Happy New Year! With the start of 2023, it is time for all of us to reflect on what we achieved in 2022 and to set our goals and intentions for the exciting year ahead.
Our commitment as an organization is to continue to deliver on our strategic plan with a focus on continued recovery and growth while continuing to provide transformative living, learning and work experiences for our students and staff.
ELS, ILSC, and Greystone College are working on a number of exciting projects and initiatives in 2023, including:
Combined 2023 initiatives:
- Providing all of our students, globally, with access to mental health and wellbeing programs through Stay Healthy at School and through BUPA (Australia)
- Continuing to strengthen our unified sales team to extend our reach and visibility to our agents and our events attended as well as leverage our sales through our continued team efforts of the inbound sales team
- Leverage ELS, ILSC, and Greystone College brand awareness through integrated websites, digital brochures, and through the new agent and student tools
- Launch Odyssey 1.1 for ELS and continue to work towards Odyssey enhancements up to and including Odyssey 2.0, as well as continue to eliminate school-based technology infrastructure (serverless in all campuses) and evolve our technology solutions for teachers through laptops and mobile projectors
- Enhance our employee global policies, including exploring opportunities for policy alignment between ELS, ILSC, and Greystone College.
ELS initiatives in 2023:
- Maintain and further expand our excellent relationships with Japanese Universities through Benesse Corporation
- Establish additional MOUs between U.S. universities, ELS, and Japanese university partners
- Restart our well-known Summer Youth Camps on the campuses of Pepperdine University in Malibu, CA and Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, FL
- Continue to work closely with the Ministry of Defense in Saudi Arabia and SACM in Washington, DC with the expectation of welcoming several cohorts of Saudi scholarship students in the coming months
ILSC initiatives in 2023:
- Strong demand for bookings with signs that growth in the language student volumes will return to normal levels in 2023, with the Australian market being very strong
- New campus opening in Perth, Australia in Q2 2023
- Expansion of our Adelaide, Australia campus in Q1 2023
- Return of our Canadian university residential summer camps in Montreal and Vancouver (Youth Programs)
- Expansion of accommodation options to anticipate high participation rates
Greystone College initiatives in 2023:
- Greystone College volumes are now ahead of 2019 in Canada and are starting to grow in Australia, with student work rights leading the recovery and an anticipated return of the Greystone College Australia VET programs in 2023
- New Curriculum, including new diplomas in the technology space in Canada and the development of an additional Australia product suite
As we look forward to a great year ahead welcoming new students, we recognize that our success comes from the dedication of all our faculty and staff. We look forward to continuing to collaborate to achieve our 2023 goals together and invite you to please reach out to leadership with any questions you may have.
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