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Facilities
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Human Resources
Proactive succession planning helps schools staff increasingly complex facilities leadership positions.
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Two recent developments at the highest federal levels could impact independent schools with regard to wage and hour compliance and worker classifications. Rolling back guidance from the Obama Administration, the developm
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Facilities
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Human Resources
From the archives: Trade shortages and cost concerns prompt more schools to evaluate pros and cons of outsourcing facilities and operations maintenance.
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Strategies
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Employee Benefits
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Human Resources
At Fay School, absenteeism is down, spirits are up.
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Facilities
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Human Resources
When key financial officers and facilities personnel retire at the same time, how do you prepare the school for the transition?
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Employee Benefits
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Professional Development
PD funding must serve the entire institution, not just the interests of individuals. Real money is at stake.
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Finally, some new insight on the future of FLSA for independent schools.
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Out to pasture for another independent school tradition? At-will employment laws build case against presumption of year-long employment.
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Human Resources
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Labor Law
Amid federal reshufflings in the early days of the new administration, independent school business officers are still in wait-and-see mode regarding the fate of legislation such as the Affordable Care Act and proposed ch
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Human Resources
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Key Technology
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Technology
From the archives: Education technology is on a fast-moving trajectory. Here’s how schools’ technology department staffing structures can keep pace.
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Compensation Strategies
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Employment
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Salary
From the archives: Administrators are working with faculty to develop new compensation structures that clarify where teachers stand and what benchmarks they need to achieve to move up.
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Job Description
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Leadership
As longtime independent school leaders retire, their successors will step into dramatically different circumstances. What will they (or you) need to be successful?
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Human Resources
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Leadership
What if there are no obvious candidates on tap to take over the senior finance/operational reins? How to identify and attract your next generation leaders? Cast your net wide, and prepare for competition.
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Money Matters. But so do mission and quality of life. “Feeling good about your work is a driving force.”
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CEO Notebook
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Human Resources
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Leadership
Consider making your New Year's resolution to develop more of who you already are — in other words, to play to your strengths.
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Human Resources
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Investments
Is it time to reassess your school’s 403(b) default investment strategy? QDIAs gain traction as options for retirement readiness.
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Labor Law
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Policy
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Risk Management
Are your policies and procedures keeping up with new risks and laws?
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Compliance
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Employee Benefits
Confusion persists over changes to the FLSA overtime exemption charges. Teachers are exempt, but schools could see their employment costs grow for many other staff.
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Human Resources
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Safety and Security
Growing numbers of schools consider adding a dedicated risk manager. “It’s not that the CFO is doing less. It’s just that there is so much to keep up with and do that no one person can do it all.”
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Employee Benefits
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Facilities
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Tax
Tax-free or subsidized on- or off-campus housing is among independent schools’ most generous fringe benefits for select staff, as well as among the most misunderstood in terms of potential tax liability.
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