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Ensure that your school’s governance and operations support your mission.
We work together with your leaders, teachers, staff members, and students to understand your school’s unique needs, strengths, and challenges. We help you create a plan to help you meet your goals.
Your team can then put these mission-appropriate recommendations into action to achieve increased cash reserves, higher enrollment levels, and long-term stability. At the end of the day, we all have a singular purpose—advance school leadership to enrich the student experience.
We offer personalized consultations for many leadership divisions of a private school—the Board of Trustees, School Heads, the Business Office, the Development Office, Enrollment Management professionals, Marketing professionals, and Academic leaders. Select the area of school leadership you’d like to further explore.
ISM’s Consulting Services can be conducted virtually, ensuring you get the support you need, no matter the circumstances. Learn more by contacting our School Success team.
Our Consulting Services
School Head
Whether you want to ensure that all school functions run at peak efficiency or are considering implementing new strategies and initiatives, lean on a trusted source of knowledge to increase the likelihood of long-term success.
Business & Operations
Take advantage of a full range of planning, facilities, and operations consulting services that give your school a solid footing for the future. Examine where your key operations work well, and where they can use improvement.
Academic Leadership
Your programs set your school apart. Explore how to create and build programs that pull families in and give them an experience they couldn’t have at another private-independent school.
Admission & Enrollment Management
ISM’s data-informed approach pinpoints what attracts families to your school and inspires them to stay. Receive customized solutions based on your school’s unique marketplace stance, challenges, and opportunities.
Fundraising & Development
Learn how to develop successful strategies to engage and bring donors closer to your institution. No matter your school size, history, or pedagogy, explore how to plan, implement, and evaluate your fundraising strategies to realize your full potential.
Marketing Communications
Explore how to share exceptional stories of student learning, engagement, and outcomes, and illustrate how these can become differentiators that distinguish your school from your competitors.
Board of Trustees
The Board must focus its efforts on governing, planning, and financing your school's future, while leaving everyday decisions to competent administrators. To do that successfully, your Board must think, plan, and act strategically.
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Business and Operations // December 10, 2009
Q: Due to the budget cuts, we need to reduce our benefits costs for this year. We know that there are some benefits that employees don't use very often. Is it a good idea to "survey" employees on which benefits plans they would prefer to keep?
Read MoreThe D.L. on Those Itchy Mites Disrupting Your Classroom
Business and Operations // December 10, 2009
Head lice and scabies are two constant pests for schools and daycares. Because children play in close range of one another, often touching, and are more likely to share clothing and toys, they're more likely to attract these mites.
Read MoreWhat Does Your Body Language Tell Others?
Advancement // December 10, 2009
A recent study in Psychological Science reveals that nonverbal cues can give away a person's socioeconomic status (SES). Just what is SES? It can be determined by several factors such as wealth, occupation, and schools attended, and influences our daily lives in both introverted and extroverted ways. Someone with an upper SES may dine on sushi and gourmet cheeses, be a member of a country club, and/or flaunt the cars they drive. These are the extroverted signs. The introverted signs that were just recently studied, are the nonverbal, body language cues that different SES classes posses.
Read MoreAsk Michael
Business and Operations // December 10, 2009
Q: A staff member just came to see me about what she called a "sexual harassment incident." I feel so badly that she was subjected to this—and I want to confront the person who did this to her (i.e., a faculty member). How should I handle this?
Read MoreSimplifying Your Financial Aid Process
Business and Operations // December 10, 2009
It is no secret that financial aid applications have been at an all-time high this year. Even some parents who don't necessarily need financial aid have been applying. There's nothing to lose in trying, right? They're right—there's not. But it does create more paperwork and a need for more manpower in your Business and Admission offices. If you're finding the extra applications and requests for financial aid are starting to take a toll on your nerves (and everyone else in your office), first take a deep breath, and then look into some of the software programs available on the market—especially if you're using software now that's causing your headaches. (Dealing with stress? Click here for tips on stress management.)
Read MoreHow Is Your Hard Work Recognized?
Advancement // December 10, 2009
In a recent survey from OfficeArrow, 388 administrative professionals shared how they prefer to receive positive feedback at work. Ask yourself where you fit into these results.
Read MoreAsk Michael
Business and Operations // December 10, 2009
Q: Can an EAP help us reduce sick time?
Read MoreThe Swine Flu Chatter Is Finally Calming Down
Business and Operations // December 10, 2009
All the chatter about the swine flu has died down. New cases are continuing to pop up here and there, but for the most part, everything the public needed to know has been communicated.
Read MoreInside the Teenage Mind
Advancement // December 10, 2009
(This article is based on a piece originally appearing in Delaware Online. You can read the original article here.) Thirteen seems to be that magical age when a parent's sweet little angel, and a teacher's quiet star, morphs into a little person they no longer recognize. They suddenly have no interest in family, pour all their attention into their friends and socializing, and seem to forget the concept of danger.
Read MoreMore Employers Consider Financial Literacy Programs
School Heads // December 10, 2009
The following information is provided courtesy of The Society of Human Resource Management. A recent survey indicates that the number of employers offering financial education and literacy programs to their employees is expected to increase.
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