Join us as ISM Consultants explore some of the biggest trends impacting schools today. We'll provide guidelines you can use to handle these new challenges.

Measuring Success and ISM have been leaders in research and data-backed consultations for decades. Join us to discover the right way—and recognize the wrong way—to identify mission-appropriate families to meet your enrollment goals.

When it comes to enrollment, identifying and targeting mission-appropriate families is time-consuming and sometimes feels downright impossible.

We’ve seen dozens of schools make these mistakes—don’t be one of them.

Every school wants to run a successful capital campaign—but the logistics? Easier said than done. Join us to explore the three common pitfalls we’ve seen dozens of schools encounter in their quest to run an effective, mission-driven capital campaign.

Discover whether you should accept cryptocurrency for your school’s tuition payments, donations, and more.

Cryptocurrency is the new hot topic—but can feel pretty foreign if you haven’t spent time studying it.

What do you do if a family asks if they can pay their student’s tuition in Bitcoin? How about if a donor offers a gift in Ethereum? Is it smart to engage in this type of investing for your private school?

Finally feel comfortable working with direct reports and superiors when it comes to feedback.

Every professional requires productive, constructive feedback to grow in their role. But giving and receiving direction about job performance? That’s easier said than done.

If you feel badly about giving constructive criticism because you don’t want to hurt someone’s feelings, or your guard goes up when a superior tries to offer suggestions about your work, you're not alone.

By becoming problem-finders—rather than problem-solvers—your Board can prepare your school for any future scenario.

When your Board expects the unexpected, it can ensure your school is prepared to weather any storm. That’s the intent of scenario planning—a concept that focuses on imagining different scenarios and discussing how your school could and would respond.

It may sound trivial but imagine: What could your school have done if you scenario-planned for a global pandemic in 2019?

Would you have:

How do you, as School Head, find, select, empower, and oversee an Assistant Head who will make a positive impact on school operations?

Of all the roles in the school, the Assistant Head is the most variable. It seems that no two Assistant Heads are responsible for the same tasks or charged with the same deliverables. Therefore, it can be difficult for the Head to prepare, empower, and guide their Assistant Head in a way that benefits staff, teachers, and students.

An untrusting culture is an unhealthy one—how do you build trust among leaders and teachers in your school?

Trust among academic leaders and teachers is integral to a healthy school culture. Over the past two years, leaders have been increasingly overwhelmed by school duties.

If you’ve ever failed to make a meeting or provide feedback on a topic, you might have broken trust with your teachers without even realizing it. When enough small grievances add up, they can create an untrusting school culture.

An untrusting culture is an unhealthy one.