Business officers have long undertaken myriad “other duties as assigned.” Campus communicator is one that could pay dividends this summer.
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"I am able to speak to you because I avoided numbers in school... I am able to speak English because I was bad at math," said Yong Zhao, a world-renowned thought-leader on technology and globalization's impact on educati
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Projections
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Culture
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Safety and Security
Independent schools aren’t “soft targets” that need to be hardened. We are learning communities that need to be safe for our students.
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A lifelong love for soccer has strengthened this business officer’s connection to his independent school, first as a student-athlete and now as a staff member-coach.
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The 2018 recipient of the Ken White Distinguished Business Officer Award says a key to her success at independent schools has been her network of generous business officers. “The business office can be an island unto its
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You cannot be the best resource on everything at your school. Instead, connect your staff to multiple resources, and they're more likely to perform well.
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Stand-out books on governance, personalized learning and institutional innovation may help you reflect on the year behind and those ahead.
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Diversity and Inclusion
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Legal
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Policy
Transgender individuals make up just 0.6 percent of the population, but schools should prepare policies to address them because of potential complications involving accommodations as well as a risk of bullying and harass
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Taking the feedback hike together: How parent surveys improved leadership, staff unity, student outcomes and enrollment.
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Leaders today struggle to strike the right balance between using data, intuition and judgment when making decisions.
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Multi-use learning spaces pay off for schools that think flexibly about their programs and resources. “A building doesn’t necessarily have to be cutting-edge architecturally to be cutting-edge pedagogically.”
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Technical staff at many independent schools are working hard to meet the May 26 deadline for compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a European Union law that regulates the way organizations handle
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After School
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Culture
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Human Resources
This business officer provides financial literacy training to students after school hours. Parents want even more.
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Counterproductive leadership behaviors include distancing, overpowering, conforming — and failing to engage.
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Why should business officers take the time to enter data into BIIS (Business Intelligence for Independent Schools), NBOA’s new data collection and reporting platform? Besides the fact that it was built for business offic
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Healthy organizations are designed to sustain a variety of changes. Bring them!
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Neighbors have the power to make or break schools’ expansion plans. “It’s mission-critical to be active with the town.”
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Leadership
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Safety and Security
Growing list of independent school associations urge officials to take action against guns.
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