Weekly Chair Post

2024 Chair Post Archive

2023 Chair Post Archive

12.28.23
HOPE

12.21.23
Holiday Wishes From ISCA

12.14.23
AI in Education

12.7.23
Giving is Down After 3 Years of Growth

11.30.23
How to Lead Amidst Ambiguity

11.23.23
Gratitude

11.16.23
Board Consultant Directory Available Through BoardSource

11.9.23
Trends Impacting Independent Schools

11.2.23
How To Be A Good Board Chair?

10.26.23
Board Chair Resource Books

10.19.23
’23 – ’24 ISCA Board of Director Candidates Announced Please Vote by October 24th

10.12.23
Do You Have A Board Mentoring Program?

10.5.23
Advancing DEI Within Boards 5 Barriers, 10 Opportunities

9.28.23
ISCA Fall Governance Conference – October 19th!

9.21.23
ISCA Fall Governance Conference – October 19th!

9.14.23
The British Are Coming?!?!

9.7.23
Communicating Difficult Decisions – What to Share and What Not to Share

8.31.23
Back to School for Boards – Rethinking the Board’s Annual Goals

8.24.23
Student Attrition Returning to Pre-Pandemic Levels

8.17.23
ISCA’s Board Committees Survey Results

8.10.23
Education 2030

8.3.23
Race In Admissions – Implications of the Supreme Court Decision for Independent Schools

7.27.23
Icebreakers for Your Board Retreat?

7.20.23|
Antitrust Trends – Be Prepared!

7.13.23
Implications of the Supreme Court Admission Decision on Independent K-12 Schools

7.6.23
Getting Ready for ISCA’s Fall Governance Conference!

6.29.23
“The Role Of The Board Is To Protect the Future from the Present” -David Riesman

6.22.23
ISCA Members Give Us Their Feedback

6.15.23
New Resource from NAIS: The Committee Handbook

6.8.23
Interim HOS Placements Doubled in 3 Years

6.1.23
ISCA Annual Member Satisfaction Survey

5.25.23
Board Members Must Demonstrate Shared Core Values

5.18.23
Deferred Compensation Data for HOS

5.11.23
Organizing Your Board’s Risk Management Work

5.4.23
Bullying Tragedy at Lawrenceville School – Talk About It!

4.27.23
What’s On The Horizon for Independent Schools?

4.20.23
Why Independent Schools Don’t Run Like Businesses?

4.13.23
Announcing Several New Programs

4.6.23
Leadership Transition Checklist for Boards

3.30.23
Understanding What Motivates Your HOS

3.23.23.1
Announcing ISCA’s 2023 Fall Governance Conference LINK REVISION

3-23-23
Announcing ISCA’s 2023 Fall Governance Conference

3.16.23
3 Consequential JDE&I Questions to Ask Your Board on Policies

3.9.23
“Feedforward”

