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Meaningful and Lasting Relationships With Schools Sally Mixsell | May 18, 2024 In the shifting landscape of independent secondary school education, Educators Collaborative partners are ready to respond to the myriad needs of schools. We love what we do. As EC partners, we regularly exchange information with one another about our ongoing searches identifying patterns… Continue reading Meaningful and Lasting Relationships With Schools

Succession Planning to Set Schools Up for Long-Term Success André Withers | May 22, 2024 This article appeared as “Down the Line” in the Spring 2024 issue of Independent School. In the spring of 2021, Dan Vorenberg, head of school at Mirman School (CA), began a purposeful conversation with the board chair about his plans… Continue reading Succession Planning to Set Schools Up for Long-Term Success

Top Three Attributes of a Successful School Leader Brenda Hamm | May 25, 2024 A quick search for “attributes of a successful educational leader” produces a plethora of sites to check out. Each provides a list of attributes. Regardless if the site is Pinterest (yep!), or a respected academic organization’s website, or something in between,… Continue reading Top Three Attributes of a Successful School Leader

Hold on to Your Head! George Sanderson | January 08, 2024 The shorter average tenure of heads of school in recent years has been well documented – both anecdotally and in data collected by NAIS. While this trend may have short-term benefits for the business of firms such as Educators Collaborative, shorter tenures result in… Continue reading Hold on to Your Head!

Leading as You: Kittens and Puppies Tracy Bennett | January 14, 2024 Wild Geese You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert repenting. You only have to let the soft animal of your body love what it loves. Tell me… Continue reading Leading as You: Kittens and Puppies

Your Mission, Should You Choose to Celebrate It Brenda Hamm | January 22, 2024 How about a New Year’s resolution for your school? Better yet, how about a New Year’s tradition? Not surprisingly, there are a ton of online discussions regarding New Year’s resolutions. Here are a couple of my favorites from Reddit. ArcadianHarpist asks,… Continue reading Your Mission, Should You Choose to Celebrate It

Are You Ready for A Diverse Candidate Pool? Mary Seppala | October 06, 2023 In our work as search consultants, schools frequently ask us to provide statistics on our track record of recruiting candidates who represent diversity, and by diversity they mean people of color. But when it comes to finding and hiring diverse leadership,… Continue reading Are You Ready for A Diverse Candidate Pool?

Mindset of a Millennial Board Chair André Withers | October 02, 2023 One unexpected realization from my search work is that more and more board members and board chairs are now my age. Enter the free-thinking, avocado-eating, sneaker-wearing millennial leaders! This shift in board composition is worth noting and promoting. Millennials, after all, are the… Continue reading Mindset of a Millennial Board Chair

Kids are Feeling the Heat Brenda Hamm | October 04, 2023 Schools are all about the future and the potential of our children and what they will become or do. But what if students in your school aren’t feeling terribly optimistic about that future? There is growing evidence that climate change is having an impact… Continue reading Kids are Feeling the Heat

For Your Nightstand Brenda Hamm | June 15, 2023 Stop, drop, and read! Here are several great reads, in alphabetical order by author, recommended by EC partners to add to your nightstand or to bring with you on vacation. 1) Slow Horses, 2010, by Mick Herron Recommended by Nat Conard who says, “Perhaps even more incomprehensible… Continue reading For Your Nightstand