Safety & Security
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Risk Management
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Safety and Security
Faculty and staff who have completed popular active-shooter training programs often perform worse in simulations than those with no training, according to this school safety expert.
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Risk Management
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Technology
Data stored at independent schools is at greater risk than ever, but rigorous training, relationship building and hard bargaining for better contracts help keep it safe.
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Risk Management
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Safety and Security
How much time, energy and focus do independent schools place on the titanic risks that accompany athletic events?
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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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Employee Handbook
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Risk Management
Employees and families increasingly use school handbook language to pursue legal claims against schools.
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Human Resources
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Risk Management
States are enacting employee background check laws that apply as equally to independent schools as they do to public schools.
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International
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Risk Management
Exchange programs and stays with host families are increasingly the norm. What risks do they bring?
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Food Service
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Risk Management
Students at private schools are particularly high-risk for these serious but treatable illnesses.
Projections
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Risk Management
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Safety and Security
Many of the costliest risks to independent schools involve people. By avoiding distractions and complacency, business officers can lead their communities to safety.
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Leadership
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Risk Management
Launching a campus-wide risk management program may seem daunting, but with attention to leadership, resources and communication, any school can get started.
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Crisis Management
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Risk Management
Why conduct a comprehensive risk audit? Because a school can never be too prepared. “I would rather do 10 false-alarm lockdowns than have somebody be afraid to call a lockdown.”
With more parents sending their kids to and from school in ride-share vehicles, schools wonder what their liability might be if a child is harmed using such services.
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Human Resources
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Risk Management
Vaping and drug use are increasing nationwide. Update your student handbook and develop an appropriate policy.
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Human Resources
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Risk Management
A visually impaired student requests to bring a service dog to school. Her teacher is severely allergic to animal hair. What do you do?
Managing relationships between schools and parents is becoming more, not less, difficult.
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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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Human Resources
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Risk Management
Craft a policy that can be explained alongside your mission, and you’ll find it easier to convey that it will strengthen your school’s core values.
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Human Resources
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Risk Management
Aggressive pay-equity laws are on the rise.
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Human Resources
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Risk Management
States are enacting employee background check laws that apply as equally to independent schools as they do to public schools.
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Human Resources
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Risk Management
Independent school attorneys lay out the basics on a growing list of issues that could challenge every school—if they aren’t already.