3.2.23
What Can the Board Do to Support Student Mental Health and Wellness?

2.23.23
Small School Sustainability

2.16.23
7 Questions To Ask When Reviewing Your School’s Annual Budget

2.9.23
A Majority of Families Considering a New School for their Children

2.2.23
he 2022 Independent School Cost-Per-Enrollment Study

1.26.23
ISCA Member Survey Results

1.19.23
Strategic Planning in 2023

1.12.23
2023 Governance Outlook from NACD

1.5.23
Proposed Legislation to Create Minimum Salary for Teachers

2022 Chair Post Archive

12.29.22
10 Secrets for Managing Your Time

12.15.22
Will Your Tuition Increases Adversely Effect Enrollment?

12.8.22
How to Give Feedback

12.1.22
Tuition and Faculty Salaries

11.24.22
Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address

11.17.22
Ability to Pay vs Willingness to Pay

11.10.22
Why Heads Stay

11.3.22
Good Governance

10.20.22
Putting Competitive Strategy into Your Strategic Plan

10.13.22
Using Scenario Planning for Your Board Retreat and Strategic Planning

9.29.22
Trends in Head and Faculty Retention

9.22.22
New School Year, New Goal Setting

9.15.22
Great Resource for Small School Boards

9.8.22
New NAIS Trendbook Available for ’22 – ’23

9.1.22
Governance Trends in 2022

8.25.22
Preparing New Trustees for Their Fundraising Role

8.18.22
Make ‘Connections’ Your Leadership Goal of the New School Year

8.11.22
Supporting Your Head of School in the New School Year

8.4.22
Trends in Damage Awards by K-12 Schools and Universities

7.28.22
Concerned About Your School’s Admission Marketing Strategies?

7.21.22
Planning Your Board Retreat

7.14.22
Mental Health Among NAIS High School Students

7.7.22
Parent Participation in Annual Giving Still Below Pre-Pandemic Levels

6.30.22
End of Year Announcements

6.23.22
A Framework for Advancing Equity and Inclusion Institutionally

6.16.22
New Resource: Head of School Database

6.2.22
Governance as Leadership

5.26.22
Can a Merger be in Your School’s Future

5.19.22
Leadership Vulnerablitities – Takeaways from 2021 NAIS State of Independent School Leadership Survey

5.12.22
Governance Training Videos for Your Board

5.5.22
Changing Demographics – Understand Your School’s Future Now

4.28.22
As Your Board Chair Tenure Comes to an End

4.21.22
New Trustee Handbook Available

4.14.22
Board Member Recruitment Pipeline and Key Considerations

4.7.22
What’s Your School’s Cultural Profile?

3.31.22
An Aligned Approach to Board Assessments

3.24.22
Endowment Trends in Independent Schools

3.17.22
Zelensky – An Unlikely Model of Leadership

3.10.22
Purpose Driven Board Leadership

3.3.22
Redefining the Head/Board Partnership

2.24.22
Faculty Job Postings in Independent Schools Up 32%

2.17.22
What Are Trustees Looking For When They Join an Independent School Board?

2.10.22
Conducting Exit Interviews with Departing Trustees

2.3.22
What Board Chairs Wish HOS Knew About Their Role

1.27.22
Governance Case Studies

1.20.22
4 Decision Making Styles and When To Use Them

1.13.22
Are Your Board Committees Working Well?

1.6.22
ISCA Resources

2021 Chair Post Archive

12.30.21
Governance Workshops at NAIS Annual Conference

12.16.21
The Future of Boards

12.9.21
Shared Governance

12.2.21
Board Dashboards

11.18.21
An Inside Look at the Business Office

11.11.21
Leadership from Everywhere

11.4.21
6 Signs It’s Time for a Board Performance Assessment

10.21.21
Preparing for What the Federal Vaccine Mandate Means for Independent Schools

10.14.21
The Role of the Audit Committee

10.7.21
Helping Heads of School Better Understand the Role and Challenges of Being a Board Chair

9.30.21
How to Manage Difficult or Rogue Trustees? Start with your Trustee Code of Conduct

9.23.21
DEI Practices of Nonprofit Boards

9.16.21
Hiring, Nurturing and Evaluating the Private School Head

9.9.21
Gross and Net Tuition Trends

8.26.21
The School’s Reputation and Social Media

8.19.21
COVID and Back to School

8.12.21
ISCA Annual Fall Governance Conference

8.5.21
Think Independently, Act Collectively

7.29.21
What HOS are Saying…

7.22.21
Building Your Governance Library

7.15.21
She Was a Super Board Chair

7.8.21
Preparing Trustees for Their Fundraising Role

7.1.21
A Training for New Independent School Board Chairs

6.24.21
Board Chairs as Stewards of Board Culture

6.17.21
New Resource to Support Board Engagement in Fundraising

6.10.21
Recovering From Burnout

6.3.21
Prepare Now for Onboarding New Trustees

5.27.21
Tips for Improving Your Board

5.20.21
Annual Giving Trends of Current Parents Decreasing

5.13.21
Building Consequential Boards and Beyond

5.6.21
9 Tips for Being a Super Board Chair

4.29.21
Racial Diversity on Nonprofit Boards

4.22.21
Purpose Driven Board Leadership

4.15.21
ISCA survey results: Diversity and school culture committees

4.8.21
Planning for Growth

4.1.21
Trustees Handling Parent Complaints

3.25.21
Mission, Vision and Values

3.18.21
“How Are You Doing?” Reflections from Heads of School

3.11.21
ISCA Member Survey on Board Chair Tenure

3.4.21
Rethinking Your Board and Committee Structure

2.25.21
A Snapshot of Race in Independent Schools

2.18.21
Governance Workshops at NAIS Conference

2.11.21
Sharpening Your Conflict Resolution Skills

2.4.21
ISCA Is Doing Some Research on Board Chair Tenure

1.28.21
Firing Lousy Board Members

1.21.21
Creating a Board Culture of Inquiry

1.14.21
A Lesson In Education History and the Insurrection

1.7.21
Final Deliberations for ’21 – ’22 Tuitions

2020 Chair Post Archive

12.31.20
What Private Schools Can Expect in the First Months of a Biden Administration

12.17.20
Trustee Dashboards

12.10.20
Getting Ready for Next Year’s Enrollment Contracts

12.3.20
The Board’s Engagement in Educational Quality

11.19.20
Head Tenure Correlated to Board Chair Tenure and Support

11.12.20
Managing the Relationships between the Board and Staff

11.5.20
Attracting Middle Class Families Through Indexed Tuition Programs

10.29.20
How Predominantly White Boards Can Better Recruit for Racial Diversity Without Being Disrespectful to People of Color

