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  • Accounting
  •   |   Audit

Accounting, Reporting and Tax Issues for School Fundraising and Special Events

Feb 28, 2020, 3:14 PM
The session will focus on fundraising rules and regulations regarding special events, parents’ association activities, donated goods and services as well as some less commonly-used tools in the
  • Crisis Management
  •   |   Key Facilities
  •   |   Risk Management
  •   |   Safety and Security

The Evolving Landscape of School Safety and Security

Feb 25, 2020, 9:03 PM
For many years, our schools have struggled to balance the desire for open and vibrant campuses against the reality of increasingly complex security challenges, competing needs and resources.
  • Debt
  •   |   Financing
  •   |   Planning

Tax-Exempt Financing: It's Not Just Bank Financing Anymore

Feb 25, 2020, 8:52 PM
Three schools — a small boarding school, a leading metropolitan day school and a school specializing in learning differences — each took a distinctly different financing path to meet their unique
  • Human Resources
  •   |   Labor Law
  •   |   Risk Management

Retaining Focus on Your Mission Despite Employee Challenges

Feb 25, 2020, 1:48 PM
Schools need to guide employees to support the school’s mission and discipline employees who refuse to follow suit.
  • Budget
  •   |   Culture
  •   |   Facilities

Envision a Future with Effective Outsourced Relationships

Feb 25, 2020, 1:40 PM
As the independent school industry looks ahead, outsourcing provides effective ways to build capacity and reduce costs. Building great relationships with vendors can be challenging and time consuming.
  • Facilities
  •   |   Key Facilities
  •   |   Maintenance
  •   |   Planning

Campus Master Planning: a Thorough Exploration of the Campus

Feb 25, 2020, 1:36 PM
This session will walk you through the campus master planning process from start to finish — beginning with the RFP, a campus facility audit, committee structure, architectural selections, culture
  • Risk Management

Auditing Your Insurance Program: What's Not Covered and What to Do

Feb 25, 2020, 1:11 PM
In this interactive session, we will work through several scenarios addressing common risks that might not be covered by current insurance policies and ways to obtain coverage for these risks, either

Deep Dive: The Head of School and Business Officer Partnership

Feb 25, 2020, 1:07 PM
As strategic partners, a strong working relationship between the head of school and business officer is essential to an independent school’s success. In this session, the heads of school and business
  • Accounting
  •   |   Audit
  •   |   Key Accounting

Accounting Update With a Focus on Revenue Recognition Standards

Feb 24, 2020, 7:26 PM
An update focused on the upcoming accounting changes. These changes will include a new revenue recognition model for both contracts with customers and contributions received and made, lease accounting
  • Leadership
  •   |   Planning
  •   |   Research

Financial State of the Industry: BIIS 5-Year Trend Report 2015-2019

Feb 19, 2020, 11:37 PM
This report analyzes 18 indicators of independent schools’ financial health over five consecutive fiscal years. Based on data submitted by schools to NBOA’s BIIS data collection platform, it is the