Handbook on Child Safety for Independent School Leaders, by Anthony P. Rizzuto and Cynthia Crosson-Tower
No one wishes to see children harmed, yet the safety and well-being of children across the country is threatened every day by child abuse and neglect.
Educators have a vital role in identifying, reporting, and preventing child abuse and neglect. The Handbook on Child Safety for Independent School Leaders, written by two national experts in child abuse prevention, provides guidance to heads of school about the issues and responsibilities in identifying, responding to, reporting, and preventing child abuse and neglect.
The nine sections include information on how to recognize child abuse and neglect, how to report it, how to develop school policies and procedures to deal with it, and how to prevent it. There is also a listing of additional resources on the topic.
It is every school leader’s responsibility to know how effectively to handle child abuse and neglect in an age when threats to child safety appear to be on the increase. The handbook can help school leaders prepare for potential problems in this critical area.
NAIS Enrollment Management Handbook, edited by Christine Hailer Baker
Whether a school leader is new to the enrollment management concept or just wants to fine-tune the school’s system, the new NAIS Enrollment Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide for Independent Schools offers advice about both strategy and tactics, plus best practices, templates, and checklists.
For NAIS President Pat Bassett, the Enrollment Management Handbook is “one of the best-written, most insightful, and most absolutely critical guides we’ve published. Add it to your must-read list.”
Baker has recruited expert chapter authors who explain the following: how to structure the enrollment management operation for results; make smart use of tuition-setting and institutional discounting; lay the foundation for success through institutional research, strategic marketing planning, brand stories, and technology; and coordinate recruitment and retention so that a school doesn’t lose hard-won students at re-enrollment time.
To order both books, go to the bookstore at www.nais.org.