Leadership for Equity and Opportunity

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1 Leadership for Equity and Opportunity in Times Such as This ISACS Academy for Division Heads Caroline G. Blackwell, Vice President NAIS February 3, 2018

2 VUCA

3 3 Independent means the freedom to act from on one s own inner authority.

4 Most Americans have never seen the ignorance, degradation, hunger, sickness, and futility in which many other Americans live...they won't become involved in economic or political change until something brings the seriousness of the situation home to them. -- Shirley Chisholm

5 CONTEXT TRENDS MINDSETS

6 In order to cultivate a set of leaders with legitimacy in the eyes of the citizenry, it is necessary that the path to leadership to visibly open to talented and qualified individuals of every race and ethnicity. -- Sandra Day O Conner

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8 % 32% 32% 34% 36% THIS IS QUESTIONABLE AND NOT BENEFICIAL 3% 4% 5% 7% 7% % OF FEMALES HEADS % HEADS OF COLOR

9 FEMALE HEADS by METRO AREA San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA 24% 52% 47% 41% 41% 36% 36% 35% 34% 33% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%

10 HEADS OF COLOR by METRO AREA Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA- 21% 20% 17% 15% 14% 10% 7% 7% 6% 6% 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25%

11 A PIPELINE ISSUE? Females People of Color Business Officer 55% 11% Associate Head 51% 7% Assistant Heads 63% 15% Upper School Heads 39% 8% Middle School Heads 55% 13% Lower School Heads 85% 11% Dir. of Development 79% 9% Dir. of Admissions 77% 14% Dir. of Diversity 68% 95%

12 TRUSTEE & HEAD PROFILE Race & Ethnicity NAIS CHAIR NP Chair NAIS HoS NP CEO White 95% 90 93% 90 People of Color 5% 10 7% 10 Gender Male 64% 58 66% 35 Female 36% 42 36% 65 Age <40 3% 11 3% % 60 81% % 29 16% 13

13 STRUCTURED FOR INCLUSION? As As board-approved board-approved written written conflict-of-interest conflict-of-interest policies policies increased increased markedly, written policies in the following areas have decreased: markedly, written policies in the following areas have decreased: BULLYING STUDENTS/EMPLOYEES W/ DISABILITIES SEXUAL HARASSMENT DIVERSITY/EQUITY & JUSTICE Yes No Don't Know N/A Value in The percentage of The percentage of schools with board-level Diversity Committees Committees dropped from dropped 19% to from 16% 19% to 16% Source: NIAIS Governance Study ( )

14 CONTEXT MATTERS In which of the following areas is your school most engaged? Increasing diversity in board membership? Developing board capacity to govern/lead for equity? Increasing gender diversity in school leadership? Increasing racial and ethnic diversity in school leadership? Other?

15 Struggle is the seed for innovation.

16 AMERICA s COMING OF AGE

17 MILLENNIALS HAVE DIFFERENT PRIORITIES and DISADVANTAGES THEIR PARENTS DIDN T HAVE

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20 WHITE FEAR, CONSERVATISM, AND IN- GROUP FAVORITISM RISE AS WHITES BECOME A RACIAL MINORITY

21 2016 CAMPAIGN USHERS IN SPIKE IN HATE CRIME K-12 CAMPUSES TOP LIST

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24 WHERE DOES YOUR MONEY GO AND WHY?

25 WHERE IS THE MIDDLE? Source:

26 EVOLVING APPLICANT POOL K 20-40K 40-60K 60-80K K K K 150K Source: SSS By NAIS PFS Filer Pool. Reflects total income from all sources, before taxes or allowances, as reported by families on the PFS submitted.

27 EVOLVING RECIPIENT POOL Top 5%: Over $217, % 11.7% Over $121, % 42.6% $78,001 - $121, % 26.0% $51,001 - $78, % 19.1% $29,001 - $51, % 13.1% $0 - $29, % 11.8% Source: SSS processing system database; analysis of 35,000 financial aid awards in each year

28 INTENTIONALITY: WHAT S YOUR WHY? Source: SSS State of Financial Aid Survey, 2016

29 What is the greatest struggle facing your school?

30 WE ARE NOT IN A GROWTH INDUSTRY...

31 TUITIONS ARE REQUIRING AN INCREASINGLY LARGER PORTION OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME

32 THE SHIFT TOWARD RECRUITING MORE INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS AS A SOLUTION...

33 BY 2025, CHILDREN OF COLOR WILL BE THE NEW MAJORITY IN OUR NATION...

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35 NEW SCHOOL MODELS CREATE DISRUPTION AND INNOVATION

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37 Whole-child, personalized learning for all students.

38 MINDSET: NOT JUST ANY BELIEF Frame Mediate Tend to be fixed Resistant to change Directional Prime Define

39 THE RIDE OF YOUR LIFE Video available at:

40 EQUITY Serving all students equally well*

41 Leadership as Conversation

42 Culture Trumps Everything

43 Content is Personal

44 Talent Faces Forward

45 Market as Community

46 Understanding Polarities Solves Problems

47 You ve got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was. -- Irish Proverb

48 Thank You! For more information, contact: Caroline G Blackwell Vice President, Equity and Justice blackwell@nais.org (202)