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teacher retention
  • Human Resources
  • | Professional Development

Low and No-Cost Strategies to Retain Teachers This item is protected.

When the demand for high-quality teachers became greater than the supply, leaders at the Frances Xavier Warde School developed a new teacher retention system.
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  • Human Resources
  • | Leadership

Transition Tips from an HR Expert This item is protected.

Seven people‑centered steps to help CFOs transition smoothly to a new school.
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  • Culture
  • | Leadership
  • | Professional Development

The Big Move: Navigating a Career Transition This item is protected.

When it’s time to leave one school and start a new position at another, these considerations will make it easier on all parties – business leader, former school and new one.
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  • Gift
  • | Legal
  • | Technology

Byte-Size AI: Legal Insights and Development Wins This item is protected.

Hopkins School has tapped generative AI to do initial legal research and queries, and also used it to meet donor interests efficiently and with real depth, among other uses.
5 min read
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  • Employee Benefits
  • | Human Resources

Healthy Alternatives: The Health Insurance Trust Model This item is protected.

Independent schools are using benefits trusts to smooth rate increases and retain surplus.
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  • Employee Benefits
  • | Human Resources

Healthy Alternatives: Creating a MEWA This item is protected.

Pooled benefit strategies can smooth renewal volatility, though shared governance means individual employers may need to compromise on coverage choices.
5 min read
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  • Hiring
  • | Technology

Byte-Size AI: Planning, Integrating Systems and Predicting This item is protected.

Pine Crest School has saved two weeks’ worth of work in the business office through automating just two processes, and that’s just the beginning.
7 min read
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  • Employee Benefits
  • | Technology

Byte-Size AI: Automating Processes, Elevating Strategy This item is protected.

Aspen Academy’s business office has gained significant time savings through AI, which has allowed staff to focus on higher-level strategy.
6 min read
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  • Culture
  • | Technology

Byte-Size AI: Building Your Own GPT This item is protected.

Sarah Hanawald, executive director of Association for Academic Leaders, shares how school leaders across the U.S. have been building their own bots.
4 min read
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  • Employee Benefits
  • | Human Resources

Healthy Alternatives: Layering a MERP This item is protected.

The MERP allows employees in a high-deductible plan to pay their deductibles with a preloaded debit card.
3 min read
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  • Communication
  • | Summer Camp
  • | Technology

Byte-Size AI: Strong Prompts, Market Analysis and Role Play This item is protected.

Jonathan Schmid is using generative AI to tap into market analysis, generate Excel formulas and role play difficult interactions.
4 min read
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  • Employee Benefits
  • | Human Resources

Healthy Alternatives: ICHRA Plans This item is protected.

As health insurance premiums rise, some schools are adopting alternatives to fully insured plans, including ICHRAs, MERPs and MEWAs.
6 min read
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  • Policy
  • | Technology

Byte-Size AI: Experimenting In House This item is protected.

Ari Hausman is using generative AI to negotiate better contracts and more quickly develop financial presentations, and surmises it will fill software gaps in the future.
6 min read
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  • Employee Benefits
  • | Human Resources

What Health Insurance Options Are Independent Schools Using? This item is protected.

An NBOA flash survey found most schools are using fully insured or captive/consortium plans, but alternatives are beginning to pick up as premiums rise.
6 min read
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  • Budget
  • | Endowment
  • | Investments

Navigating Inflation: Strategic Budgeting and Investment Management for Independent Schools

CPI may not be the best way to gauge inflation for your school – consider an education-specific index that may be more accurate.
7 min read
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  • Communication
  • | Risk Management

Reputation Repair: How Caring and Credibility Rebuild Broken Bonds

When reputational risks strike, how leaders communicate and connect can determine whether their schools emerge stronger or stumble.
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