If you're like most private-independent school administrators, you fill your summers with that long list of projects you've put on hold ... a few precious days of much-needed vacation ... and an equally important chunk of time focused on your own professional development. Here are six tips for getting the most out of your PD experience.
True story. Last October I received a call on my cell phone from a school communications director who, during the summer, had attended one of my Crisis Communications workshops during ISM's Advancement Academy. She told me that after attending the workshop, one of her primary goals for the fall was to create a crisis communications …
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Late in May and heading into this summer I had grand visions and aspirations. I had collected title after title of books that I wanted to read from everyone else's suggested summer reading list. "A book a week," I told myself. "You'll catch up on all the books you've neglected for so long. You can …
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