Safeguarding Education: Understanding Cyber Risks for K–12 Private Schools

For businesses, cyberattacks often result in lost profit; for schools, you lose the ability to deliver your academic program and fulfill your mission.

Join Connor Murphy, ISM Benefits & Risk Consultant, and Damian Shull, Coalition Business Development Associate, as they explain why cyber insurance is essential for K–12 private schools. They’ll examine the evolving cyber risks facing schools, outline the key components of a cyber insurance policy, and explore real-life examples. You’ll leave with ways your school can proactively protect its data and information.

How AI Could Impact Teaching and Learning

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has great potential to enhance student learning. If you’re wondering if it’s something you could—or should—incorporate into your academic program, this webinar is for you.

Join Andrew Taylor, ISM Consultant and Executive Coach, for a discussion on how AI can provide personalized, adaptive, and engaging student learning experiences. He’ll also explain AI’s benefits and limitations, providing practical implementation strategies you can use to incorporate AI into your existing curricula.

Maximize Your Giving Day With Leadership Donors

Giving days are an essential tool in annual giving programs. Traditionally, this is a time when you encourage the entire community to participate by making transactional gifts.

But could you develop an annual giving strategy that focuses on leadership donors and culminates in a tremendously successful giving day?

In this webinar, ISM Consultant Phil Higginson, IAP-L, will discuss how to encourage leadership donors to make their pledges early in your campaign and leverage their gifts through your giving day.

Still Looking to Enroll Students for the Fall?

This admission season, you put all the right pieces into place: You hosted successful events, toured interested families, and nurtured promising relationships. The legwork is done, and your enrollment goals are within reach. But if you’re still looking to achieve and exceed those goals, or even get a jump on next season, what can you do?

Discover how schools are exceeding their enrollment goals with Unbound360 from ISM.

Governance and Operation: Considerations for Keeping Your School Sustainable

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.

Planning for Your Next Annual Giving Season Starts Now

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.

Five Areas of Risk Assessment Every School Head Must Examine

Do your school's current insurance policies leave you vulnerable? It’s easy to assume your policies have you covered, but do you really know what’s hidden in the fine print?

Join Scott Wilson, ISM Consultant and Executive Coach and former Head of School, and Alicia Clingan and Connor Murphy, two insurance experts from ISM, for this insightful webinar. They’ll discuss key questions every School Head, CFO/COO, and Board should ask about these five areas of insurance coverage:

Elevating the Role of Marketing Communications at Your School

Two decades ago, the position of Marketing Communications Director in private-independent schools was almost nonexistent, with minimal resources dedicated to their responsibilities. Today, schools increasingly recognize the importance of strategic marketing communications in promoting their values, building relationships with their constituents, and enhancing engagement of donors and friends.

Designing a New Schedule? Form a Task Force to Lead the Process

If your school is considering a new schedule, a dedicated task force will ensure success in research, planning, and implementation.

Discover how a thoughtful, collaborative task force can work to transform your schedule into one that promotes student learning, well-being, and engagement. In this webinar, Andrew Taylor, ISM Consultant, will outline strategies for creating a scheduling task force.