BusinessTech Academy
Santa Fe High School
The gavel, and the agenda behind it
The BusinessTech Academy Board
That is not a figure of speech. They plan the initiatives, run the events, and fund the operation — under written bylaws, with quorum and a line of succession.
They are named in the Bylaws, they decide who is appointed, and every member is expected to embody them.
01
Empathy, open communication, respect, integrity, accountability.
02
Compassion, understanding, and a willingness to help. The safe room.
03
Put people where their gifts clear the bar, and hold them accountable to the shared work.
04
Transparency and shared ownership over top-down direction.
05
Service above authority. You grow so you have something to give.
06
Failure is information, not defeat; change is the norm. We adapt, author our own future, and work inside broken systems without becoming them.
Each reports to the Director. Officers serve one academic year, Spring Break to Spring Break, and carry two periods: their own Academy course and a mentorship period in a lower one.
Senior officer
The heart of the house.
Holds member care and culture across both teams. The person a member goes to when something is wrong, and deliberately outside the operational chain. Opens every Leadership Team meeting with the member pulse, before operations. Senior student face of the Academy to the school and to community partners.
Assistant Director
Everything that brings people toward the Academy.
Recruiting at every level, PR, social, photography and video, branding, and the class representatives. Runs Back-to-School Night, Club Rush, Career Fair, and Freshman Orientation as the Academy’s recruiting face, and MCs Academy events while Operations runs the floor.
Assistant Director
Everything that makes the Academy run, and funds it.
Events, fundraising, logistics, the calendar, procurement, and the Academy’s shared digital infrastructure. Runs the event floor and the two major annual fundraisers, and runs post-event review as learning — logged, read back to the team, every time.
Every role reports into one of the two teams and carries something the Academy actually needs. Roles are assigned, not volunteered for — including for the quiet member who has not yet found a place, who is given someone to mentor on purpose.
Social accounts, the content calendar, event photography and video, flyers and posters, brand consistency.
Carries Board decisions to the junior class and brings its feedback back.
Same for the sophomore class, plus peer mentor to every new sophomore member through their first month.
Sound, lighting, and projection for every event. Owns the Academy’s technology assets.
AV setup, operation and breakdown; live technical support; cabling, testing, inventory.
Setup, decoration, activities, guest lists, volunteers, breakdown, and safety compliance.
Food service for events and both major fundraisers — inventory, procurement, sanitation, and district compliance.
Versatile contributors across both teams. The entry tier, and the pipeline. Sophomores start here.
Two major fundraisers a year run on food, and someone owns it — inventory, procurement, sanitation, and district compliance included. That is the level this operates at. The jobs are real jobs.
August
Structured interviews looking at leadership capacity, commitment, and how you already live the six values.
Early September
Sophomores come on as Members at Large, so you learn how the Academy runs before you specialize.
Mid September
Structure, values, systems — and a named person, immediately. New members are handed to a peer, never left to attach to an adult.
Late September
One or two Members at Large are promoted to Sophomore Class Representative.
Juniors and seniors serve full terms, Spring Break to Spring Break, with full voting rights. Members hold a 2.0 GPA. Students outside the Academy can join as associated members.
Provisional is an on-ramp,not a probation.
A new member who has not found a place yet gets help finding one, if they want one. That is somebody’s actual job here — funded, and on the org chart.
A member who decides this is not for them is let go without penalty, and their choice is respected. Only where fit does not come after real support does it end — with notice, an honest reason, and a dignified exit.
Where someone is not succeeding, the first move is a different seat, not the door.
Engineeringequity
The Academy develops every student, with an intentional focus on advancing women’s leadership. That focus is structural, not decorative — it shapes appointments to the Leadership Team, the mentorship pairings, and the succession line into the President’s chair.
Succession here is structural too. The President graduates each spring, and a rising Assistant Director is developed toward the chair all year.
You grow so you have something to give
The interest form opens in August. Ask any Board member, or come find us at Club Rush.