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Executive Functioning: What Every IEC and Admission Rep Needs to Know

April 11, 2011no comments

by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA Experts describe executive functions as those activities we engage in that are beyond automatic impulses. No licking the icing off someone else’s piece of cake even though it looks delicious; getting up to go to school even though we’re tired and the bed is oh-so-toasty. While a host of … Read more »

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IECA Members Meet at SBSA Annual Meeting

March 25, 2011no comments

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 »

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Early Bird Registration Points to a Unique Networking Opportunity with IECs in Philadelphia

March 7, 20111 comment

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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Parents Want Their Kids to be Happy: Ignore at Your Own Peril!

December 8, 2010no comments

by Mark H. Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA On the final morning of The Association of Boarding Schools national conference, I attended a valuable session designed to help admission directors and counselors view the application process through the lens of the parent. While designed expressly for boarding school representatives, much of the content is applicable whether … Read more »

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Our 250th Blog. So, What’s the Point?

December 6, 20107 comments

by Mark H. Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA About a year ago my wife and I were discussing our too-busy schedules for the next day and I recited my list, which included writing a posting for this blog. It was fleeting and subtle, but I saw her snicker. I called her on it. She asked me … Read more »

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Preparing Our Best and Brightest to be…Excellent Sheep?

December 3, 20102 comments

by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA from The Association of Boarding Schools Conference in Baltimore An excellent presentation to open the TABS conference has attendees really talking. The view of William Deresiewicz, a former Yale English professor, is that our elite institutions—whether at the boarding school or university level—may be teaching our brightest students to … Read more »

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Educational Consulting Conference Evals Indicate Where We Hit it Out of the Park & Where We Can Improve

November 15, 2010no comments

by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, Independent Educational Consultants Association First, a big thank you to all who joined us at our 2010 Fall Conference in Cincinnati, with special notes of appreciation to our 77 presenters, our host committee from Ohio & Kentucky, and the amazing IECA staff. I also want to thank the nearly 300 … Read more »

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Boarding School Virtual Expo Launches with Potential to Reach New Pool of Students

October 6, 20105 comments

by Mark H. Sklarow, Executive Director, Independent Educational Consultants Association Last evening The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS) held the first ever VIRTUAL Boarding School Expo. IECA was pleased to play a role as a partner, featuring a keynote presentation, leading a discussion, providing experts to answer family questions, and offering downloads from our booth. … Read more »

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With IECA Conference Approaching, Focus on ROI

September 21, 20101 comment

by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA With the fall conference of the Independent Educational Consultants Association just six weeks away, many are deciding whether to attend. Given the nature of the economy and budgets, one way to evaluate is by examining the ROI or Return on Investment. For schools that often means the ability to … Read more »

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Parents Can’t Seem to Let Go…and That’s All Right with Today’s Students

September 13, 20103 comments

by Mark H. Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA It won’t surprise anyone that parents today are having a difficult time letting go of their children when they head off to college or boarding school. Thanks to new technologies such as Facebook, instant messaging, texting, Skype and smart phone apps, parents have numerous arsenals to stay in … Read more »

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