Human Resources

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  • Compensation Strategies
  • | Employee Benefits
  • | Employment
  • | Human Resources

Work-Life-Budget Balance: Millennial Benefits

Recruiting and retaining millennial employees may require new benefits and better work-life balance, but they can offer a fresh approach to school processes.
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Strategies  

  • Employment
  • | Human Resources

Strategies: Developing an HR Bootcamp

Training administrators on hiring and performance management practices will protect your school from legal risk and improve the entire community.
6 min read

CEO Notebook  

  • Employment
  • | Leadership
  • | Membership

Growing To Serve You Better

New NBOA staff members are ready to serve.
3 min read
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Mission & Motivation  

  • Culture
  • | Employment
  • | Leadership

Mission & Motivation: A Time To Stay and a Time To Move

Transitioning into a new school can be challenging but worthwhile, especially when you have confidence that key relationships will work.
4 min read

CEO Notebook  

  • Diversity and Inclusion
  • | Employment
  • | Leadership

Servant Leadership, Stronger Leadership

Business officers may be natural servant leaders, but can also consciously cultivate diversity of thought, trust and future leadership.
4 min read
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  • Labor Law
  • | Salary

New Overtime Threshold, Same Classification Headaches

Properly classifying school employees as exempt or nonexempt is tricky. A new white paper helps clarify matters.
2 min read
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  • Regulatory Updates
  • | Salary

DOL Expands Overtime Pay Eligibility in New Federal Rule

New salary threshold less onerous for independent schools than once anticipated.
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Strategies  

  • Human Resources
  • | Survey

Strategies: Survey Says

Conducting a school-wide survey may help boost morale and retention if expectations are clear and employees feel heard.
7 min read

CEO Notebook  

  • Human Resources
  • | Legal

Key Resources To Mitigate HR Risk

Grace Lee will serve as NBOA legal counsel, one of many available resources to help school leaders manage employment practices.
4 min read
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  • Human Resources
  • | Technology

Faster, Sleeker, Stronger: HR Tech This item is protected.

Implementing human resources technology may not only save time and improve the employee experience, but also spur more strategic thinking.
13 min read
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Risk & Compliance  

  • Compliance
  • | Human Resources

Risk & Compliance: The New Pay Equity Laws

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.
5 min read
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  • Human Resources
  • | Risk Management

When Tragedy Knocks: Losing a Faculty Member

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.
8 min read
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  • Human Resources
  • | Misconduct
  • | Risk Management

Who’s in the Room? Calling Witnesses in School Investigations

When a school undertakes a misconduct investigation, deciding who to call as a witness is not always clear. Three independent school lawyers weigh in.
4 min read
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  • Human Resources
  • | Misconduct
  • | Risk Management

With Justice for All: School Investigations This item is protected.

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.
17 min read
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  • Human Resources

Difficult Conversations Can Strengthen School Values

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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Risk & Compliance  

  • Labor Law
  • | Summer Camp

Risk & Compliance: Wage and Hour Laws Don’t Go on Summer Vacation

Are summer camps exempt from FLSA requirements? A closer look at the recreational establishment exemption.
5 min read

CEO Notebook  

  • Human Resources
  • | Risk Management

Top Four Pitfalls of the Hiring Process

From relying on resumes to ineffective interviews, these common mistakes can be avoided.
4 min read
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Mission & Motivation  

  • Human Resources
  • | Leadership

Mission & Motivation: Little Victories, Big Impact

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.
4 min read
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Strategies  

  • Employee Benefits

Strategies: the Telemedicine Solution

Adopting a telehealth plan separate from its health insurance provider has saved Aspen Academy and its employees tens of thousands of dollars.
4 min read
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  • Diversity and Inclusion
  • | Hiring
  • | Human Resources

A Visible Difference: Recruiting and Retaining Diverse Faculty and Staff

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. 
15 min read

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