People

Vanessa Wassenar

CEO

Creating Resilient Schools

Vanessa Wassenar is CEO of Creating Resilient Schools, working primarily with schools and nonprofits in times of change, whether administrative/leadership, financial, accreditation, strategic and closure. She has worked in academic, educational and scientific administration around the U.S. and in the U.K. for more than 40 years.

Online Courses

Budget Meets Mission: School Finance for Non-Business Leaders

Understand the independent school business model, learn to be a good steward of your school's financial resources and work more collaboratively around financial issues.
Considerations for Employee Benefits: Taxability, Compliance, Culture

Discover the most common benefits programs and structures as well as emerging ones, best practices to stay in compliance, and cultural considerations for implementation.
Engaging in Difficult Conversations with Employees

Learn to engage with employees in an empathetic manner while still clearly conveying important information and safeguarding your school from liability.
Essentials of the Business Office

Explore the many responsibilities of business office professionals — from day-to-day finance, operation and risk management to strategic leadership — and how to manage key relationships with the greater school community.
Human Resources Fundamentals for Independent Schools

Learn how to address day-to-day human resources challenges such as evaluation and termination, FMLA, the ADA and employee classification.
Leave Law Boot Camp

Learn about best practices related to employee leave and how federal leave laws intersect and overlap.
Long-Range Financial Modeling

Learn how to customize and manipulate NBOA's Long-Range Financial Model, a powerful financial planning tool for your school.
Measuring Financial Health with the Composite Financial Index

Calculate your school's Composite Financial Index (CFI) score — a tool trusted in higher education for decades — and learn how you can use the score and its 4 underlying ratios to think strategically about your school's financial strengths and weaknesses.
Payroll Best Practices for Independent Schools

Learn about best practices related to payroll including employee classification and overtime pay, deductions and taxability and the complexity of calculating a faculty member’s final paycheck when they leave mid-year.
Stewarding Donor Dollars: Financial Principles for Contributions

Learn best practices related to gift reporting, compliance and donor stewardship, as well as how to develop a successful and strategic partnership between the financial and development functions at your school.
Strategic HR Leadership

Learn to develop and communicate your school's personnel management strategy and to be responsive to a changing market.
The Business and Art of Financial Aid

Learn tactical best practices related to the financial aid process to enhance the strategic partnership between the business and admissions offices and ensure long-term success.
Wage and Hour Boot Camp

Learn the ins and outs of wage and hour law, including the aspects that are unique to educational environments.

Past Webinars

How to Save Your School Money with PurchasingPoint This item is protected

December 6, 2024

This webinar provides an overview of the PurchasingPoint program, tour of the PurchasingPoint portal and examples of vendor discounts and sign-up processes. Webinar recorded on November 7, 2024
Defining Roles and Responsibilities for a Successful Construction Project This item is protected

November 14, 2024

Construction project are more complex than ever. Learn the different management roles of a construction project from the owner and architect to the construction manager and other key facilitators.
Inflation in Independent and Higher Education: The Case for the HEPI This item is protected

November 1, 2024

Access to reliable inflation data and using the most appropriate inflation measure is critical to accurate budgeting and planning. That's why Commonfund produces the Higher Education Price Index (HEPI), an inflation index.
Trends in Tuition Discounting: Insights from NBOA Research This item is protected

October 25, 2024

Learn about the research findings from the Tuition Discounting Report for PK-12 Independent Schools: 2021-2023, NBOA's recently released multi-year data analysis.
Addressing Student-to-Student Issues This item is protected

October 17, 2024

Research shows sexual incidents between youth make up approximately half of sexual abuse incidents. Through research and collaboration with leading experts, this session explores how schools leverage research to update policies and procedures.

Net Assets Articles

It’s Keeping Me Awake at Night: What International School Tech Directors Are Losing Sleep Over

December 23, 2024

Data privacy and security remain top concerns for tech directors, with the introduction of AI tools adding complexity to regulatory compliance.
How Do You Measure 2024?

December 10, 2024

Among this year’s many efforts to enhance your professional development opportunities, these four stand out.
The Best of Net Assets Magazine 2024

December 3, 2024

This year's top 12 cover every thing from food service inflation to financing in a new lending environment.
Keeping an Ear on the Future

November 25, 2024

Organizations that are successfully adopting new technologies find ways to harness staff feedback, says keynote speaker Crystal Washington.
It Takes a Village To Build a Village

November 19, 2024

When school leaders prioritize genuine appreciation, a positive and motivated workplace culture results.

FEATURED

Complimentary Resource for NBOA Members: Job Description Resource Center

Access expert guidance and samples to help your school develop clear, comprehensive, and effective job descriptions for every role.

RECENT DISCUSSIONS

NBOA CAREERS

ASO VP, Operations

University of Florida
Chief Financial Officer

Trevor Day School
Visual Art Teacher

Kentucky Country Day School

VISIT CAREERS

Vanessa Wassenar

Online Courses

Budget Meets Mission: School Finance for Non-Business Leaders

Considerations for Employee Benefits: Taxability, Compliance, Culture

Engaging in Difficult Conversations with Employees

Essentials of the Business Office

Human Resources Fundamentals for Independent Schools

Leave Law Boot Camp

Long-Range Financial Modeling

Measuring Financial Health with the Composite Financial Index

Payroll Best Practices for Independent Schools

Stewarding Donor Dollars: Financial Principles for Contributions

Strategic HR Leadership

The Business and Art of Financial Aid

Wage and Hour Boot Camp

Past Webinars

How to Save Your School Money with PurchasingPoint This item is protected

Defining Roles and Responsibilities for a Successful Construction Project This item is protected

Inflation in Independent and Higher Education: The Case for the HEPI This item is protected

Trends in Tuition Discounting: Insights from NBOA Research This item is protected

Addressing Student-to-Student Issues This item is protected

Net Assets Articles

It’s Keeping Me Awake at Night: What International School Tech Directors Are Losing Sleep Over

How Do You Measure 2024?

The Best of Net Assets Magazine 2024

Keeping an Ear on the Future

It Takes a Village To Build a Village

FEATURED

Complimentary Resource for NBOA Members: Job Description Resource Center

RECENT DISCUSSIONS

NBOA CAREERS

ASO VP, Operations

Chief Financial Officer

Visual Art Teacher

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