Conducting a school-wide survey may help boost morale and retention if expectations are clear and employees feel heard.
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Grace Lee will serve as NBOA legal counsel, one of many available resources to help school leaders manage employment practices.
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Human Resources
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Technology
Implementing human resources technology may not only save time and improve the employee experience, but also spur more strategic thinking.
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Risk & Compliance
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Compliance
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Human Resources
While federal law has done little to shrink the gender pay gap, more states have passed laws on comparable pay, which may impact school hiring practices.
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Human Resources
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Risk Management
No one on campus wants to consider what happens after the death of a colleague or their own passing, but preparing for the worst will help everyone in a time of grief.
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Human Resources
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Misconduct
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Risk Management
When a school undertakes a misconduct investigation, deciding who to call as a witness is not always clear. Three independent school lawyers weigh in.
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Human Resources
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Misconduct
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Risk Management
Should your school face the dreaded day of a serious misconduct allegation, you will need to know what situations require an investigation, who can conduct one and what the outcomes might be.
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When employees aren't meeting expectations, leaders must initiate what might be a difficult conversation. Doing so with courageous authenticity will help leaders have clear, honest and direct communication that can solve
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Are summer camps exempt from FLSA requirements? A closer look at the recreational establishment exemption.
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CEO Notebook
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Human Resources
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Risk Management
From relying on resumes to ineffective interviews, these common mistakes can be avoided.
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Mission & Motivation
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Human Resources
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Leadership
Moving from corporate HR to an independent school requires a different pace and close attention to a school’s culture — as well as its many calendars.
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Adopting a telehealth plan separate from its health insurance provider has saved Aspen Academy and its employees tens of thousands of dollars.
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Diversity and Inclusion
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Hiring
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Human Resources
High performance teams of independent school faculty and staff don't merely reflect the increasing diversity of the students they serve. They also bring a greater diversity of experiences, perspectives and ideas.
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Mission & Motivation
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Human Resources
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Performance Management
Judge as we would wish to be judged: For this head of school, performance assessments are highly personal — and highly effective.
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Let’s take a collective breath and identify technology tools that will work for our schools.
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To meet evolving technology needs, independent schools use a variety of staffing options, some outsourcing and others fostering tech talent from within.
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Key Technology
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Professional Development
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Technology
How can your school encourage even reluctant teachers to engage in classroom technologies? Tech directors are showing the way.
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Risk Management
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Termination
Excerpted and adapted from NBOA’s new book, Culture Meets Compliance: the NBOA Guide to Assessing Human Resources at Independent Schools.
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Growing numbers of independent schools are finding themselves conducting or considering internal investigations, whether for alleged staff or faculty misconduct, noncompliance with school policies, or some other reason.
3 min read
Wage-and-hour claims are booming.
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