Weekly Chair Post
2023 Chair Post Archive
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
10.22.20
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?