It's tempting to chase "the next big thing," but focusing on the core reasons students and parents choose your school will likely produce better results.
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Crisis Management
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Governance
Don’t let powerful board dissenters, loose-lipped gossips or simply poor preparation hijack your school’s principles or plans when so much is on the line.
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A multi-year financial model that Austin created helped the preschool plan for strategic initiatives that boosted revenue 15 percent growth.
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No distance long or short should divide you from finance and operations help when you need it.
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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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