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Should Your School Move to a Continuous Enrollment Model?
Advancement // March 8, 2020
In the five years that ISM has seen schools implement continuous enrollment, there has been only positive feedback and not a single negative outcome. Schools report positive results on enrollment and retention.
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Just What Are the Board’s Major Responsibilities?
Fundraising // March 1, 2020
No matter how conscientious and well-intentioned, Trustees (and the Board as a whole) must continually guard against involvement in day-to-day school management. When the Board allows its responsibilities to cross over into the school’s operating plane, it creates a major obstacle to building and upholding a healthy, harmonious Board-Head relationship.
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School Spotlight: Stratford Hall Gains Clarity to Take Its Efforts to the Next Level
Advancement // March 1, 2020
See how Stratford Hall created a unified plan for success to improve recruitment, retention, and fundraising efforts.
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How to Prepare for an Effective Meeting
Academic Leadership // March 1, 2020
When you call a meeting, everyone in the room spends time they could use to work on other responsibilities. How do you ensure that time is well-spent?
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How Can Schools Help Reduce Student Stress?
School Heads // March 1, 2020
A concerning trend observed over the last few years shows students and faculty both reporting high stress levels. What can school leaders do to help reduce student stress?
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School Spotlight: How The Cambridge School Doubled New Enrollment
School Heads // February 23, 2020
Leslie Yoder, The Cambridge School’s Director of Enrollment Management, is passionate about her school’s mission. But in her second year on the job, she noticed that the school had experienced a one-year enrollment dip.
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Three Ways Not to Announce a New Schedule
Academic Leadership // February 23, 2020
The research has been completed and your school’s new schedule has been designed. Now the chance announcement is on the horizon. How you announce it could make or break your community’s reception. We have broken down three key errors to avoid when making such an announcement.
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Recruiting Board Members? Don’t Overlook Experienced Trustees
Board of Trustees // February 23, 2020
As Chair of the Committee on Trustees, you have worked with your fellow Board members to complete the Board’s profile, identifying the skills and experience needed to bring the next stage of the school’s strategic plan to fruition. Now it’s time to determine who can best fill those roles. Sc...
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Building a Safer School
Business and Operations // February 23, 2020
Creating a safer school requires a holistic and intentional effort on the part of the school-wide community to identify risk in multiple areas; essentially creating a risk inventory. This work is then followed by the creation of processes and procedures to both mitigate, and where possible, prevent untoward events from occurring in the first place.
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Trends Your School Should Prepare for Now
School Heads // February 16, 2020
Planning ahead (and for the worst) is never an easy task. But we believe that planning ahead for a potential marketplace shift and how it could affect your school is integral to long-term viability. We have found that roughly 200 private schools close per year, even during strong economic times. How do you keep your school from becoming one of them?
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