Description:
How can your admission department reach new families and applicants? By sharing your school’s resources and expertise with the broader community. Through reciprocal relationships with other schools, organizations, and non-profits, engaging with the community deepens your ties, develops greater social consciousness, and supports an empathy and appreciation for cultural diversity. This session will give specific tools to establish an outreach plan, which can help you:
- Increase applications
- Build new community relationships
- Establish your school as a knowledge resource
- Enhance corporate social responsibility
- Improve your school’s admission experience.
AISAP Standard & Competency: Model best practices in management and organizational development.
Delivery Method: Interactive web seminar conducted online
Program Level: New to Admissions, Midlevel Professional, Experienced Professional, New to Directorship, Marcom
Presenter: Kieffer Williams, Associate Director of Admission, Graland Country Day School
Bio: Kieffer Williams is the Associate Director of Admission and Outreach at Graland Country Day School, a PS - Grade 8 school in Denver, CO. Kieffer began her career in independent schools close to 10 years ago in administration and communications but soon found her home in the admissions office. Kieffer brings with her valuable experience from higher education as the Associate Director of Graduate Admissions at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies to her independent school admission work. She is passionate about breaking down the barriers that surround independent schools and helping families from all backgrounds realize an independent school education is an option for their children. Kieffer has a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Denver and earned a master’s degree in international relations from Webster University while studying in England, Austria, the Netherlands and Switzerland.
Contact Info:
Kieffer can be reached by email at kwilliams@graland.org