Agenda

Keynote Speaker: The End Depends Upon the Beginning: Data Strategy in Schools Starts in Admissions
Mike Barker, Director of Institutional Research, Harvard-Westlake School

Session 1: Cutting Through the Noise
Peter Dignard, Senior Associate Director of Admission · Phillips Academy
Geordie Mitchell, Assistant Head of School for Institutional Advancement · La Jolla Country Day School
Vincent S. Travaglione, President Agile Enrollment Solutions
Amada Torres, VP Research NAIS
Karla Vargas-Kennedy Assistant Headmaster for Enrollment, Woodberry Forest

Do you know what you need to know? What questions are you trying to answer; what problem are you trying to solve; what opportunity are you looking for? We will discuss the idea of starting with the end in mind and determining the ‘why’ of the information needed. We will identify the top data needs at every institution in order to drive strategy, goal setting, and enrollment management. We will also spend some time determining how to acquire the data needed that may not be readily available to you. This session will include a look at national demographics and market changes that every admission professional needs to be aware of.  

Spreadsheet Essentials 

• Intermediate 
• Advanced

Do you know how to spot a trend in your data? How do you identify and communicate an upcoming challenge by looking at your data?

We will explore the ways, both obvious and not as obvious, that data displays a trend or an opportunity for your institution. We will also identify the ways in which data can uncover challenges and impending changes for your institution.

Session 4: Excel Quick Skills Huddle 2
Peter Dignard, Senior Associate Director of Admission · Phillips Academy
Chris Sanders, Director of Admission and Financial Assistance, Francis W Parker School

Spreadsheet Essentials 

• Intermediate 
• Advanced

Session 5 - Data-Defined Office Operations and Enhanced Family Experiences
Vincent Travaglione, Founder / Senior Consultant, Agile Enrollment Solutions

Data is a treasure hunt that can uncover direction and purpose as well as positively impact your office operations and family experiences. Utilizing a handful of particularly family-impacting data points, we will discuss the resulting do differently actions as well as contemplate how data can help define effective and efficient enrollment management office operations.

Session 6 - Writing the Story | Closing Session
Janice Crampton, Executive Director & CEO, AISAP
Lisa Moreira, Director of Institutional Research & Enrollment Management, Horace Mann School

Do you know how to use the data you have to write your strategic story? Can you create a well developed and actionable narrative to share with all of your constituents? We will take our understanding of data and learn how to put it into practice and discuss how to give meaning to the data in order to provide a structure for communicating strategy to your team and the school administration.