Events

Effective governance during a crisis is challenging. Boards are often criticized for not doing enough or being in the weeds. Are you clear about your responsibilities and where decision making lies during this crisis? Join your fellow board chairs in discussing how you are navigating your goverance responsibilities and providing oversight on health and safety […]

Sustainability is a term that is often misunderstood and misapplied to an independent school.  In this webinar, Terry Moore will help us understand that long-term sustainability is based upon decisions and choices that the Board makes.  Further, we will look at ISM's research-based Stability Markers so that you will be well-prepared to help your Board […]

If you are a new board chair in the '19 - '20 year and ISCA member, please join us for this group call that is designed to provide peer networking and support to first time board chairs.  Experienced ISCA board chairs will help facilitate the call.

COVID-19 ISCA Chair Chats are facilitated conversations that provide an opportunity for ISCA Board Chairs to share information, ask questions and receive support during these challenging circumstances.  

Numerous agencies estimate that as many as 15% of America's private schools are operating on the fiscal edge of viability.  How can Boards free up as much as 40% of their meeting to focus on the issues that really matter?  It sounds like a pipe dream, but research has proven that it's possible.  In this […]

COVID-19 ISCA Chair Chats are facilitated conversations that provide an opportunity for ISCA Board Chairs to share information, ask questions and receive support during these challenging circumstances.  

How should boards approach the issue of tuition reimbursements, partial refunds, discounted tuition in the context of the school's value proposition, and uncertainty of fall enrollment? How do you assess potential long term impacts of short term tuition policy decisions?  Once decisions are made, how should a communication strategy be crafted?  What is the board’s […]

ISCA Chair Chats are facilitated conversations with ISCA board chairs to share information and find support in our peer network. This DEI Chair Chat is the first in a series that begins with a discussion on the foundational responsibilities for boards to engage in DEI work and the guiding principles to create a structure to […]

After more than 15 years of committed work and progress on DEI issues, The Gordon School’s current Head of School and Board Chair will discuss lessons learned in navigating these complex and nuanced conversations and offer suggestions for Board Chairs who are facilitating these discussions. They will review the progress they have made, the pivotal […]

Are you a first year Board Chair or Chair Elect?  This special training created by experienced independent school board chairs especially for you will help you get off to a great start in your new leadership role.  We have identified the unique responsibilities, skills and relationships that independent school board chairs have and included them […]