Between the two of us, we’ve spent hundreds of hours at educational conferences throughout our careers. We’ve also had the humbling experience of having to...
School Leadership
Lessons Learned: Insights for New Heads of School
For the last 11 years I served in various capacities at a Christian school in suburban Philadelphia. But on July 1, 2018, I officially became head of school at Redeemer Classical School, a Pre-K through eighth grade Christian classical school located just outside of Harrisonburg, Virginia. This is my first time serving as a head of school and the first five months on the job have been a beautiful, adventurous, hectic whirlwind. And I have loved every minute of it! What follows is a brief reflection on some of the things that I have found helpful and some of the lessons that I’ve learned as a new head of school in a new school setting.
The Turnaround School: Moving Toward Financial Viability
Across the United States, many Christian schools are finding it hard to make ends meet and leaders are becoming discouraged. Let me restore your hope by exploring three biblical principles to take your school from survival to a place of financial viability.
Three “Brutal Facts” Make the Case for Enrollment Management
It’s clear that our market is changing and that our community’s reliance on tuition is becoming even more pronounced. It’s also clear that by using every lever available to you from the Enrollment Management Spectrum (below) to integrate your strategies, your school has a strong opportunity to prevail over these new challenges and win new customers by meeting their emerging needs.
Christian School Mission Statements
[Editor’s Note: This article is re-posted with permission from the CACE blog, where it first was published on October 3, 2018].
Developing a mission and vision...
PODCAST: Developing “Schools within a School” in Christian Education
This month’s podcast features Tim Greener, Superintendent of Christian Academy of Louisville School System, as he discusses the concept of creating “schools within a school” as a way to meet students’ unique interests and learning needs—and to grow your enrollment and better engage your community in the process.
