With the spring thaw comes the inevitable rush of construction activity on independent school campuses. This year, the shadow of financial sustainability might make those mounting expenditures even more concerning than u
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Communication
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Technology
Why independent school leaders should take a “design pause” before sending that email, calling that meeting or excluding the possibility of collaborating with anyone, anywhere.
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At-will employment or not at-will? That is just one issue that should be clearly and consistently defined.
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Tips for ensuring the fringe benefits that help make your school such a nice place to work are also compliant with the law.
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Many NBOA members tell me that if they have one great takeaway from a professional development program—a new idea, a solution to a problem, a sample form—then their investment of time and money is worthwhile.
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Who knew learning German could be so amusing?
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STEM, STEAM, making, tinkering. Innovators, collaborators, self-directed learners. Idea labs, learning commons, makerspaces. The maker movement is a big deal for independent schools, an exciting reality playing out in ne
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Risk Management
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Safety and Security
Schools get serious about establishing, documenting and following procedures to curb sexual abuse involving faculty and staff. “It takes a community to keep kids safe.”
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Compliance
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Employee Benefits
From coaching staff, to long-term subs, answers to business officers’ most vexing questions about the Affordable Care Act.
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Each year we have a unique opportunity to recognize two colleagues who reflect our highest professional standards and our community's aspirations for excellence within independent school business and financial operations
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CEO Notebook
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Culture
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Parent Organizations
As a trustee at my daughter's school, I get a lot of "feedback" from other parents. It ranges from concern over ERB scores to "can't we get more comfortable chairs for parents to sit in at assemblies?" I listen, smile an
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Accommodating transgender staff and students, staffing on school-related overnights and travel, and employer joint liability in the context of independent contractors.
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Risk Management
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Termination
Whether voluntary or not, faculty and staff departures are both inevitable and potentially fraught. Here’s how to get them right.
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The financial lens of independent school leaders is about to get a lot sharper. As you begin 2016 at your school, I'm very pleased to share that NBOA is also beginning an exciting new endeavor—one that promises to
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A business officer's 40-year love affair with sailing.
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Admission
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Human Resources
Ian Symmonds wants independent schools to showcase their contributions to the world.
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Sal Khan encourages independent schools to liberate their classrooms from the lecture model and embrace peer-to-peer interaction and learning.
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Your job won’t get any easier this year. Find opportunities to energize, support and manage yourself.
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With today's unseasonably warm weather in Washington, D.C., I recall that freezing morning in Boston like it was yesterday. The 2015 Annual Meeting Fun Run, in fact, is one of my favorite memories from NBOA's last 12 mon
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CEO Notebook
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Boards and Trustees
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Governance
A dynamic group of volunteers, a hard-working staff and a well-defined mission to which both groups are committed: This is the unique ideal of nonprofit governance, but it is not easily achieved. In fact, nonprofit leade
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