New to boarding schools? NowBoarding will get you up to speed and ready to make an impact!
NowBoarding is a robust and reflective three-day on-boarding to the complex world of boarding school life. You’ll experience learning and mentorship to equip new members of a boarding school faculty and staff across all functional roles to ask the right questions and make an impact from day one.
Today, Residential and Student Life professionals must have ready knowledge of communication strategies, management techniques, and a variety of legal, sociological, medical, and psychological issues. This interactive institute will offer learning and discussion across a wide variety of topics that are vital to running a top-notch residential program.
Professional development in a new admissions landscape is essential work. Now more than ever, Admissions teams need to develop new skills and creative agility in order to secure enrollment in our new normal. Participants will participate in large group sessions and smaller work groups with experienced admissions professionals.
Few roles require as much dexterity as boarding school marketing and communications professionals. Effective messaging in various media ranging from print to email to social media to video requires skills ranging from research to data analytics to effective storytelling and insights about how to best engage and inspire a wide variety of audiences. Participants will dive into a skills-based comprehensive curriculum in large and small-group sessions, utilizing best practices, case studies and authentic assets straight from the boarding school ecosystem in conversations with mentors and colleagues.
Designed specifically for the new boarding school teacher, this interactive workshop includes interactive sessions and discussion as well as the opportunity to present live lessons and receive rounds of coaching by experienced faculty. You’ll join conversations and explore case studies around subjects like the culture and politics of schools, classroom management, evaluations and grading. Upon completion of the institute, participants will possess a working and applicable knowledge of curricula perspectives guided by experienced faculty; and augmented by shared discussion and the problem solving necessary for different perspectives and scenarios.
