by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA While every school-based counselor and admission director needs to operate ethically, the need is significantly more critical for independent educational consultants (IECs). For them, a reputation for honest and ethical work must be earned day after day to ensure a good working relationship among colleagues, admission reps, and families. … Read more »
by Rosemary Tippett, IECA Outreach Coordinator Atlanta area IECA members met for an informal lunch at the Vinings Club in Atlanta on March 23, where they all enjoyed a delicious lunch and a view of the Atlanta skyline. The gathering was quickly met with great enthusiasm. Twenty-six IECA Professional and Associate members from the greater … Read more »
by Bar Clarke, IECA (Maine) At the recent Small Boarding School Association (SBSA) annual meeting, 32 IECA members were able to carve an hour out of their busy schedules to take place in a breakfast round table meeting. This was one in a series of meetings being held this year by the Task Force on … Read more »
by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA Most of the country was focused last week on the unfolding multiple disasters in Japan. Not in New York City’s Upper East Side where the story of the week was one mother’s lawsuit against a private preschool. Nicole Imprescia filed suit against York Avenue Preschool for having “jeopardized little … Read more »
by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA Earlier this year IECA’s Board of Directors enthusiastically endorsed an outreach effort toward identifying great, professional, competent independent educational consultants (IECs) that already hold membership in other organizations. The mission was to invite them to join IECA—not that they should discontinue their membership in other groups, but rather at … Read more »
About a week ago, 24 IECA members returned from the IECA College / LD Consultant tour in South Carolina. Planned by College Committee Chair Judy Bass (Maryland) and LD Committee Vice-Chair Rachel Sobel (Pennsylvania), the reviews of the tour were very positive. The upcoming April issue of Insights features an article by Erin Avery (New … Read more »
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1 comment by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA As a former political science teacher, political activist, and with a continuing keen interest in the political process, I’ve seen budget debates come and go. Entitlement programs grow and shrink, block grants to states dramatically increase then disappear, as do unfunded mandates. We all know the routine: one person’s … Read more »
by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA Over the weekend our “early bird” conference registration period came to a close. These registrants responded to an electronic invitation and jumped in before the conference brochures were mailed. Typically we register about 500 – 550 people during this period. By Saturday morning we had over 750 registrants! Among … Read more »
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