Strategic Considerations for Heads and Boards
The first webinar in the series provides insights on practical ways for heads of school and their boards to approach financial sustainability during this time of uncertainty.
2020-2021 NAIS Leadership Series: Planning for a Sustainable Future
The NAIS Leadership Series is designed to give you the context and tools you need to gain a clearer picture of the future, work with your board to get there, and ensure the health and well-being of your community along the way. This NAIS Leadership Series from fall 2020 focuses on financial sustainability. Each of the four webinars in the series look at this issue through a different lens. Presenters include NAIS’s Donna Orem, Jefferson Burnett, Mark J. Mitchell, Anne-Marie Balzano, Tim Fish, Caroline G. Blackwell, Megan Mann, and Myra McGovern. Find recordings, slides, excerpts, and additional resources below.
Webinar Recordings and Slides
Looking Through the Tuition Lens To Spur Innovation
The second webinar in the series features a process to rethink your tuition strategy centered on innovations that address both ability and willingness for parents to pay your price.
Investing in a Culture of Well-Being for Students of Color for Today and the Future
The third webinar in the series take a look at how schools can better invest in the social-emotional and academic well-being of students now, leading to healthier adults and committed alumni.
Risk Management and Crisis Communications Strategies
The final webinar in the series cover the basics of independent school risk management and discusses how to balance your investment to address both short- and longer-term risks.
Playlist: Webinar Excerpts
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Additional Resources
NAIS Jobs-to-Be-Done Study on Independent School Parents
This research can help your school focus on the things that matter most to families and understand why they choose your school.
NAIS Data and Analysis for School Leadership (DASL)
DASL is an online tool that independent schools can use to find actionable data related to all aspects of school operations, including admission, enrollment, compensation, and more.
NAIS Market View
Find your school’s enrollment sweet spot with the new Market View 5.0, which has been designed to be more effective, more intuitive, and more powerful.
NAIS Assessment of Inclusivity and Multiculturalism (AIM)
Gain a deep understanding of the climate of inclusion throughout your school community, benchmark your school’s climate, and advance other strategic equity goals.
- NAIS Resource Guide: Governance and Leadership
- NAIS Resource Guide: Financial Sustainability
- NAIS Resource Guide: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
- NAIS Resource Guide: Crisis Management
- NAIS Toolkit: Reimagine Tuition
- NAIS Looking Ahead
- Independent School magazine Summer 2021 issue: The Future of Independent Schools
- Independent School magazine Fall 2020 issue: Community Health & Well-Being
- Independent School magazine Summer 2020 issue: Crisis Leadership
- Rise Above Uncertainty: Advancing Risk Management at Independent Schools (United Educators/NAIS)