“Best practice”, right? Not in the opinion of this Consultant who has seen firsthand the damage that these two practices can bring about for schools, heads […]
One can tell a healthy board from an unhealthy one by several tried and true assessment measures: Too many board meetings, i.e., for day schools more […]
Most independent and international school have dated salary systems such as a public school, lock-step longevity base scale with options to move laterally with more graduate […]
All faculty salary systems, no matter how they are constructed originally, become corrupt over time. The signs of rigidity and inflexibility are obvious: “work arounds” that […]
No one should argue that teachers do not need and deserve salary increases because of both inflation and the demands of parents and school leadership during […]
It is fairly easy, and yet not so easy. One School recently was experiencing head turnover because after several years of strong leadership, the Head was […]
Most independent and international schools have parent associations/auxiliaries, and the vast majority of these do not have separate legal status from the host school. In the […]
What if the aspirations of your school families have changed from pre-pandemic to post-pandemic and the existing mission may no longer fit exactly? This could be […]
