As a development professional, your challenge as the COVID-19 pandemic continues is to find new ways to be present for your school community, build and maintain critical personal relationships, and, ultimately, meet your revenue goals for the current year. How do you do that during this crisis? Here are a few suggestions.

As the end of the school-year draws ever closer and campus buildings remain shuttered, there is an increasing urgency for school administrators to decide how best to handle traditional activities like commencement and honors ceremonies. School leaders need to create a delicate balance between appropriately honoring their students, while still managing the challenges and realities of the situation. ISM offers the following advice as you consider your year-end events and traditions.

Holding remote meetings requires careful planning to ensure you use the time wisely and action steps are planned and taken. We recommend using the following tactics.

Almost every school is facing the reality of a new normal—managing student education while faculty, staff, and students work and study at home. It’s difficult for any school. However, we noticed that Sanford School, located just a few miles away from our home office, is receiving kudos from parents on the way it is managing the transition. We think you may find some inspiration for your strategies and tactics.

As we find ourselves in the early part of this pandemic, the Business Officer has a crucial role in helping his or her school weather this storm.

Enrollment management for private school leaders has become twofold—leaders must demonstrate value to bring new families into the school community while also engaging with current families. We recommend using the following steps to prove the value of your educational experience to families.

There is a belief among Admission and Enrollment Management Officers—“If we can get a family to visit our campus, we can ‘close the deal.’” But what now? As schools around the world close their physical campuses to combat the spread of COVID-19, how can Admission Offices remain “open for business...

Today’s School Spotlight features Charlotte Latin School, located in Charlotte, North Carolina. See how they broke down silos to better support their initiatives.

With Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases rapidly increasing around the world, it is likely just a matter of time before cases reach your area, if they have not already done so. The impact COVID-19, or any pandemic, can have on schools and children is significant. That said, there are three important areas for schools to consider: Nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs), communication, and continuity of your school’s mission.

International students remaining in the United States over scheduled school breaks, due to imposed travel restrictions as well as the parents’ concerns for their safety, creates new responsibilities.