Head of school evaluation is a sensitive subject both for heads and governing boards. Boards want to and should know that annually, the head is being […]
Most boards embrace a head of school search enthusiastically. Searches are exciting and usually transformative. Because they are also time-consuming and often exhausting, most boards do […]
Independent and international schools have been making the news lately but not about what you might think. The local headlines have been about the dismissals or […]
A first-time, young Head of an independent School arrived at a somewhat floundering school and inherited a Board of 18 dedicated, caring professionals in middle management […]
School surveys of faculty and staff generally reveal that they value most highly their health, retirement, and tuition reduction/remission benefits and in the overseas and boarding […]
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 […]
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 […]
