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No Need To Fear the Appointment of an Interim Head
Trustees are sometimes unaware that a typical Head of School search process now extends over six to nine months, a timeframe that allows for an inclusive process and broad outreach to prospective candidates. These days, Heads who initiate their own departures routinely give a year’s notice or more to permit an orderly and successful search [...]
Setting an Example
In this time of tight budgets, independent schools are responding with significant financial adjustments. Many are postponing the launch of major building projects or putting capital campaigns on hold. Some Heads are announcing their intention not to fill vacancies, and many schools have instituted salary freezes or granted only very modest raises to staff.
Most independent [...]
Leadership Logjam: Why Heads Are Staying Put
Among the myriad repercussions of the current economic downturn is one of particular interest to us: a steep decline in the number of Head of School searches being launched this spring (about 50 so far, compared to 90 or more in previous years). Predictions that the graying Head of School corps would translate into a [...]
