I saw the transformation firsthand in higher education. As technology played a larger role within academic programs, and colleges and universities migrated more operations online, technology directors—who typically repor
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With the spring thaw comes the inevitable rush of construction activity on independent school campuses. This year, the shadow of financial sustainability might make those mounting expenditures even more concerning than u
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Communication
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Technology
Why independent school leaders should take a “design pause” before sending that email, calling that meeting or excluding the possibility of collaborating with anyone, anywhere.
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Many NBOA members tell me that if they have one great takeaway from a professional development program—a new idea, a solution to a problem, a sample form—then their investment of time and money is worthwhile.
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STEM, STEAM, making, tinkering. Innovators, collaborators, self-directed learners. Idea labs, learning commons, makerspaces. The maker movement is a big deal for independent schools, an exciting reality playing out in ne
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Risk Management
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Safety and Security
Schools get serious about establishing, documenting and following procedures to curb sexual abuse involving faculty and staff. “It takes a community to keep kids safe.”
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CEO Notebook
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Culture
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Parent Organizations
As a trustee at my daughter's school, I get a lot of "feedback" from other parents. It ranges from concern over ERB scores to "can't we get more comfortable chairs for parents to sit in at assemblies?" I listen, smile an
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Sal Khan encourages independent schools to liberate their classrooms from the lecture model and embrace peer-to-peer interaction and learning.
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Facility Rental
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Summer Camp
Beyond summer camps and after-school programs, independent schools are taking second looks at auxiliary programs and their promise of net non-tuition revenue.
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It's widely accepted as best practice for independent schools to maintain three percent of the total cost of replacing the physical plant in a separate budget called PPRRSM (provision for plant replacement, renewal and s
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Risk Management
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Technology
From the archives: A sinister email, a twisted digital trail and an eye-opening journey into the realm of cybersecurity. One school's story.
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As business officers know too well, there really is no such thing as downtime anymore in independent schools. The summer is busy with wrapping up the prior school year and preparing for the one ahead. NBOA is no differen
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It's been a spring of heavy travel, and at each independent school I visit the topic of technology invariably arises. The questions go something like this: What role should technology play in our delivery of preK–1
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With students getting less unstructured playtime at home, independent schools are making high-tech and low-tech investments alike in exercise facilities, equipment and philosophies.
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Here's a litmus test on online and blended learning in independent schools: Do you consider technology a tool that brings individuals together or keeps them apart?
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CEO Notebook
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Communication
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Technology
At the 2011 NBOA Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., Michael Horn wowed hundreds of business officers with provocative predictions about technology's imminent impact on the delivery of education at independent schools. Y
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I admit it. I've become a "tweeter." In fact, the other day an NBOA member commented, "You tweet A LOT." I took it as a compliment. Here's why.
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NBOA recently launched a brand new website to better serve members and the independent school business officer community. Since NBOA’s inception in 1998, our website has been the most highly valued resource among o
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