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Safety & Security  

  • Pandemic
  • | Safety and Security

Safety & Security: Coming Out of the Storm

Strong emergency communications and visual alerts helped one school manage a safer return to campus.
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CEO Notebook  

  • Diversity and Inclusion
  • | Hiring
  • | Performance Management

3 “Reset” Opportunities for Business Officers

Recruitment and retention efforts are vital in a hot labor market.
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Risk & Compliance  

  • Employee Benefits
  • | Risk Management

Risk & Compliance: 10 Tips for Building a Socially Responsible Retirement Plan

Sustainable investing based on environmental, social justice and ethical corporate governance principles can mean higher returns and a better fiduciary future.
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  • Membership

Unsung Hero: James Cooper, Sequoyah School

Through concerted efforts at the board level, Cooper is helping to significantly advance diversity, equity and inclusion at Sequoyah School.
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Strategies  

  • Diversity and Inclusion
  • | Facilities

Strategies: Holding Ourselves Accountable

As the pandemic drives more students to independent schools, business officers need to focus on big-picture strategies for tuition policies and other factors.
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  • Membership

Announcing the 2021 NBOA Will J. Hancock Unsung Heroes

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 2021 recipient
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CEO Notebook  

  • Change Management
  • | Culture

New (Fiscal) Year, New Mindset

If we want to power forward with change and innovation, as we learned we could last year, we might try thinking more like a scientist.
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5 Minutes with  

  • Crisis Management
  • | Diversity and Inclusion
  • | Leadership

5 Minutes with Chris Lukach: Pivotal Moments

When communicating about difficult issues, do not aim to avoid conflict but rather strive to convey the school's work and the spirit in which it is done.
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  • Human Resources
  • | Leadership

Developing Future Leaders from Within

Succession planning and opportunities for internal advancement can make for smooth transitions and sustained leadership.
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  • Misconduct
  • | Risk Management

Courage To Act: Building Community After Sexual Abuse

Victims of sexual abuse, past and present, need clear ways to report misconduct and are most likely looking for caring communication and support, not retaliation.
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Projections  

  • Financial Aid
  • | Tuition
  • | Tuition Remission

Projections: Tuition Discounting in Unprecedented Times

As the pandemic drives more students to independent schools, business officers need to focus on big-picture strategies for tuition policies and other factors.
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  • Diversity and Inclusion
  • | Leadership

Back in Action at BOI

Last week, from June 21-24, 50 new and relatively new business officers met to learn and connect during NBOA’s first virtual Business Officer Institute. While the program was concentrated compared to previous years, to m
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  • Misconduct
  • | Risk Management

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Establishing a standard of care for safeguarding students can be challenging. Lessons from the pandemic can help schools do this effectively.
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  • Leadership
  • | Technology

Award Winner Spotlight: Quentin Voyles, Saint Edward's School

Voyles has formed strong and trusting relationships with faculty, which has led to piloting new classroom technologies and continual improvements in delivering education.
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CEO Notebook  

  • Culture
  • | Leadership

Until We Meet Again

The next generation of business officers is making connections virtually this week. How will we be meeting and learning from each other next year?
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  • Leadership
  • | Pandemic

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School business leaders have learned and innovated their way through the pandemic. Now they are looking ahead to how that experience helps shape the “next normal.” Which changes to school business and operations are here
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  • Employment
  • | Human Resources

Designing Head of School Contracts

A well-crafted head of school contract can help pave the way for a successful headship.
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  • Leadership

Award Winner Spotlight: Jennifer Cody Murphy, Hilton Head Preparatory School

Cody Murphy played a foundational role in the development of business office practices that have helped her school grow over the past three decades.
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CEO Notebook  

  • Research
  • | Tuition

NBOA Schools Netting 82 Cents on Sticker Price

The data in NBOA’s new Tuition Discounting Report for PK-12 Independent Schools may not be as troubling as related data in higher education, but it is trending in the same direction.
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  • Pandemic

Lessons From the Great Recession and the COVID-19 Pandemic

While lessons from this pandemic and response are ongoing, data from the 2008 financial crisis may help inform what lies ahead.
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