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I have been so impressed with the determination, resilience and creativity of our day school community in attacking the challenge of returning to in-person instruction and/or providing the best-possible virtual learning. And...
Winston Churchill once said, ““Never let a good crisis go to waste.” We who work in the Jewish day school world are familiar with crises, both large and small. All of them offer opportunities to learn. Our particular crisis a...
Think about your past year of service as a board member. Is there a special project, a task or a goal related to your service that you wish you had achieved but did not? For example, did you hope to update the board handbook...
Sample board calendar with usable template developed by BoardSource. The annual board calendar is the core of your board's work for the year. Not only is it a mechanism for all board members to "save the date" of meetings...
At the end of a recent board retreat, a school vice president approached me with his frustrations. A CEO in his professional life, he felt like he understood exactly what work the board needed to do and was aggravated at the...
An exercise stress test reveals how your heart functions during physical activity. The purpose of a stress test is to measure how blood pumps through your heart when it is working its hardest. It can reveal benign...
Description for your finance commitee that will assist in setting its roles and responsibilities, developed by Prizmah.
A Board Source guide to help you understand the benefits of board self-assessments. Reviews reasons for engaging in a board self-assessment, discusses how often boards should engage in such a process, and provides a tool to...
Head of School contracts can be complicated. These samples developed by Prizmah and Independent Schools Association of the Central States can be used as guides and samples to writing one for your new or existing Head of...
How do you create a sense that the board serves the school instead of acting from sense that it has power over the school? Rich Levin Chairperson, Committee on Trustees, Torah Day School, Atlanta In many organizations, a...