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CEO Notebook  

  • Budget
  • | Planning

The BIIS Journey: Get on Board by October 11

Access data and tools that will help you lead your school to financial success.
3 min read
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After School  

After School: Dog Days

Training therapy dogs provides respite to this business officer, while the dogs she trains help relieve students’ stress.
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  • Membership

Unsung Hero: Saundra Sparks, Echo Horizon School

Sparks aligned admissions practices with the school’s vision of inclusivity while managing multiple successful leadership transitions at Echo Horizon School.
2 min read
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  • Regulatory Updates
  • | Salary

DOL Expands Overtime Pay Eligibility in New Federal Rule

New salary threshold less onerous for independent schools than once anticipated.
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Business Intelligence  

  • Financing
  • | Planning

Business Intelligence: Financial Planning Tools Get an Upgrade

Improvements to the BIIS data collection platform and The NBOA Financial Dashboard should make budgeting and planning that much easier.
3 min read
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5 Minutes with  

  • Leadership

5 Minutes with Chuck McCullagh: Pulling in the Same Direction

At each stage of his career, from running a small business to 25 years in the business office, the new NBOA board chair has found strong relationships with colleagues a key to success.
8 min read
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  • Membership

Unsung Hero: Lynda Sailor, Aspen Academy

Sailor established a firm financial foundation for Aspen Academy while overseeing campus renovation and launching a preventative maintenance plan.
2 min read
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Safety & Security  

  • Crisis Management
  • | Facilities

Safety & Security: In a Day, on a Dime

Addressing low-hanging fruit and implementing low-cost solutions could improve your school’s safety.
5 min read

CEO Notebook  

  • Boards and Trustees
  • | Governance

Energizing the Boardroom in the New School Year

Three tips for helping your board remain future-looking, mission-centric and resource-aware.
4 min read
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  • Financing
  • | Leadership

Invitation to the Dance: Mergers & Acquisitions

Which independent schools should consider a merger? All of them. It’s not about profits, but rather perpetuating the mission in a changing marketplace.
7 min read
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Unsung Hero: Paul Mayhew, River Oaks Baptist School

Mayhew’s strategic vision led River Oaks Baptist School through a capital campaign that strengthened endowment and allowed the school to expand.
2 min read
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Mission & Motivation  

  • Culture
  • | Leadership

Mission & Motivation: Support Staff Supporting Students

Mentorship and extracurricular leadership need not be for faculty alone.
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  • Budget
  • | Tuition

Heads Together: Benchmarking for Success This item is protected.

Benchmarking, data analysis and school-wide brainstorming enabled St. John's Preparatory School to moderate tuition increases, adjust revenue and spending, and enhance its value proposition.
7 min read
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Unsung Hero: Patrick Kessel, Interlochen Center for the Arts

A champion for positive growth, Kessel managed sweeping campus renovations and construction projects that helped his school realize its vision.
2 min read
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Strategies  

  • Human Resources
  • | Survey

Strategies: Survey Says

Conducting a school-wide survey may help boost morale and retention if expectations are clear and employees feel heard.
7 min read

CEO Notebook  

  • Human Resources
  • | Legal

Key Resources To Mitigate HR Risk

Grace Lee will serve as NBOA legal counsel, one of many available resources to help school leaders manage employment practices.
4 min read
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  • Enrollment
  • | Financial Aid

Resources for Navigating a Disrupted Landscape

Tuition models and pricing strategies are focus of continued NBOA-EMA partnership.
3 min read
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  • Membership

Unsung Hero: Valerie Hughes, Hathaway Brown School

Hughes helped drive innovation and set the standard for diversity, equity and inclusion at Hathaway Brown School.
2 min read
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Risk & Compliance  

Risk & Compliance: Safe Travels with School Data

If your students, faculty or staff are traveling to China, their data is at risk. Thoughtfully developed and well implemented policies can keep it safe.
4 min read
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  • Extended Day
  • | Facilities
  • | Key Auxiliary

Data-Informed Auxiliary Programs

Shift auxiliary program goals from arbitrary and out-of-reach to strategic and achievable using data sets and other national resources.
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