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Cash Management
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Cybersecurity
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Risk Management
No school is immune from the rising threat of financial cybercrime. Accounting, tech and legal insights help keep everyone on their toes.
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Safety & Security
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Risk Management
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Safety and Security
Regular exercises can make safety policies and procedures stick and help your school fully prepare for an emergency.
6 min read
CEO Notebook
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Crisis Management
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Pandemic
While most of us are dispersed, away from campuses and colleagues, we can still support each other to tackle rapidly evolving challenges.
3 min read
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Budget
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Crisis Management
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Pandemic
Business officers discuss priorities, decision-making processes, possible financial impacts for the current and future fiscal years, and more.
7 min read
It is almost strange to think that just one month ago, nearly 1,400 members of the independent school community gathered in Orlando at the 2020 NBOA Annual Meeting. So much has happened to our schools and the world at la
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Risk & Compliance
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Admission
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Risk Management
Schools must be careful to collect neither too much nor too little information about students and families before they enroll.
6 min read
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Crisis Management
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Human Resources
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Pandemic
On moving processes online, selecting software, setting expectations and creating equitable opportunities, and conveying community.
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Crisis Management
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Pandemic
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Regulatory Updates
On communicating a campus closure, anticipating student and staff illness, telework and payroll expectations, and maintaining facilities operations.
14 min read
As affordable and desirable housing becomes harder to find, offering a faculty housing benefit can build retention and school community.
14 min read
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Crisis Management
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Pandemic
We at NBOA can only imagine how difficult this time must be for our member schools and their communities. We update this resource page regularly with news items, guidance, community discussions and more to help inform in
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Crisis Management
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Pandemic
On tracking community members’ travel, limiting campus visitors, planning large gatherings, adjusting trip waivers, addressing and preventing bullying and more.
7 min read
CEO Notebook
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Culture
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Diversity and Inclusion
Our schools are committed to DE&I, and so is NBOA. This important work is intentionally never-ending.
6 min read
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Crisis Management
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Pandemic
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Regulatory Updates
Last week, the first U.S. schools closed in response to COVID-19 illnesses among the campus community or potential exposures. The students, families, faculty and staff impacted have returned from trips abroad or interact
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Strategies
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Enrollment
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Policy
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Risk Management
How to phase out vaccine exemptions to protect community health, regardless of state law requirements.
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Crisis Management
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Pandemic
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Technology
A Beijing independent school has grappled with centralizing communications, testing technological requirements and keeping up morale since moving learning online.
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In a few affluent communities, charter schools that effectively function like taxpayer-supported independent schools are taking hold.
3 min read
As head-of-school turnover continues to rise, the business officer can lead efforts to smooth head transitions.
14 min read
Projections
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Change Management
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Enrollment
The legacy of a business innovator may inspire independent schools to think outside the box when it comes to defining their market value.
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Independent schools are redefining their value proposition to move enrollment conversations beyond tuition.
16 min read
How can we innovate processes to make attending independent schools easier for prospective families?
4 min read
