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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.

 

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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Designing a Formal, Full-Board Proposal

Board of Trustees // June 27, 2019

When a Board committee or Trustee is on the agenda to present a proposal to the Board, expect him or her to come thoroughly prepared. The following template helps in organizing a proposal presentation. Send formal proposals electronically or by mail to all Trustees a week before the meeting, to allow review of the ideas.

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2019 Recommended Summer Reading for Academic Leaders

Academic Leadership // June 25, 2019

The summer months are a perfect time for self reflection, level setting, and creating new goals. We have a few summer reading picks that are perfect for academic leaders. Read on for our 2019 recommendations for summer reads and resources.

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2019 Recommended Summer Reading for Advancement Professionals

Advancement // June 15, 2019

Summer is here—which typically means a bit of a slower pace for enrollment management, fundraising, and marketing communications professionals as the hallways clear and families take vacations. It’s also a great time to pick up some summer reading. Here’s what our team recommends you grab for summer 2019.

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Guidelines for Maintaining Your Gift Documentation Records

Advancement // June 12, 2019

Managing your school’s records, especially gift documentation, is extremely important. If you’re not sure how to properly store and manage your records, we’re sharing our advice for ensuring these vital documents are kept and organized properly.

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Six Tips For Success If You’re New to the Business Office

Business and Operations // June 7, 2019

Whether you’re starting in a fresh position (in your current school or a new one) or have a member joining your team, we wanted to share some advice for new business managers. Take a moment to read through to start your school year off on the right foot.

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