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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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What Can the Board Do to Correct the Potential ‘Skills Gap’ in Your School’s Faculty?
Board of Trustees // February 16, 2020
A recent report from EdChoice, The Private School Teacher Skills Gap: What K-12 Private School Educators Know and What They Need to Know, sheds some light on the deficiencies many private schools have when it comes to recruiting, nurturing, and retaining quality, mission-appropriate teachers.
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What Should You Do If You Exhaust Your Financial Aid Budget but Still Have Empty Seats?
Business and Operations // February 16, 2020
Financial aid can be complicated. Many schools find it difficult to balance financial aid applicant needs with budgetary concerns. Determining which families to award, how much to award, and when to give it should be approached thoughtfully. Instead of considering financial aid as an expense, think of it as generating revenue.
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How to Get Teacher Buy-in for Faculty Growth and Evaluation
Academic Leadership // February 16, 2020
As a School Head or academic leader, you want your school culture to encourage teachers’ professional development. At the same time, you need to hold faculty accountable to the high professional standards of performance needed to achieve the student outcomes parents expect.
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The Importance of Investing in Professional Development
School Heads // February 9, 2020
As education professionals, you’re probably passionate about fostering a love of lifelong learning among your students. But we’ve found that many leaders are so focused on their school and their students that they overlook themselves and their leaders when it comes to ongoing learning.
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What Does a Growth Goal Look Like?
Academic Leadership // February 9, 2020
Each day, people set goals for themselves at work and at home. In school, students set goals for achieving academically and performing well in their extracurricular activities. We see the value of teachers and administrators setting goals for themselves, and how this has the potential to benefi...
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How to Make Your School Stand Out Against the Competition
Advancement // February 9, 2020
Private and independent schools have the opportunity to outdo their public school competitors in one major way—personalized, tailored relationships with their families.
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9 "Failure Strategies" for Your Board of Trustees
Board of Trustees // February 9, 2020
As Board President, you are always concerned with the Board’s success and its governance of your school. With this in mind, consider the following nine strategies that are likely to lead your school to failure.
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