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Posts Tagged ‘IECA Leadership’

IECA’s Education Manager Will Usher in New Offerings, Commitment to Ongoing Learning for IECs

by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA A review of committee work, surveys, member requests, and the Strategic Plan all point to the same need: ongoing education for members that focuses on the changing landscape of admission, psycho-social issues impacting adolescents, newly expanding specialties, and much more. Several months ago, the IECA Board of Directors adopted … Read more »

A Memorial Service and an Independent Educational Consulting Blog: What Can the Two Possibly Have in Common?

by Emily Snyder, IECA Member (Virginia) Why would I choose to write about the upcoming memorial service for a professional colleague in an independent educational consulting blog? Because of the high professional standards she emulated for us all; because of the numbers of IECs and others with connections to the field of independent educational consulting … Read more »

Pre-Conference “Hip, Hip, Hooray”

by Kathie Carnahan, IECA member (Louisiana) In a previous professional life, I served as a special event co-producer for the Board of Directors of a Fortune 500 company. Offhandedly, it might seem like this position was very glamorous—traveling the world, expense was no object, the finest hotels and restaurants, etc. Yet in reality, there were … Read more »

IECA Members Meet at SBSA Annual Meeting

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 »

Welcoming New IECs; Maintaining Standards & Reputation

by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA In my last blog I wrote about some of the upcoming advancements in education and training that will significantly increase the value of membership in IECA. At the same time, recognition of the profession and our members is growing significantly. The value of joining IECA can be seen in … Read more »

Breadth of New Initiatives Have Potential to Transform the Value of IECA Membership

by Mark H. Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA The Board of Directors of the Independent Educational Consultants Association met in Cincinnati as the annual conference drew to a close and the committee chairs wrapped up a wonderful opportunity to share ideas and initiatives. So much was on the agenda that I think we all feared it … Read more »

Ethics Matter: IECA Taking Bold Action to Ensure Professionalism

by Mark H. Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA Many months ago, The New York Times reporter/blogger Jacques Steinberg sat in my office and we looked at Web sites together. Outlandish claims. Ridiculous promises. False credentials. Needless to say, these were not Web sites of IECA members. No wonder Harvard’s William Fitzsimmons describes the field of independent … Read more »

Independent Educational Consultants and the Power of Collaboration

by Mark H. Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA Yesterday, I was able to spend several hours in Los Angeles with some of IECA’s local members. In all, 27 members took part in our gathering—a wonderful number by any standard, but almost remarkable in the short notice we provided. More remarkable still is that they gathered not … Read more »

Executive Board Meets with Three Primary Areas of Focus

by Mark Sklarow, IECA Executive Director The Executive Committee of the IECA Board of Directors met Monday and Tuesday this week to examine current issues and ensure the Association’s future is on track, incorporating member feedback and planning for upcoming meetings of the Board of Directors.  While the officers examined numerous topics (e.g., conference changes, … Read more »

IECA Conference & Special Needs…Part 2

by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, Independent Educational Consultants Association (Part 2 of 2) Yesterday we published the results of  the specific suggestions we received for making the conference more valuable to IECA members, schools, and programs that work in the area of emotional and behavioral needs. With the results we noted the numerous changes we … Read more »

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