School leaders are masters of many domains yet often have limited formal management training. Strong and effective executive leadership means that organizational management strategies and skills must be learned, enhanced, and reinforced. Knowledge of management theory and practice is a vital complement to the school leader's educational expertise and scholarship.
We recognize the pivotal role of the leader in achieving the maximum potential from a day school or yeshiva. In this regard, we're bringing the highest level of executive education to Jewish day school leaders by partnering with Columbia University's Graduate School of Business' Institute for Not-for-Profit Management (INM) to create the Institute for Day School Management (IDSM). INM is one of the world's leading providers of executive education, featuring an outstanding faculty of academics and practitioners. The INM approach is comprehensive, integrating theory and practice to create a results-oriented program.
A program of study has been customized with the support of a Curriculum Advisory Committee comprising Jewish communal and academic leaders. Participants study and receive applied training in such areas as strategic management, administration, financial management, conflict management and negotiation, fund development, marketing and public relations, and personal leadership.
The institute helps day school leaders:
- Develop new insights, enabling them to lead through increasingly complex conditions and challenges.
- Be empowered to translate their vision into practice and implement constructive change.
- Improve their abilities to work with your board and the community.
- Strengthen their skills in financial management and resource development.
Learn more about how the institute works, its courses and faculty, the participant agreement and costs, and 2008-2009 schedule and application requirements.
The Institute for Day School Management is funded by UJA-Federation of New York under the auspices of the Fund for Jewish Education.
