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Ensure that your school’s governance and operations support your mission.

We work together with your leaders, teachers, staff members, and students to understand your school’s unique needs, strengths, and challenges. We help you create a plan to help you meet your goals.

Your team can then put these mission-appropriate recommendations into action to achieve increased cash reserves, higher enrollment levels, and long-term stability. At the end of the day, we all have a singular purpose—advance school leadership to enrich the student experience.

We offer personalized consultations for many leadership divisions of a private school—the Board of Trustees, School Heads, the Business Office, the Development Office, Enrollment Management professionals, Marketing professionals, and Academic leaders. Select the area of school leadership you’d like to further explore.

 

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School Head

Whether you want to ensure that all school functions run at peak efficiency or are considering implementing new strategies and initiatives, lean on a trusted source of knowledge to increase the likelihood of long-term success.

Business & Operations

Take advantage of a full range of planning, facilities, and operations consulting services that give your school a solid footing for the future. Examine where your key operations work well, and where they can use improvement.

Academic Leadership

Your programs set your school apart. Explore how to create and build programs that pull families in and give them an experience they couldn’t have at another private-independent school.

Admission & Enrollment Management

ISM’s data-informed approach pinpoints what attracts families to your school and inspires them to stay. Receive customized solutions based on your school’s unique marketplace stance, challenges, and opportunities.

Fundraising & Development

Learn how to develop successful strategies to engage and bring donors closer to your institution. No matter your school size, history, or pedagogy, explore how to plan, implement, and evaluate your fundraising strategies to realize your full potential.

Marketing Communications

Explore how to share exceptional stories of student learning, engagement, and outcomes, and illustrate how these can become differentiators that distinguish your school from your competitors.

Board of Trustees

The Board must focus its efforts on governing, planning, and financing your school's future, while leaving everyday decisions to competent administrators. To do that successfully, your Board must think, plan, and act strategically.

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See articles for School Heads, Business & Operations, Advancement, Academic Leadership, and Trustees, in addition to Private School News.

Debating Dairy in School Lunches

Business and Operations // September 7, 2012

School lunches are once again a topic of discussion. Beyond the vending machine arguments, the sugar wars, and the heated debates about healthier lunch options is a new motion—milk cartons. An anti-cheese group claims that the real culprit for childhood weight worries is the standard serving of milk that is traditionally offered with school lunches.

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Green Corner: Back-To-School Green Tips

Business and Operations // September 7, 2012

Among all the back-to-school commotion are always ideas on how to keep this year’s costs as manageable as possible. Suggestions come pouring in from your Head, teachers, parents, and most likely even your Board. While technology brings benefits to your students, it comes at a cost—an extremely high cost for some.

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What Constitutes a Major Gift?

Advancement // September 4, 2012

In the seven decades following its 1923 establishment, Glassboro State College in South New Jersey was essentially the teachers' college for the area. A solid, growing college for many locals and in-staters, it was best known for hosting the historic summit between President Lyndon Johnson and Soviet Premier Aleksei Kosygin in 1967.

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10 Major Concerns for Health Care Reform After Supreme Court Ruling

Private School News // August 22, 2012

Last month, we wrote an article about upcoming expected Health Care Reform changes for 2013–2014 after the Supreme Court found the Affordable Care Act legal. This month, we would like to share what global consulting and actuarial firm Milliman identifies as the major strategic considerations for plan sponsors, insurers, and advisers now that the Supreme Court has upheld the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

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From the Private School Blogosphere

Private School News // August 22, 2012

This month we searched Twitter for how people were preparing for the start of the 2012-13 school year. #backtoschool led us to many interesting articles and comments (lots of grunts and groans from students wishing for just a few more days off) about healthy lunches, new technology, health tips, news for new parents, and tons of sales and discounts tweets. Here are a few articles we thought were worth sharing. Sorry, we edited out all the sales!

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Start Off The New School Year With a Stellar Social Media Plan

Private School News // August 22, 2012

Last year, we wrote an article about how to incorporate social media into your school’s marketing plan. This year, we have confidence that social media is already part of your school’s communication strategy; what you need now are a few tips on how to propel to the next level.

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Health Care Reform and the Effect on Health Flexible Spending Accounts and Health Reimbursement Arrangements

Private School News // August 22, 2012

Section 125 Flexible Saving Plans are a great benefit to offer your faculty and staff with little impact on your budget. It’s almost like giving them a raise without having to adjust your financial plan. However, with the Health Care Reform Act underway, many of the attractive benefits of these plans has been lost. Changes have impacted how these funds can be used, and even how much an employee is allowed to save. Here’s a look at the changes the reform has already enforced and what’s to come in the future.

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How Do Teaching Techniques Impact Students?

Private School News // July 25, 2012

Technology in schools has been a hot topic for several years. Schools, public and private alike, have been altering their classrooms and teaching styles to incorporate online resources and apps that engage students. But, what is working and what is not?

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From the Private School Blogosphere

Private School News // July 24, 2012

This month we scoured Twitter for tweets about technology uses in the classroom. As expected, there was more than enough people talking about how to engage students through the social media, gaming, and various apps. Here are a few tweets we thought were worth sharing.

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