Advance your career through virtual learning.
Whether you're in finance, human resources, development or another school leadership role, NBOA offers a variety of courses and formats to suit your needs and help you achieve your goals.
- Courses are taught in an online learning management system, which places greater responsibility on the learner than traditional professional development programs.
- Classes are conducted asynchronously, so there is no single time each week when participants are required to be online.
- Participants will connect and collaborate with each other through several forms of interactive media, including short videos and discussion boards.
Coursework
- Online courses range from 1 to 4 weeks depending on the topic.
- Participants should commit to spending approximately 3 to 5 hours on the class each week.
- Assignments for each week open on Monday morning, and should be completed by the following Sunday evening.
- Interaction is most effective when the entire class is working through the current week of each course; participation is self-scheduled, however, and a grace period is offered for catching up on missed course material.
Faculty
Courses are taught by content experts from NBOA, independent schools and
business partners, who facilitate discussions and provide guidance and resources.
Continuing Education
Online courses are pre-approved for SHRM and/or HRCI credit. Specific credit information can be found by selecting a course below.
Certificate of Completion
Registrants must complete the program and earn the Course Completion badge in order to obtain a Certificate of Completion.
Group Discounts
NBOA offers a group discount for two or more online course registrants from the same school or organization. After the first participant registers for a course at full price, each additional registrant for the same course from the same school or organization
will receive a $100 discount. The discount will be automatically applied at checkout.
Questions? Email programs@nboa.org or call 202-407-7140.
For any member of your school's leadership team
Understand the independent school business model and learn to be a good steward of your school's financial resources to work more collaboratively around financial issues.
Duration: 3 weeks | Members: $505.00 | Nonmembers: $715.00
Learn to engage with employees in an empathetic manner while still clearly conveying important information and safeguarding your school from liability.
Duration: 2 weeks | Members: $405.00 | Nonmembers: $560.00
Learn best practices related to gift reporting, compliance and donor stewardship, as well as how to develop a successful and strategic partnership between the financial and development functions at your school.
Duration: 3 weeks | Members: $505.00 | Nonmembers: $715.00
Learn tactical best practices related to the financial aid process to enhance the strategic partnership between the business and admissions offices and ensure long-term success.
Duration: 3 weeks | Members: $505.00 | Nonmembers: $715.00
For professionals with finance responsibilities
Explore the many responsibilities of business office professionals— from day-to-day finance, operation, and risk management to strategic leadership — and managing key relationships with the greater school community.
Duration: 3 weeks | Members: $505.00 | Nonmembers: $715.00
Learn how to customize and manipulate NBOA's Long-Range Financial Model, a powerful financial planning tool for your school.
Duration: 2 weeks | Members: $405.00 | Nonmembers: $560.00
Calculate your school's Composite Financial Index (CFI) score — a tool trusted in higher education for decades — and learn how you can use the score and its 4 underlying ratios to think strategically about your school's financial strengths and weaknesses.
Duration: 2 weeks | Members: $405.00 | Nonmembers: $560.00
For professionals with HR responsibilities
Discover the most common as well as emerging benefits programs and structures, best practices to stay in compliance and cultural considerations for implementation.
Duration: 1 week | Members: $305.00 | Nonmembers: $405.00
Learn how to address day-to-day human resources challenges such as evaluation and termination, FMLA, the ADA and employee classification.
Duration: 3 weeks | Members: $505.00 | Nonmembers: $715.00
Learn about best practices related to employee leave and how federal leave laws intersect and overlap.
Duration: 1 week | Members: $305.00 | Nonmembers: $405.00
Learn to develop and communicate your school's personnel management strategy and to be responsive to a changing market.
Duration: 4 weeks | Members: $605.00 | Nonmembers: $920.00
Learn the ins and outs of wage and hour law, including the aspects that are unique to educational environments.
Duration: 1 week | Members: $305.00 | Nonmembers: $405.00
