the same or more to stay productive and efficient. In my current position as marketing specialist I believe Champion Schools would be an ideal location for undergraduate students looking for teaching internship experience before certification. This would be an easy way to fill teaching hours and also attract attention from the large, local university. Keeping the social media friendly and updated will help Champion Schools to stand out among standard public schools. The small intimate nature of the school along with its focus and success in athletics will drive the enrollment steadily.