It’s all about the ‘right’ people.
Hiring the right leadership is critical for any educational institution. As Jim Collins underscores in Good to Great, “If we get the right people on the bus, the right people in the right seats, and the wrong people off the bus, then we'll figure out how to take it someplace great.” This has never been more critical in ensuring the economic, social, and environmental sustainability for schools today.
How do you find the ‘right’ hire to meet your school needs?
Retained leadership searches - EEG leads and manages schools through the entire search from job description creation and posting to process management to hiring for the position. Eckert Education Group, LLC brings nearly 30 years of direct experience, expertise, and connections in the independent school industry and has an expansive knowledge base of school needs and networks across the U.S. and world-wide. Working at The Hotchkiss School, Indian Mountain School, Blair Academy and The American Overseas School of Rome (Italy) and serving as the Co-Chair of The Enrollment Management Association’s (formerly SSATB) national Admission Leadership Council with admission leaders across the U.S. and Canada for several years, EEG understands the current and diverse needs of schools from first-hand experience in a broad range of boarding, day, and international environments. EEG also has additional professional years in the finance and public relations sectors with related and transferable skills to admission and school leadership in general.
Deliverables include (as needed) the following:
Recruitment job description creation
Job posting and management to professional organizations
Outreach to EEG school networks in the U.S. and world-wide
Management of the entire recruitment process & tracking, including vetting potential candidates, organization of the search, scheduling and leading semi-finalist interviews with search committees, collecting candidate feedback, finalist visit support, and reference outreach in the timeframe designated by the school
Final review of candidates with the Head of School, Board, or select members of the senior leadership team or search committee
On-site assistance (as needed) with finalist visits to campus
Post visit and decision making support with lead of the search committee or Head of School
External communication creation or assistance following hire
Onboarding consulting is also available post transition