Culture

The Big Move: Navigating a Career Transition

When it’s time to leave one school and start a new position at another, these considerations will make it easier on all parties – business leader, former school and new one.

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  • Employee Benefits
  • | Employee Leave
  • | Policy

Paid-Time-Off Benefits: 2024-2025 Benchmarks This item is protected.

Shifts from the 2022-23 school year were generally small, with notable increases in parental leave and decreases in sick leave.
7 min read
  • Culture
  • | Leadership

What Disney’s New CEO Can Teach Us About Beloved Leadership

His focus on not just the customer but also the employee experience may resonate with independent schools looking to retain faculty and staff.
5 min read
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  • Human Resources
  • | Professional Development

Low and No-Cost Strategies to Retain Teachers This item is protected.

When the demand for high-quality teachers became greater than the supply, leaders at the Frances Xavier Warde School developed a new teacher retention system.
4 min read
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  • Human Resources
  • | Leadership

Transition Tips from an HR Expert This item is protected.

Seven people‑centered steps to help CFOs transition smoothly to a new school.
2 min read
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  • Accounting
  • | Legal
  • | Regulatory Updates
  • | Tuition

OFAC Sanctions Compliance and Independent Schools: New Guidance

IMG Academy was fined $1.72 million for violations of U.S. sanctions laws.
2 min read
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  • Culture
  • | Leadership
  • | Professional Development

The Big Move: Navigating a Career Transition This item is protected.

When it’s time to leave one school and start a new position at another, these considerations will make it easier on all parties – business leader, former school and new one.
14 min read

CEO Notebook  

  • Crisis Management
  • | Legal

Immigration Enforcement: What Independent Schools STILL Need to Know

Growing concerns about immigration enforcement underscore the need for clear protocols, informed staff and steady leadership in independent schools.
5 min read
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  • Accounting
  • | Planning
  • | Reports

Redesigning Your Chart of Accounts: The Steps to Success This item is protected.

To redesign your chart of accounts, schools need a clear strategy, the right expertise and a focus on usability.
4 min read
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  • Gift
  • | Legal
  • | Technology

Byte-Size AI: Legal Insights and Development Wins This item is protected.

Hopkins School has tapped generative AI to do initial legal research and queries, and also used it to meet donor interests efficiently and with real depth, among other uses.
5 min read
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  • Employee Benefits
  • | Human Resources

Healthy Alternatives: The Health Insurance Trust Model This item is protected.

Independent schools are using benefits trusts to smooth rate increases and retain surplus.
4 min read
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  • Employee Benefits
  • | Human Resources

Healthy Alternatives: Creating a MEWA This item is protected.

Pooled benefit strategies can smooth renewal volatility, though shared governance means individual employers may need to compromise on coverage choices.
5 min read

CEO Notebook  

  • Compensation Strategies
  • | Leadership
  • | Planning

Congratulations to the 2026 NBOA Award Recipients!

This year’s recipients have elevated school financial strategy, advanced groundbreaking compensation research and pioneered AI frameworks for school business operations.
7 min read
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  • Hiring
  • | Technology

Byte-Size AI: Planning, Integrating Systems and Predicting This item is protected.

Pine Crest School has saved two weeks’ worth of work in the business office through automating just two processes, and that’s just the beginning.
7 min read
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  • Employee Benefits
  • | Technology

Byte-Size AI: Automating Processes, Elevating Strategy This item is protected.

Aspen Academy’s business office has gained significant time savings through AI, which has allowed staff to focus on higher-level strategy.
6 min read
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  • Culture
  • | Technology

Byte-Size AI: Building Your Own GPT This item is protected.

Sarah Hanawald, executive director of Association for Academic Leaders, shares how school leaders across the U.S. have been building their own bots.
4 min read
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  • Employee Benefits
  • | Human Resources

Healthy Alternatives: Layering a MERP This item is protected.

The MERP allows employees in a high-deductible plan to pay their deductibles with a preloaded debit card.
3 min read

CEO Notebook  

  • Legal
  • | Membership

Collaborating To Make SGO Policies Work For Your School

NBOA has joined other associations in advocating for clarity in new federal SGO policy that will optimize impact for independent schools.
4 min read
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  • Communication
  • | Summer Camp
  • | Technology

Byte-Size AI: Strong Prompts, Market Analysis and Role Play This item is protected.

Jonathan Schmid is using generative AI to tap into market analysis, generate Excel formulas and role play difficult interactions.
4 min read
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  • Employee Benefits
  • | Human Resources

Healthy Alternatives: ICHRA Plans This item is protected.

As health insurance premiums rise, some schools are adopting alternatives to fully insured plans, including ICHRAs, MERPs and MEWAs.
6 min read
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  • Human Resources
  • | Legal
  • | Tax

2026 Updates To Mileage Rates, Contribution Limits and Charitable Giving This item is protected.

Annual adjustments from the IRS and Treasury as well as changes in labor law will impact operational costs at independent schools.
3 min read

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