CEO Notebook
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Labor Law
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Legal
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Pandemic
As schools are focused on creating safe learning communities, new legislation seeks to protect schools and other essential businesses from potential COVID-19 related liability.
3 min read
Risk & Compliance
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Employment
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Risk Management
Microaggressions may be brief and commonplace, but they are damaging and pose a liability risk in independent schools.
6 min read
CEO Notebook
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Employee Benefits
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Leadership
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Pandemic
Our employees’ wellbeing should be our first priority. It’s what holds our strong communities together.
3 min read
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Cash Management
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Employment
In the age of e-commerce, does it still make sense to have a bricks-and-mortar school store?
13 min read
Strategies
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Contract
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Employment
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Facilities
Cost alone should not drive decisions to keep services in-house or not — consider a more complete value proposition.
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CEO Notebook
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Leadership
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Pandemic
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Professional Development
While school budgets are likely to face intense scrutiny this year, professional development opportunities may help our schools differentiate and even grow in a challenging environment.
3 min read
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Employee Benefits
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Labor Law
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Pandemic
Should schools modify their retirement plans to include CARES provisions? And if the school wants to lower contributions, do those changes need to be made concurrently?
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Risk & Compliance
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Compliance
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Employee Benefits
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Employee Leave
New leave laws are likely to arrive in your state or city if they haven't already. The time to prepare is now.
8 min read
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Human Resources
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Pandemic
Clear expectations and consistent communication can help schools improve remote employees' productivity and engagement.
9 min read
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Crisis Management
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Human Resources
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Pandemic
On moving processes online, selecting software, setting expectations and creating equitable opportunities, and conveying community.
10 min read
Schools have little time to manage 403(b) plans and employees have little interest. Recent research may help streamline improvements and boost returns.
8 min read
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Compensation Strategies
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Employee Benefits
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Employment
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Human Resources
Recruiting and retaining millennial employees may require new benefits and better work-life balance, but they can offer a fresh approach to school processes.
9 min read
Strategies
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Employment
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Human Resources
Training administrators on hiring and performance management practices will protect your school from legal risk and improve the entire community.
6 min read
CEO Notebook
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Employment
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Leadership
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Membership
New NBOA staff members are ready to serve.
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Mission & Motivation
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Culture
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Employment
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Leadership
Transitioning into a new school can be challenging but worthwhile, especially when you have confidence that key relationships will work.
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CEO Notebook
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Diversity and Inclusion
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Employment
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Leadership
Business officers may be natural servant leaders, but can also consciously cultivate diversity of thought, trust and future leadership.
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Properly classifying school employees as exempt or nonexempt is tricky. A new white paper helps clarify matters.
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Regulatory Updates
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Salary
New salary threshold less onerous for independent schools than once anticipated.
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Conducting a school-wide survey may help boost morale and retention if expectations are clear and employees feel heard.
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Grace Lee will serve as NBOA legal counsel, one of many available resources to help school leaders manage employment practices.
4 min read