Conscientious Planning

Conscientious Planning

 

For the Highest Good for All

Academy of Universal Metaphysics’ Board of Trustees, in order to protect the academy, its physical home, its enrollment, and its financial sustainability, embraces the following Conscientious Planning, to be reviewed annually and updated as necessary to ensure optimal academy operation.

Leaders of Manifestations

Governance with Mind, Heart, and Spirit

As governing bodies of Academy of Universal Metaphysics, we will:

  • Review, streamline, and update as appropriate Board Bylaws.
  • Be in compliance with our own requirements and policies such as the conflict of interest, confidentiality statements, and good governance practices.
  • Review board composition and operations such as recruiting skill sets and balancing terms in view of the work to be done.
  • Address the need for the Board to reflect the diversity of the AUM community.
  • Provide new trustee orientation with clearly defined roles and responsibilities of trustees, the board, and the administration, along with the challenges of being a trustee.
  • Meet the ongoing growth and professional development of Board members.
  • Continue to evaluate and address risks facing the school and its well-being.
  • Attend to our own energetic balance to optimize clarity when leading and collaborating.

Empowered Faculty

In order to provide our students with inspirational faculty as role models, we will:

  • Respect and welcome autonomy of teachers that are in alignment with our mission and standards.
  • Provide ongoing training and professional development with emphasis on pedagogy of academic & metaphysics curriculum and instruction.
  • Benchmark salaries both locally and nationally in order maintain the world’s valued faculty members.

Preparing Students for Life

In order to deliver our mission of providing education that empowers youth to believe in their infinite possibilities to create a more compassionate world, we will:

  • Hold the highest expectation for academic mastery, relevance, effectiveness, and positive applications to self, others, and the world.
  • Model application of life wisdom through stories, scenarios, current events, and study of sacred scriptures from around the world throughout history.
  • Invite guest teachers and spiritual gurus to share their wisdom.
  • Continue to evaluate students’ academic performances, character development, and socio-emotional health and well-being.
  • Welcome student and parent feedback; we value their insights.
  • Assess qualities and values of variety and diversity in programs and interactions for students’ experiences.

Home

 

Our Current Location

In order to ensure that Academy of Universal Metaphysics’ physical facilities fully support our students, faculty, community members, and the programs of the academy, we will:

  • Meet the health and safety of our students and faculty by making necessary ongoing adjustments.
  • Continue to strive for our facility/campus to prioritize the changing needs of our students and faculty while meeting our mission.
  • Research eco-friendly and sustainability attributes for building/facility construction, maintenance, and operational needs for both financial and environmental impact.

Programs

Mission-Driven Resources

In order to ensure the delivery of our academy mission, we will:

  • Create a variety of experiences for students to demonstrate their academic applications as one of the essential core values of AUM.
  • Continue to create and implement insightful rubrics, surveys, and instruments of measurements for program evaluations and feedback from students, faculty, parents, and involving community members.
  • Ensure healthy and practical balance between metaphysics and non metaphysics perspectives.
  • Pay particular attention to the quality of cross-curricular and interdisciplinary programs to embody its maximum values.

Share the Journey

Our Path

In order to shed light and celebrate Academy of Universal Metaphysics located in Southern Nevada; bring about renaissance to holistic educational approaches; guide our program with a clear understanding of who we are and our commitment to those whom we serve and represent; and to nurture ongoing sustainability in our school population and financial security, we will:

  • Continue to demonstrate our mission to prepare students for life, by affirming our commitment to academic applications, metaphysical discoveries, and community service collaborations where our students are empowered and compassionate believers of infinite possibilities.
  • Develop academy operational governing structures and processes to support a growing applicant pool of mission-appropriate students of diverse backgrounds.
  • Make sure that families and community members who value what we do have an accurate understanding of the access to and benefits of an AUM education.
  • Provide parents, community members, and future alumni with the language and tools to explain the AUM’s impact and significance to their friends and the external community.
  • Find and create opportunities to raise the profile of AUM locally, regionally, and nationally so that the academy might take its rightful place as a recognized leader in the world of spiritual-based academy education.