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  • Crisis Management
  • | Pandemic

Questions Independent School Leaders Are Asking About COVID-19

On tracking community members’ travel, limiting campus visitors, planning large gatherings, adjusting trip waivers, addressing and preventing bullying and more.
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CEO Notebook  

  • Culture
  • | Diversity and Inclusion

NBOA’s Commitment to DE&I

Our schools are committed to DE&I, and so is NBOA. This important work is intentionally never-ending.
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  • Crisis Management
  • | Pandemic
  • | Regulatory Updates

COVID-19: Independent School Business Operations Considerations

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  

  • Enrollment
  • | Policy
  • | Risk Management

Strategies: Maximizing Vaccination Rates

How to phase out vaccine exemptions to protect community health, regardless of state law requirements.
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  • Crisis Management
  • | Pandemic
  • | Technology

Academic Continuity During COVID-19 Closures: A Case Study

A Beijing independent school has grappled with centralizing communications, testing technological requirements and keeping up morale since moving learning online.
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The Appearance of Boutique Charters

In a few affluent communities, charter schools that effectively function like taxpayer-supported independent schools are taking hold.
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  • Governance
  • | Leadership

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As head-of-school turnover continues to rise, the business officer can lead efforts to smooth head transitions.
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Projections  

  • Change Management
  • | Enrollment

Projections: The Milkshake and the Man

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.
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CEO Notebook  

  • Admission
  • | Enrollment

Meeting Our Market

How can we innovate processes to make attending independent schools easier for prospective families?
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  • Cybersecurity
  • | Risk Management

Five Areas of Technological Risk in Independent Schools

Strong digital use policies, trainings and behavioral standards can protect schools from these emerging technology related risks.
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School Finance and Operations Pros To Convene in Orlando

General session speakers to address diversity and inclusion, innovation and workplace pressure.
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After School  

  • Leadership

After School: Hitting the High Note

A classically trained clarinetist prepares to expand her horizons.
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  • Crisis Management
  • | Pandemic
  • | Trips

Independent Schools Prepare for Coronavirus

Schools are tackling health preparations, trip considerations and community communications among other measures.
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Business Intelligence  

  • Research
  • | Survey

Business Intelligence: Positioned to Succeed

The financial position survey range table returns to NBOA’s reporting tool line-up.
2 min read

CEO Notebook  

  • Crisis Management
  • | Risk Management

A Considered Response to Coronavirus

As recommendations quickly change, schools are seeking to mitigate risk while maintaining a steady course.
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Safety & Security  

  • Communication
  • | International
  • | Safety and Security

Safety & Security: Safe Returns

Strong crisis response protocols and community relations helped one school manage a serious threat to campus security.
5 min read
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Mission & Motivation  

  • Culture
  • | Diversity and Inclusion
  • | Parent Organizations

Mission & Motivation: Uncomfortable in a Comfortable Place

Diversity and inclusion leadership training pushed this business officer outside her comfort zone — by design.
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5 Minutes with  

  • Culture
  • | Diversity and Inclusion
  • | Enrollment

5 Minutes with Derrick Gay: Mirrors and Windows

How can schools frame diversity so that everyone feels included in the term, not just selected groups?
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Risk & Compliance  

  • Misconduct
  • | Policy
  • | Risk Management

Risk & Compliance: Out of Sight, Top of Mind: Addressing Cyberbullying

Strategies for preventing and addressing cyberbullying and other internet-based student misconduct.
5 min read