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New NAES Principles of Good Practice for Admissions (Webinar)

Episcopal identity informs all aspects of our school life and can be a compelling reason for families to join our communities. How schools live into their Episcopal identity often begins with the admissions process. If you are a head of school, admissions officer, division head, chaplain, or involved in any aspect of the admissions process, this webinar is for you. Join us to learn about the latest NAES Principles of Good Practice: Episcopal Identity and Admissions.

How Parents Pay (Webinar)

Periodically since 1986, NAIS has surveyed parents to better understand their perceptions of the financial aid process, how they sacrifice to pay tuition, and what feelings are most associated with paying tuition. Join this discussion of the new findings from the 2023-24 How Parents Pay research for insights into where behaviors and emotions have changed and where they’ve stayed the same. Consider how these parent perspectives can inform your financial aid policy, parent education, and affordability communication efforts.

Ready or Not, Change Will Come (Webinar)

Discover the keys to guiding your organization through change so that it is both effective and enduring. Whether it’s technological, curricular, or cultural, all schools are faced with the need for change, and in these turbulent times, it's even more important that leadership is armed with the skills to effectively plan for change and to avoid (or recover from) common pitfalls of change. This webinar will give you a framework through which to assess the scope and scale of the change, along with the stakeholders, organization, and culture in which the change will be implemented to create a plan that’s tailored to each situation.

Mission Anchored Compensation Strategies for Independent Schools (Webinar)

Independent schools’ faculty and staff are indispensable to the school’s mission, executing the vision through a unique structure at each school. Yet many schools use stagnant or inflexible systems to compensate their faculty and staff, systems that have failed to support the schools’ missions or financial realities. Over the past two years, NBOA conducted extensive, innovative research on independent school faculty and staff compensation models with generous support from the E.E. Ford Foundation, including a landscape analysis to gather information from a wide variety of independent schools on their approaches to faculty and staff compensation. Learn about the key findings from this Mission-Anchored Compensation Strategies for Independent Schools project and the research-based resources developed to support independent school leaders as they leverage compensation strategies to attract, retain, motivate, and grow a high-quality and mission-aligned workforce of educators. At a time when independent schools are seeking to reaffirm and reimagine who they are within a context that demands thoughtful allocation of finite resources, these insights and strategies are well-timed to foster growth, sustainability, and excellence in independent schools across our state, region and beyond.

Making Your Employee Handbook Work for Your Employees and the School (Webinar)

Employee Handbooks are often glossed over with all that busy schools need to manage but a well-thought-out and updated handbook can both manage community expectations and ensure that the school is legally compliant. Handbooks can have their own character to match that of the school but there are certain policies that should be in all handbooks—anti-harassment and anti-discrimination provisions with clear and succinct reporting procedures and anti-retaliation reminders; whistleblower provisions; properly worded leave rights; and many other clauses which will ensure that the school is complying with its legal obligations and can defend itself when sued. At the same time, many provisions will also help to ensure that the school has been clear in its expectations, which will enable employees to understand what is expected and avoid surprises when a rule is enforced. When done right, handbooks can help the school focus on its mission and avoid misunderstandings that can take it off track.

About Episcopal Schools, 2nd Ed.

This full color poster and pamphlet, newly updated and revised in 2022, examines the key characteristics common to all Episcopal schools, including aspects of Episcopal identity, faith-life, chapel, moral development, academic excellence, and social justice.

Episcopal Identity and Leadership Transitions: The Head of School Search

In an Episcopal school, articulating the school's particular Episcopal identity, ethos, and traditions, as well as its relationship to any Episcopal Church entity such as a parish or diocese, are critical to a successful search for a new head of school. Here are some key questions that boards, search committees, and candidates can ask and answer as they embark upon the search process.