Lead Search Consultant for CS&A’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion practice Tell us about your new role at Carney, Sandoe & Associates. I am the full time and Founding Director of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Practice. The firm was committed …
Five Elements of a Success Mindset As psychologists who provide therapy at boarding school, we have learned a lot from our students, especially about the ingredients of a successful mindset. As two people who have spent lots of time away …
Why Mindset Matters From the moment we are born, life is a series of adjustments. Infants first adjust to light, louder sounds, and direct touch. Toddlers and preschoolers adjust to spoken language and changing social contexts. School-age children adjust to …
Editor’s Note: In June of 2013, Pat Bassett retired as president of NAIS, the National Association of Independent Schools, and now consults with schools. Pete Upham is executive director of TABS, The Association of Boarding Schools.1 This blog was originally …
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“I’m so glad to be home in Sausalito. Did you talk with the woman who lives in Brooklyn and teaches in Paris and Morocco, when we were in SoHo last night?” “I don’t know who you’re talking about. How are …
You Say Place. I Say Person. Sorting information in the classroom and guidance office. Read more »
We continue to live in an era of rapid cultural evolution. Reasonable people navigate these turbulent waters with humility, curiosity, and openness, yet even reasonable people can feel the passionate, loud, and often uncompromising voices of extreme perspectives – extreme …
“Cheddar, Swiss, American – I never knew Americans ate so many dairy products – so many kinds of cheese! I didn’t know what was what!” laughs an East Asian student talking about her first year at boarding school in the …
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I’ll never forget my high school math teacher Ms. Olson. Not only was she an inspiring teacher, but she was also an adept logistician. Tests were always graded quickly, assignment sheets were passed out Monday morning without fail, and major …
Dr. Goodman is the Head of School at Andrews Osborne Academy in Willoughby, Ohio, and has over twenty years of experience in education, including Head of School at The Lillian and Betty Ratner School and the Director of Strategic Programming …