Leaders on Leading: A Conversation with William “Billy “Yerman, Independent School Board Member
Nurturing and maintaining an effective and forward-thinking, mission-focused relationship with your Board – and ensuring that board synergy is healthy and productive – are among the most important responsibilities of a school’s top leadership. We chatted with Billy...
Top Tips From School Leaders for a More Productive 2020
It’s early February. How are your New Year’s resolutions faring? We asked a few independent school leaders about their work resolution for 2020 to be more productive and strategic in moving their school forward. (Sorry, but we can’t help you get to the gym.) Cami...
A New Era of Financial Stress for Schools and Colleges
In my last blog, I discussed the range of new duties and responsibilities for governing boards of colleges and independent schools in this new economic era for all sectors of the education industry. I opined that board members in particular must start to think...
Practicing Servant Leadership in a Boarding School Community
For the past 26 ½ years, I’ve been incredibly lucky to be a part of a special community. I’m an on-campus faculty spouse at Garrison Forest School, in Owings Mills, Md. where my wife Debbie teaches Chemistry and is science department chair. In the summer of 1992 as a...
School Health and Boards’ New Responsibilities
In my last blog post, I noted with sadness that many independent schools and small colleges are facing unprecedented challenges in 2019, forcing some institutions to face the prospect of mergers or even closure. Senior leaders, including board members, must start to...President’s Notes
Read the latest from Kalix President Jonathan Oleisky.
