The Business Officer Institute provides the hands-on tools and resources needed for you to be successful at your school. You manage many areas every day—accounting & finance, human resources, facilities, and technology—and getting up to speed on all of them in a short period of time will ultimately lead to your success in this role.
This program is being hosted by Providence Day School in Charlotte, North Carolina. Participants will stay off-campus at DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Hotel Charlotte – SouthPark. All educational programs take place at Providence Day School and several fun extracurricular events will be offered. The program begins with a speaker and dinner on Sunday, June 17th and officially concludes at noon on Thursday, June 21st.
Business Officer Institute is created for and geared toward business officers who are new to their role, either coming up from the ranks or moving in from a different industry and provides an immersion into the independent school world in a safe-to-learn environment. For those with more experience in the profession, Business Officer Institute provides an opportunity to get a tune up on the current issues facing Business officers today in addition to serving as mentors to newer professionals.
This program offers a mix of general sessions and concurrent programming allowing you to choose the areas you need most. Using a variety of learning experiences within an intensive residential environment, this program offers a one-of-a-kind opportunity for new business officers to build a foundation of skills and knowledge to support you and your school.
Business Officer Institute is a uniquely intimate learning experience that provides participants with opportunities to create long-term professional friendships with their peers. Past attendees attest that the relationships built at the Business Officer Institute have proven invaluable to them over the course of their careers.
This intense, energizing program enables you to focus on concentrated learning in a short amount of time. Courses are taught by experienced faculty, many of whom are business officers currently working in independent schools and facing the very issues on your desk. Other speakers with industry-specific knowledge will lead seminars that focus on key aspects of independent schools.
To see what's happened at past programs, see our onsite program from 2011.