10.22.20
Disagree and Commit

10.15.20
Executive Committees

10.8.20
Effective Financial Governance for Independent School Trustees

10.1.20
A Message to Heads of School – Learn How to Dance with your Board Chair

9.24.21
ISCA Fall Webinar Series Announced

9.17.20
Impact of Pandemic on Enrollment

9.10.20
Fall Governance Conference Announced

9.3.20
Governing in and Through a Pandemic

8.27.20
Governing in and Through a Pandemic

8.20.20
Governance Gone Awry

8.13.20
Trustee Orientation Checklist

8.6.20
NAIS Offers Discount to ISCA Members

7.30.20
Risk Management During COVID-19: Safe Distance Learning

7.23.20
DEI Resources

7.16.20
6 Reopening Strategies

7.9.20
New Chair at the Table Training

7.2.20
Here’s What You Had to Say About ISCA

6.25.20
ISCA Program Announcements

6.18.20
US Catholic Schools Face Many Closures

6.11.20
COVID-19 Generative Governance

6.4.20
NAIS Member Schools Facing Enrollment Crisis

5.28.20
School Plans for the Start of ’20 – ’21

5.21.20
Remote Governance and Crisis: Implications for the Future of School Leadership

5.7.20
Independent School Re-Opening Guides

4.30.20
COVID-19 and Insurance Considerations for Independent Schools

4.23.20
The Role of the Board in a Crisis

4.16.20
Thinking About the Fall

4.9.20
Now Would Be a Good Time For The Board to….

4.2.20
Fundraising During the COVID-19 Crisis

3.26.20
Tips on Moving to Virtual Board Meetings

3.19.20
Supporting Your Head of School During the COVID-19 Crisis

3.12.20
COVID-19 Guidance from NAIS

3.5.20
Board Mentoring and Leadership Development

2.27.20
Many Independent School Board Chairs Not Receiving Support

2.20.20
Managing Board Conflicts of Interest

2.13.20
Every Board’s Must Have Documents

2.6.20
Future Trends in Education: AI Impact on K-12 Teaching

1.30.20
NAIS 2018 Governance Study

1.23.20
NAIS Conference Governance Worshops

1.16.20
New Resource Available: “Better Boards, Better Schools”

1.9.20
Enrollment Trends

2019 Chair Post Archive

12.19.19
Managing the Board’s Parking Lot Conversations

12.12.19
Advisory Boards: What You Should Know

12.5.19
Do Your Board Committees Have Job Descriptions?

11.14.19
Aligning Your Board Structure to Support Future Sustainability

11.7.19
New Apple Podcast Series Highlights Trends in Independent School Education

10.31.19
Increasing Risk Management Concern for Schools: Suicide Prevention

10.17.19
The Case to Raise Tuition Above CPI-U

10.10.19
The Head-Board Chair Relationship

10.3.19
Managing Your School’s Endowment: Governance Issues Related to ESG Investing

9.19.19
Is it Time to Outsource the Head Evaluation?

9.5.19
Getting Your Board Comfortable With Their Elevator Speech

8.29.19
Improving Board Discussions – II

8.22.19
Improving Board Discussions – I

8.15.19
Meeting Alumni Where They Are

8.1.19
What’s In Your Board Manual?

7.25.19
Private School Survey Results: June 2019

7.18.19
Capacity Building as Capital Building

7.11.19
Board Chair Handbook Now Available

7.4.19
Celebrating Independent Schools

6.27.19
NAIS Asks ISCA Members About Head Turnover

6.20.19
Governance Consultant, Cathy Trower, Talks About Executive Sessions

6.13.19
Non-Profit Board Frequently Asked Questions

5.30.19
Board Retreats

5.22.19
Enrollment Trends Worth Noting

5.9.19
Tips To Improve Your Board Meetings

5.2.19
Is Your Board on Board When It Comes to a Crisis

4.25.19
Pat Yourself on the Back – You’re On To Something Good!

4.18.19
Measles Outbreak: What Boards Should Be Talking About

4.4.19
Who Decides What?

3.28.19
Where Was the Board?

3.14.19
Textbooks Becoming Obsolete

2.28.19
NAIS Facts At A Glance 2018-2019

2.14.19
Why Parents Love Independent Schools

2.7.19
Standards of Trustee Conduct and Code of Ethics

1.24.19
21 Trends for the 21st Century

1.17.19
Does Your Board Have An Investment Committee?

1.10.19
Useful Enrollment Management Surveys

1.3.19
Welcoming Change in the New Year