Strategic Plan
charting our future
In 1996, a group of families and educators founded Sea Crest School with the vision to provide an independent, well-rounded education for the San Mateo County coastal communities. Our mission is to inspire and empower learners to engage curiosity, express creativity, act with compassion, and lead with courage. This mission, supported by our talented faculty, staff, and community, has guided us for nearly three decades.
Now, we share a new strategic vision that honors our mission and history while leading us into the future. This vision focuses on fostering curiosity and creativity, emphasizing environmental and marine education, and nurturing critical thinking skills. It commits us to empowering students through diverse, personalized learning, character development, and service rooted in a community of belonging. It challenges us to prepare students to thrive in a rapidly changing world, fostering responsibility, environmental awareness, and creative problem-solving.
Our strategic vision aligns with four key Directions:
- Strengthen Our Sense of Place
- Deepen The Student Learning Experience
- Invest in the Future
- Leave it Better than We Found It
Sea Crest School developed its strategic plan over nine months through a community-driven process facilitated by Leadership + Design. A Strategic Planning Design Team, including teachers, school leadership, parents, alums, and trustees, guided this work. We engaged nearly a hundred voices from across the community, holding events and in-depth interviews to gather input.
By understanding what makes Sea Crest distinct, we identified four focus areas. This led to a community design day where stakeholders brainstormed strategic initiatives. These initiatives were refined and evaluated by our strategic planning committee and school leadership, resulting in the strategic plan now in your hands.
We invite you to stay connected as we implement this plan together in the coming years.
~ Lauren Miller, Head of School
Greg Bamford is a Co-Founder and Senior Partner at Leadership+Design. Prior to leading L+D, Greg was Associate Head of School for Strategy and Innovation at Charles Wright Academy in Tacoma, Washington, and Head of School at the innovative Watershed School in Boulder, Colorado. He is a co-founder of the Traverse Conference, a national conference on experiential and place-based learning, and is on the Board of Trustees at his alma mater, The Overlake School in Redmond, Washington.
With his experience in school leadership, Greg brings a strategic lens to leadership development, innovation, and change management for Leadership+Design clients. He has led strategic planning for a variety of independent and public schools nationally. Greg also has been a featured speaker at dozens of education conferences, has consulted with a wide range of schools nationally, and has written for industry publications like Independent School, Net Assets, and The Yield. Greg lives in Tacoma, Washington with his wife and two children.