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  • Human Resources
  • | Misconduct
  • | Risk Management

Who’s in the Room? Calling Witnesses in School Investigations

When a school undertakes a misconduct investigation, deciding who to call as a witness is not always clear. Three independent school lawyers weigh in.
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  • Human Resources
  • | Misconduct
  • | Risk Management

With Justice for All: School Investigations This item is protected.

Should your school face the dreaded day of a serious misconduct allegation, you will need to know what situations require an investigation, who can conduct one and what the outcomes might be.
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  • Facilities
  • | Planning

Gathering Constituent Input for a Successful Master Plan

Collaborative processes can help ensure new campus facilities align with a school’s mission.
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Projections  

  • Enrollment
  • | Tuition

Projections: Our Increasingly Risky Business Model

Numerous factors are pushing independent school leaders to rethink our traditional business model, particularly tuition pricing and financial aid. Change is in the air.
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  • Risk Management
  • | Transportation

Overdrive: Managing Transportation Risk This item is protected.

Managing the infinite scenarios of transportation risk — from owning or outsourcing vehicles to corralling volunteer drivers —  requires time, expertise and financial resources to keep everyone safe.
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CEO Notebook  

  • Leadership

Rocking in Cleveland

As new business officers prepare to hit the ground running, they learn how school leaders at every stage of their career can drive change.
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  • Human Resources

Difficult Conversations Can Strengthen School Values

When employees aren't meeting expectations, leaders must initiate what might be a difficult conversation. Doing so with courageous authenticity will help leaders have clear, honest and direct communication that can solve
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  • Enrollment
  • | Tuition

Modeling Sustainability: Four Tuition Models to Consider This item is protected.

Changing your school’s tuition strategy may seem risky, but adhering to a traditional model has its own hazards. Four tuition models to consider and case studies in context.
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  • Endowment
  • | Investments

Rethinking Investment Strategies

Many independent schools face financial challenges related to cash reserves, endowment depletion and operations. Finding ways to align enterprise considerations and investment strategies can help address these issues, sa
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Projections  

  • Budget
  • | Technology

It’s Time to Commit

From the archives: How can online learning simultaneously mitigate the financial pressures facing our schools and reinforce our ability to personalize the learning experience?
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  • Culture
  • | Leadership

Play Is Serious Business When Aiming for Organizational Change

Research on play shows that it’s vital to creative thinking. Business catalyst Kevin Carroll explained how productive play at work can inspire business officers to innovate.   
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CEO Notebook  

  • Budget
  • | Planning

Your Everyday Pursuit of Financial Health

A few tools can help school leaders and the board understand long-term school finances more clearly, talk more productively and act more proactively.
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  • Audit
  • | Budget

Accounting Standard Updates Enter Second Year

Expense Classifications
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  • Culture
  • | Facilities

Students Tackle Operational Issues

Stuart Country Day School’s campus-as-lab program, led by the school’s facilities director, enables students to solve real-world problems — while helping administrators collect campus data.
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  • Diversity and Inclusion
  • | Leadership

5 Minutes with Dallas Joseph: the Man Behind the Curtain

The 2019 recipient of the Ken White Distinguished Business Officer Award credits some of his success to mentors and colleagues. But don’t mistake his modesty for a lack of ambition. Leadership “is something I run toward.
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After School  

  • Leadership

After School: the Woodworker

This business officer can’t get enough of wood’s natural beauty or time in the workshop.
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CEO Notebook  

  • Leadership

We Can’t Do It Without You — Really

Opportunities await to give back to your colleagues and the profession while growing leadership skills and gaining a national perspective.
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Mission & Motivation  

  • Risk Management

Mission & Motivation: Who Manages Risk at Your School?

Given the emergence of new risks and the evolving school operating environment, now could be the time to revisit your organizational structure and carve out the resources to add a new position.
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Projections  

  • Facilities

Projections: Knowing the Neighbors

Building plans? Don’t wait until groundbreaking to engage with the neighbors.
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  • Extended Day
  • | Leadership

Making After-School Programming Meaningful

Innovative, student-driven programs add value, enrich students, further school mission and attract new families.
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