School Leadership

Durham Academy's Administrative Team leads, manages and connects all educational and operational aspects of the school. They work directly with students, families, faculty, staff, alumni  and community partners to enact the school’s mission on a daily basis. The Team’s collaborative work is guided by the following Core Habits:  

• Serve humbly, remembering that teacher-student interactions remain the heart of our school
• Strengthen our team with honest, courageous and vulnerable communication 
• Protect confidentiality
• Balance 
  • transparency and trust
  • conflict and consensus
  • patient reflection with the responsibility to make timely decisions 
  • active representation of our specific constituencies with the responsibility to serve Durham Academy as a whole school and community 
  • the daily work of the school with our long-range goals and large-scale purpose 
  • service to our many constituents and respect for personal time 
• Inspire, communicate and collaborate - keeping our moral, happy, productive mission at the core
• Work hard - with dedication, optimism, generosity and joy

Members of the Durham Academy's Board of Trustees serve as stewards of the school who hold in trust its mission and reputation. As such, trustees accept the obligation to not only preserve, but to advance the institution. Their work begins with the fiduciary expectations of duty (due diligence on financials), care (executing decisions by prudent standards) and obedience (to laws and bylaws). Beyond these duties, trustees focus on policies and strategies that are future-focused, working in partnership with the head of school, who oversees daily operations. The board utilizes its committees to study and assess the needs, activities and performance of the school and to made recommendations when planning, developing and establishing policy.