Is Your School Poised To Hire The Safest Candidates This Hiring Season? These Three Top Tips Will Make It Easier. School “Hiring Season” is here, although many schools continue to hire throughout the school year to keep staff levels strong. Sometimes there’s a need to hire a staff member urgently because someone has taken unexpected leave or if someone who was supposed to start at the beginning of the year, didn’t. Your school scrambled to make something work, but now it’s time to properly fill that role. Whatever your school’s reason for hiring, it’s so important that when you do make the d ..read more

Keeping Your School Community Safe During Distance Learning: A Practical Guide As school leaders, your staff and your school community look to you for guidance and support. It’s exactly what they need right now. We know that establishing school-wide distance learning programs, virtually overnight, is an incredible feat. You and your staff should be proud. For many students and their families, your online learning initiatives are the most normal and most calming part of their day. The reality, however, is that distance learning creates circumstances that could impact student safety and the ..read more

Reference Checking for Schools: Your Guide to Hiring the Best The Challenge: How do you really know that you’re hiring the right teacher? Have you ever had to hire a teacher urgently? Maybe right before school starts? Or, another teacher decided to retire a year early. Perhaps your school is growing and you need to hire more teachers. Regardless of the reason you need to hire, how do you ensure that when you do make a decision to bring someone new into your school community, you aren’t missing indicators of problematic behavior? You want to hire teachers with the best intentions who a ..read more

How Boundaries Create a Warm & Caring School Community “And we’re back!” As schools across the country say these words in just a few short weeks, it undoubtedly brings up some nervousness and apprehension for both staff and students, as we all get back into the groove of being at school in-person, learning in-person – and interacting in-person. Independent schools are known and sought out for their great and meaningful interactions between staff and students. And although staff and students often create special bonds, there are important boundaries that need to be strongly maintained ..read more