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September/October 2017 Issue

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After School  

  • Culture
  • | Leadership

After School: Guardians of the Greenery

Keep close to nature's heart ... and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean. —John Muir
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Mission & Motivation  

  • Leadership
  • | Technology

Mission & Motivation: A Place at the Leadership Table for School Technology Directors

Technology has become too integral to school operations for it to be compartmentalized.
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Risk & Compliance  

  • Risk Management

Risk & Compliance: Avoid These Common Worker Misclassification Errors This item is protected.

DOL seems to be dialing back its focus on worker classifications, but schools must remain vigilant.
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  • Leadership

Rear View Reflections

As they leave the world of independent schools, veteran business officers share what they learned, loved and wish for their successors. “You can never close your eyes.”
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5 Minutes with  

  • Leadership
  • | Technology

5 Minutes with Richard Oliver: Taking Risks, Moving Forward

A pioneer in online learning discusses how his institution found its sweet spot, achieves 96 percent student satisfaction and embraces the automated advantages of true “digital” education.
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  • Employee Benefits
  • | Employment

Owning Their Health: the Brave New World of Health Care Benefits This item is protected.

In the brave new world of health care benefits, everyone — schools, the business office and, yes, employees and their dependents — must play an active role.
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Projections  

  • Leadership

The Data-Driven Take the Driver’s Seat

A unified data collection platform changes everything. Its time has come.
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A service management framework can help a school’s IT department move faster and expand its services to the campus.
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Strategies  

  • Facilities
  • | Safety and Security

Strategies: Cool Heads, Safer Spaces: The Value of Security Training

It’s impossible to predict every threat to a school campus, but security training can help faculty and staff respond appropriately should an emergency arise.
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The School Will See You Now This item is protected.

Security-conscious schools set their sights on high-tech deterrents, with caveats. “The brain is the best identification machine that exists.”
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  • Procedures
  • | Technology

The Digital Archives

There may be a real business case for digitizing years (or decades) of your school’s administrative records and historical documents.
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