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After School  

  • Leadership

After School: Fair Play

Officiating hockey games is a calling for this business officer.
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CEO Notebook  

  • Membership
  • | Planning
  • | Publications

Practical Guidance During Unprecedented Times

An updated and enhanced member resource is available today.
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5 Minutes with  

  • Enrollment
  • | Leadership

5 Minutes with John Gulla: Private Schools, Public Purpose

Opportunities are ripe for independent schools to collaborate among themselves and others in their community.
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Mission & Motivation  

  • Enrollment
  • | Leadership

Mission & Motivation: Finding Fit

Following Operation Varsity Blues, independent schools may rethink their role in college preparation.
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  • Human Resources
  • | Pandemic

Successfully Managing Remote Employees

Clear expectations and consistent communication can help schools improve remote employees' productivity and engagement.
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  • Cash Management
  • | Cybersecurity
  • | Risk Management

Double Take: Preventing Financial Cybercrime This item is protected.

No school is immune from the rising threat of financial cybercrime. Accounting, tech and legal insights help keep everyone on their toes.
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Safety & Security  

  • Risk Management
  • | Safety and Security

Safety & Security: Drill Down

Regular exercises can make safety policies and procedures stick and help your school fully prepare for an emergency.
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CEO Notebook  

  • Crisis Management
  • | Pandemic

COVID-19: We’re In This Together

While most of us are dispersed, away from campuses and colleagues, we can still support each other to tackle rapidly evolving challenges.
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  • Budget
  • | Crisis Management
  • | Pandemic

COVID-19: Bracing for Impact

Business officers discuss priorities, decision-making processes, possible financial impacts for the current and future fiscal years, and more.
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  • Leadership

Community, Connection Extend Beyond 2020 NBOA Annual Meeting

It is almost strange to think that just one month ago, nearly 1,400 members of the independent school community gathered in Orlando at the 2020 NBOA Annual Meeting. So much has happened to our schools and the world at la
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Risk & Compliance  

  • Admission
  • | Risk Management

Risk & Compliance: Legal Considerations in Admissions

Schools must be careful to collect neither too much nor too little information about students and families before they enroll.
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  • Crisis Management
  • | Human Resources
  • | Pandemic

Remote Hiring Considerations during COVID-19 Closures

On moving processes online, selecting software, setting expectations and creating equitable opportunities, and conveying community.
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  • Crisis Management
  • | Pandemic
  • | Regulatory Updates

COVID-19: Independent School Closure Considerations

On communicating a campus closure, anticipating student and staff illness, telework and payroll expectations, and maintaining facilities operations.
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No Place Like Home: Faculty Housing This item is protected.

As affordable and desirable housing becomes harder to find, offering a faculty housing benefit can build retention and school community.
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  • Crisis Management
  • | Pandemic

COVID-19 Resources for the Independent School Business Office

We at NBOA can only imagine how difficult this time must be for our member schools and their communities. We update this resource page regularly with news items, guidance, community discussions and more to help inform in
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  • Crisis Management
  • | Pandemic

Questions Independent School Leaders Are Asking About COVID-19

On tracking community members’ travel, limiting campus visitors, planning large gatherings, adjusting trip waivers, addressing and preventing bullying and more.
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CEO Notebook  

  • Culture
  • | Diversity and Inclusion

NBOA’s Commitment to DE&I

Our schools are committed to DE&I, and so is NBOA. This important work is intentionally never-ending.
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  • Crisis Management
  • | Pandemic
  • | Regulatory Updates

COVID-19: Independent School Business Operations Considerations

Last week, the first U.S. schools closed in response to COVID-19 illnesses among the campus community or potential exposures. The students, families, faculty and staff impacted have returned from trips abroad or interact
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Strategies  

  • Enrollment
  • | Policy
  • | Risk Management

Strategies: Maximizing Vaccination Rates

How to phase out vaccine exemptions to protect community health, regardless of state law requirements.
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  • Crisis Management
  • | Pandemic
  • | Technology

Academic Continuity During COVID-19 Closures: A Case Study

A Beijing independent school has grappled with centralizing communications, testing technological requirements and keeping up morale since moving learning online.
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