IRIS
Insights

We help schools answer their most pressing questions, providing methodologically robust research and analysis to give schools the knowledge necessary for fully-informed decisions.

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Potential Focus Areas:

• Student success in school and following graduation

• Enrollment and retention

• Faculty and staff recruitment and retention

• Fundraising

• Alumni engagement

• Faculty evaluation and learning

• School community climate assessments

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Through a collaborative and tailored research design process, we walk together through these critical questions, get you the answers you need, and provide guidance on effective next steps.​​​​​

How do you plan in unprecedented times? Independent schools are working hard to navigate unforeseen upheavals and demographic shifts. In order to reduce uncertainty and manage appropriately for potential risks, schools need to be able to anticipate potential outcomes from hazards. However, even innovation is more effective when schools can plan ahead and identify where new opportunities will arise.

 

Through workshops and research, we help you light the path forward through uncertainty, so that you can avoid hazards and recognize opportunities for innovation and success.​​​​​

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Data can be transformative.  We help you assess your data strengths and shortcomings, determine the steps required to fill the gaps and create automated, graphical reports that ensure informed decision-making.

 

These services may include data collection, aggregation, transformation, loading, and reporting. We also build APIs (application programming interface software)  so your data can speak the same language and make software recommendations so that your organization has the best tools possible to create evergreen reports and refresh in real-time.​​​

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With our help, you will have the tools you need to gather, access, and use data effectively.​​

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We train school staff in the process of research, introduce methodological tools, and teach ethical and legal management of human-subject data. We teach the applications of data analysis, and guide staff in selecting and utilizing the best software to meet the school’s goals.

 

This approach helps schools learn how to ask the right questions and how to use institutional research methods to answer those questions in-house. Because we help you build capacity in-house, our training programs are an investment in the people that make your school the community it is, and know the community best. And the next time you have a question, you know how to ask it, how to answer it, and how best to take action.​​