Risk & Compliance
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Crisis Management
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Risk Management
A quantitative approach to risk assessment can help schools in devising more effective risk treatments and tracking risk responses across time.
6 min read
To enhance productivity and creativity for all employees, consider building in time to zoom out, reflect and refuel at work.
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Culture
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Diversity and Inclusion
Business officers are helping schools move beyond aspirational goals toward
real change.
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Brossman’s innovative thinking and transparent leadership style have helped One Schoolhouse reinvent the organization’s compensation model.
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Bokman helped The Langley School complete an ambitious capital campaign while securing endowment investment to aid its future growth.
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Increasing compensation is only one factor in teacher and staff retention. Consider how your school articulates value proposition to faculty members and listens to their concerns.
7 min read
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Enrollment
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Financial Aid
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Tuition
Implementing a net tuition revenue model and reconceptualizing financial aid helped
Moses Brown School return to full enrollment.
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CEO Notebook
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Diversity and Inclusion
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Leadership
As school leaders face another summer of employee “churn,” it is essential to ensure everyone feels comfortable in the school community to improve their chances of retention.
4 min read
The Will J. Hancock Unsung Hero Award is given to independent school business officers who have made an extraordinary contribution to their schools, as nominated by their colleagues. Congratulations to the 2022 recipients!
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Employment
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Risk Management
The risks and rewards of putting parents and pupils on the payroll.
7 min read
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Employment
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Risk Management
The risks and rewards of putting parents and pupils on the payroll.
13 min read
Strategies
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Investments
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Policy
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Risk Management
Accepting cryptocurrency is relatively straightforward, but holding it requires careful consideration.
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As new business officers gathered last week to learn and connect, we were reminded of the incredible community business officers have created.
4 min read
Voices from the Field
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Culture
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Diversity and Inclusion
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Membership
Initial insights into different experiences in the independent school business office.
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Holding roles as diverse as hockey coach and human resources director, this now director of financial reporting has deep connections across her school.
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Member insights were crucial in developing NBOA’s new strategic framework – and we’ll need your feedback today and going forward to assess its progress.
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Voices from the Field
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Cash Management
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Reports
The 2022 recipient of the Ken White Distinguished Business Officer Award, Nancy Greene, is known for mastering advanced strategies in finance and risk, and communicating their importance to colleagues and peers.
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Lakeside School opened a no-frills micro-school that offers competitive teacher salaries and a tuition that is about half of neighboring independent schools. Lakeside School is one of three schools to receive this year's Innovation Excellence Award.
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Diversity and Inclusion
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Endowment
Miss Porter’s School has leveraged its large endowment and operating budget to challenge systemic racism. Miss Porter's is one of three schools to receive this year's Innovation Excellence Award.
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What schools need to know about legal considerations, crafting effective policies, and creating a culture that prevents incidents.
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