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After School  

  • Culture

After School: My Jewish Learning

Conversion was only the beginning of this business officer's Jewish education.
5 min read

CEO Notebook  

  • Leadership

Getting Schooled on Leading Change

How do you lead strategy when you’re expected primarily to solve problems? 
3 min read

Projections  

  • Budget
  • | Leadership

Critical Conversations

Clear demonstrations of mutual respect are the starting point to bringing faculty to the side of finding long-term financial solutions.
4 min read
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  • Leadership

Unsung Hero: Heidi Whaley, Charleston Day School

The Will J. Hancock Unsung Hero Award is given to business officers who have made extraordinary contributions to their schools and exemplify exceptional integrity, knowledge and motivation. At the end of each school year
2 min read

Mission & Motivation  

  • Leadership
  • | Planning

Mission & Motivation: A Foundation of Trust

The benefits of internal leadership succession are too great for schools to ignore.
4 min read
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  • Leadership

Unsung Hero: Julia Veenstra, Des Moines Christian School

The Will J. Hancock Unsung Hero Award is given to business officers who have made extraordinary contributions to their schools and exemplify exceptional integrity, knowledge and motivation. At the end of each school year
2 min read
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  • Cash Management
  • | Leadership

Leap of Faith

This small school overcame multiple challenges and expects a bright future under a strategic partnership between the head of school and business officer, now in their third year of working together. “We both took a risk.
10 min read
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After School  

  • Culture
  • | Leadership

After School: Guardians of the Greenery

Keep close to nature's heart ... and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean. —John Muir
4 min read
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  • Leadership

Unsung Hero: Gil Thornfeldt, Taft School

The Will J. Hancock Unsung Hero Award is given to business officers who have made extraordinary contributions to their schools and exemplify exceptional integrity, knowledge and motivation. At the end of each school year
2 min read

CEO Notebook  

  • Leadership

3 Habits of Innovative K-12 Business Officers

Let’s reject once and for all the notion that innovation and fiscal responsibility are at odds.
3 min read
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Mission & Motivation  

  • Leadership
  • | Technology

Mission & Motivation: A Place at the Leadership Table for School Technology Directors

Technology has become too integral to school operations for it to be compartmentalized.
4 min read
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Risk & Compliance  

  • Human Resources
  • | Legal
  • | Risk Management

Risk & Compliance: Avoid These Common Worker Misclassification Errors This item is protected.

Schools must remain vigilant about DOL classifications.
5 min read
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  • Leadership

Rear View Reflections

As they leave the world of independent schools, veteran business officers share what they learned, loved and wish for their successors. “You can never close your eyes.”
7 min read
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5 Minutes with  

  • Leadership
  • | Technology

5 Minutes with Richard Oliver: Taking Risks, Moving Forward

A pioneer in online learning discusses how his institution found its sweet spot, achieves 96 percent student satisfaction and embraces the automated advantages of true “digital” education.
9 min read

Projections  

  • Leadership

The Data-Driven Take the Driver’s Seat

A unified data collection platform changes everything. Its time has come.
4 min read
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  • Leadership
  • | Tuition

Unsung Hero: Janet Refior, Fountain Valley School of Colorado

The Will J. Hancock Unsung Hero Award is given to business officers who have made extraordinary contributions to their schools and exemplify exceptional integrity, knowledge and motivation. At the end of each school year
1 min read
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  • Culture
  • | Risk Management

ERM: Everybody is a Risk Manager

From the archives: Enlisting trustees, staff and the community, independent schools make enterprise risk management everyone’s business.
13 min read
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  • Culture
  • | Leadership

Unsung Hero: Thomas Park, Chinese American International School

The Will J. Hancock Unsung Hero Award is given to business officers who have made extraordinary contributions to their schools and exemplify exceptional integrity, knowledge and motivation. At the end of each school year
2 min read
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  • Accounting
  • | Leadership

Unsung Hero: Elise Murphy, The Lamplighter School

The Will J. Hancock Unsung Hero Award is given to business officers who have made extraordinary contributions to their schools and exemplify exceptional integrity, knowledge and motivation. At the end of each school year
1 min read

CEO Notebook  

  • Leadership

I Escaped! Three Takeaways for the Coming School Year

You don’t need all the answers. Discover hidden talents in failure. And don’t forget to debrief.
3 min read

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