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September/October 2018 Issue

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After School  

  • Culture

After School: Over Hills, Through Woods

Give this business officer a map and a compass, and he’ll find his way across brambles and boulders in a flash.
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5 Minutes with  

  • Enrollment
  • | Technology

5 Minutes with Brad Rathgeber: Filling Out the Catalog

Online learning’s rapid evolution isn’t just giving independent schools more course options. It’s also redefining expectations for exemplary teaching, according to One Schoolhouse founder Brad Rathgeber.
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Business Intelligence  

  • Facility Rental
  • | Safety and Security

Business Intelligence: Member Survey Highlights: Armed Guards and Rental Facilities

For an informal glimpse into how your peers are handling a situation, check out NBOA's surveying tool. Highlights from two recent surveys.
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Mission & Motivation  

  • Human Resources
  • | Performance Management

Mission & Motivation: Recreating the Performance Measuring Stick

Judge as we would wish to be judged: For this head of school, performance assessments are highly personal — and highly effective.
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Safety & Security  

  • Risk Management
  • | Safety and Security

Safety & Security: Dangers of Active-Shooter Training Programs

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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  • Software
  • | Technology

Stand by Your Plan

A single-platform school information system can make a school operate more effectively. But there’s nothing turnkey about it.
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Strategies  

  • Planning
  • | Technology

Strategies: Time for an IT Revamp?

A management framework can help schools prioritize which parts of your technology program need a revamp and where to deploy resources.
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  • Key Technology
  • | Professional Development
  • | Technology

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How can your school encourage even reluctant teachers to engage in classroom technologies? Tech directors are showing the way.
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Risk & Compliance  

  • Policy
  • | Technology

Risk & Compliance: Responsible Student Data Collection

A privacy policy can help ensure students’ data is safe with your school — and build trust with parents.
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  • Risk Management
  • | Technology

The General and the Diplomat: Protecting Data at Independent Schools This item is protected.

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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