February 20, 2024

HOW YOU COMPENSATE TEACHERS HAS A PROFOUND EFFECT UPON THEIR BEHAVIOR OVER TIME

Why Mission Based Salary Systems are Crucial Since NAIS first published our book, “Faculty Salary Systems in Independent Schools” for the first time in 1983, over […]
January 20, 2024

Faculty Compensation Continues to Roil the Waters

It is challenging to recruit and pay teachers to come to our schools especially when teachers have more offers and options than in recent memory. What […]
January 20, 2024

Head Compensation Tops the Charts

In general, head compensation is up worldwide for most independent and international school heads. Why? Factors affecting compensation are boards’ acknowledgement of the stress of the […]
January 20, 2024

A Warning About Head of School Contracts

Having worked with thousands of independent and international school boards on the topic of head compensation, Littleford & Associates (always retained by boards, not heads) has […]
January 20, 2024

A Unique Predicament: Head Succession Following a Long-Term Head

Most long-term, highly valued, and respected school heads step down mainly of their own volition. They give their boards a time line with no rush to […]
January 20, 2024

The Basics of Healthy Board Governance: Honoring Channels and Boundaries

Healthy board governance begins with understanding the difference between what falls under the purview of policy versus management and strategic versus operational. What are the gray […]
January 18, 2024

To Board Chairs Everywhere: Good, Unfortunate and Terrible Ways to End the Head’s Relationship with a School 

Given the generally sad state of head of school turnover worldwide, perhaps it is time to have a candid conversation with chairs and prospective chairs about […]
January 10, 2024

A Warning About Head of School Contracts

Having worked with thousands of independent and international school boards on the topic of head compensation (and always retained by boards not, heads) Littleford & Associates […]
December 5, 2023

WHAT IS A PHILOSOPHY OF COMPENSATION… AND WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT?

All schools are under pressure to pay more dollars to teachers, both to those currently employed and to those being recruited from the marketplace. Independent and […]
WHAT IS A PHILOSOPHY OF COMPENSATION… AND WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT?
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