Shepherd’s Hill Academy is blessed with some of the most selfless and dedicated team members available to the body of Christ.
Our team members deeply desire to help teens in crisis. Without their willingness to serve and listen to the voice of the Lord, Shepherd’s Hill Academy would not be nearly as effective as it is in helping troubled teens transform into productive God-honoring young men and women.
Meet the Team
Shepherd’s Hill Academy is blessed with a wonderful and highly skilled administrative team. From enrollment to graduation, our administrative team is here to serve you and your teen. Our administrative team not only guides you through the admissions process, but also performs the responsibility for much of the daily care and watchful oversight of team members who ensure a safe and secure authoritative environment is consistently available for your child.
Nathaniel David Ether
Director of Policy Development and Interim Director of Human Resources
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The Admissions Team will help you start your journey toward healing by providing you with the guidance and advice you need to enroll your child.
Our academic team members are not only filled with the talent and passion to teach troubled teenagers. They are also filled with the Spirit of God, and this is their calling. From our principal to our teachers and teacher’s aides, our academic team helps teens from all walks and challenges of life come to appreciate and enjoy learning. Our fully-accredited junior and senior high school provides your troubled teen with the classes he or she needs to successfully graduate high school. In addition, our faculty is committed to helping your teen improve an underachieved Grade Point Average (GPA) without compromising his or her educational integrity. With a 5:1 student to staff ratio, your teen receives individualized attention and a quality education from educators who really care about his or her future.
Our Sustainable Development team has a passion to leverage agriculture to integrate real life teachable moments and character lessons.
Though everything we do at Shepherd’s Hill Academy is designed for therapeutic value, our therapeutic team is dedicated specifically to reaching your teen’s individual goals in order to contribute to the transformation of his or her life. Our team works with your family from your child’s enrollment to his or her graduation and aftercare plan.
Always working under the umbrella of scriptural authority, our team works hand-in-hand in developing a strategic therapeutic plan that serves not only your teen’s needs, but your family’s needs as well. In addition, they facilitate individual and family sessions for the adolescent sessions designed to promote healing, while building your teen’s relationship with both your family and Christ.
The Shepherd’s Hill Academy boys residential team is comprised of men who have a passion for serving troubled or struggling teens in crisis. On a 24/7 basis, our boys residential team ensures your son’s therapeutic needs are met. In addition, each member is thoroughly trained to provide a safe environment that cultivates your teen boy’s academic, emotional, physical, and spiritual development.
Each team member undergoes an intense 30-day training period that meets the Georgia state required employment process. Only upon meeting all requirements, including a thorough background and criminal history check, can an individual join the Shepherd’s Hill Academy team. All residential staff members are required to be trained in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), First Aid, and Emergency Safety Intervention (ESI).
Assuring the greatest degree of care and attention in the industry, Shepherd’s Hill Academy uncompromisingly upholds a maximum 5:1 student to staff ratio. This means your child will not be out of sight of a boys residential team member at any point during his stay in the Therapeutic Outdoor Program.
Our girls residential team consists of godly women who are passionately committed to serving troubled or struggling teen girls in crisis. The Shepherd’s Hill Academy girls residential team provides safe around-the-clock care for your daughter’s daily needs, including her academic, emotional, physical and spiritual development.
Every Shepherd’s Hill Academy team member must meet all the employment requirements, including a thorough background and criminal history check as set forth by the state of Georgia. All residential staff members are required to be trained in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), First Aid, and Emergency Safety Intervention (ESI).
In addition, each member undergoes an intense 30-day training period. Assuring the greatest degree of care and attention in the industry, Shepherd’s Hill Academy uncompromisingly upholds a maximum 5:1 student to staff ratio. This means your teen daughter is not out of sight of a girls residential team member at any point during her stay in the Therapeutic Outdoor Program.
The Shepherd’s Hill Academy marketing team works to further the mission and the message of our ministry through traditional and digital marketing channels. The department strives to meet parents in crisis with Shepherd’s Hill Academy’s message of hope and healing, offering an opportunity for true healing for their child(ren) and family. The marketing department also works with donors and partners to further enhance the program, offering students and parents the best possible experience as they seek success for their child.
