Every school’s enrollment is heavily influenced by the experience of current parents and students. Poor experiences lead to attrition and create negative word-of-mouth within your market area. But how do you know if you are delivering what families really want? If you have become aware of negative parent comments, are they outliers or indicative of larger underlying problems?

Governance challenges and complicated Trustee relations have remained ubiquitous concerns for School Heads.

In this webinar, Scott Wilson (ISM Consultant and former School Head) will explore how Heads (in partnership with their Board Chairs) can positively affect board culture and performance through a dynamic, comprehensive, and transparent orientation process. Scott will also explore the components and nuances of effective board orientations.

Collaboration between your Board, your School Head, and your Advancement Team (Marketing Communication Professionals, Development Directors, Admission Directors, and Enrollment Managers) is essential to achieve your enrollment and fundraising goals successfully.

As you look ahead to the 2024–25 school year, how can you think strategically about this collective approach?

The aftermath of the pandemic continues to leave educational institutions navigating uncertain waters. While the worst may be behind us, the coming challenges require careful planning and strategic foresight.

Join us for a thoughtful conversation with Terry Moore, Senior Executive Consultant and Head of the Governance & Operations Department at ISM. With over 30 years of experience in private school leadership, operations, and strategic planning, Terry offers valuable insights into what lies ahead.

Annual Giving is the foundational program from which all other development efforts grow and flourish. Creating a sequential, assignable, and measurable plan for your annual giving campaign is essential for success.

In this webinar, ISM Consultant Michael Christopher, IAP-L, will walk through the 15-month process of planning your annual giving campaign from beginning to end.

Want to learn how schools are tackling the question, “How can we keep the cost of employee benefits low while NOT compromising on the quality of care our employees receive?”

Self-insurance, often an overlooked and misunderstood opportunity, has gained traction in recent years as a game-changer in the realm of employee benefits.

School leaders, including CFOs and development officers, all want the same thing: to create long-term financial sustainability for their schools. Despite this common goal, business and development offices often work at cross purposes, resulting in missed opportunities and problematic staff relationships.

This webinar will explore the ways in which the business and development staff can pool their skills and resources to collaborate with the Board and School Head to maximize gift revenue for your school.

Creating a strategic plan can be an exciting and transformational moment for your Board and school. The process generates a vision for the future and outlines steps to ensure sustainability and enable the school to thrive.

No matter how carefully crafted, however, there's always a risk that a strategic plan will be put on a shelf and ignored while the day-to-day needs of the school take priority. This webinar will provide a roadmap for Boards and School Heads to design a practical, operational process for accomplishing the strategic plan’s goals.

More than a quarter of middle and upper school students report being dissatisfied with life. Dissatisfaction is correlated with many outcomes, such as student well-being, interpersonal relationships, physical health, and academic performance. How can your school raise student life satisfaction, and thereby improve overall student well-being?

School leadership has never been more daunting than it is today. From political divisions to teacher shortages to concerns about student well-being, School Heads face difficulties that were unimaginable just a decade ago.

Scott Wilson was a successful School Head at three schools over the course of 24 years and is now ISM Executive Leadership Department Head. Join Scott as he offers a fresh perspective, backed by ISM research, to approach these challenges proactively and positively.