Hill Top Preparatory School

Hill Top Preparatory School's strategic plan identifies three areas – Validated, Vital, Visible – and focuses on the concept that what makes Hill Top students different is also what makes their contributions uniquely valuable. Hill Top does more than educate its students. Faculty, staff and administrators work with families to help students build a quality of self that includes self-recognition, self-advocacy, self-reliance and self-confidence. Programs are carefully designed to refine and strengthen students’ capacity to connect and to build relationships with others ensuring they are well-prepared to make and take their place in the world.

VALIDATING our program for educating neurodiverse learners will provide the opportunity to identify the philosophy, methodologies, relationships and values that make Hill Top an exceptional learning community for neurodiverse learners with the goal of enriching the programs and sharing expertise with other professionals in the field. With this, Hill Top will become a recognized leader in guiding neurodiverse learners toward alternative pathways for postsecondary success. Strategic partnerships with scholars, researchers, and employers will be critical working to develop and promote “The Hill Top Method”.

FINANCIAL VITALITY will be ensured through mission-aligned partnerships, new revenue streams, and facility expansion. The extraordinary potential to grow and serve a community of learners that is traditionally underserved and underemployed is unprecedented, yet the need for funding to make it possible is profound. To meet our potential, we must energize our existing and potential network of passionate supporters who can steward our school and scale our impact to increase access to our life-changing program.

Hill Top stories are compelling, emotional and inspiring and too often hidden. In order to increase VISIBILITY, a corps of professionals and volunteers will be engaged and equipped with tools to reach those who will benefit from Hill Top’s unique programs.Visibility will hinge on an investment in developing a unifying brand strategy that communicates our distinctive researched-based program and the transformative impact that our “community partnerships for life” has on the wellbeing of students and their families.

Four strategies to reaching visibility goals include establishing: core competencies as expectations for all Hill Top students upon graduation; partnerships with universities/colleges will help prepare students for success in a collegiate environment and continue to establish Hill Top as a leader in the area of employability and transition of neuro diverse students; a multi-disciplinary, team-based, learning community with competitive compensation, access to leading edge professional development, and a culture where curious, kind and committed colleagues work collaboratively. Finally, a Neuro-Diversity Training Center will be established as a resource for teachers, employers, and families who seek to understand, educate, empower, and employ learners “on the spectrum.”

Among the strategies to increase vitality are the development of strategic partnerships with mission aligned educational, cultural and corporate entities with a focus on sharing resources, expanding student experiences, and generating revenue. Revenue generating spaces including an expanded dormitory program and community gathering spaces will both strengthen the program and increase visibility. Ultimately, efforts to expand postgraduate programs will form our new Neurodiversity Training Center.

Hill Top stories are compelling, emotional and inspiring and too often hidden. In order to increase VISIBILITY, a corps of professionals and volunteers will be engaged and equipped with tools to reach those who will benefit from Hill Top’s unique programs.Visibility will hinge on an investment in developing a unifying brand strategy that communicates our distinctive researched-based program and the transformative impact that our “community partnerships for life” has on the wellbeing of students and their families.

Working with an experienced brand consultant will clarify and fortify our brand and provide us with a unifying and disciplined messaging strategy that can be shared with key referral sources. Increased focus on community outreach, partnerships, and business development, will help to highlight a distinctive Employability and Transition Program and Post Graduate Career and Life Skills Development program. Conferences on topics that advance research and opportunities for neurodiverse students/workers and staff, as well as strong parent and alumni/alumni parent ambassadors will reinforce Hill Top’s brand in the community.