Build the vision, skills, and stamina to lead high‑performing enrollment teams and move your independent school forward.

Master Class Schedule and Overview

July 2

Personal Leadership Vision

  • Clarify what you stand for as a leader and how you show up
  • Translate your values into consistent daily leadership choices
  • Create a clear leadership vision you can use to guide decisions and priorities

July 8

Leading a Team

  • Set clear direction and align your team around what matters most
  • Build trust, accountability, and shared ownership across your team
  • Lead beyond tasks by coaching, supporting, and holding people to high standards

July 15

Leading Before You Have the Title

  • Increase your influence without relying on authority
  • Identify where trust and credibility need to deepen
  • Focus your energy where it will have the greatest impact

July 22

Leading Across Differences

  • Adapt your communication to different personalities and working styles
  • Address tension and challenges earlier and more directly
  • Give clear, constructive feedback that builds trust and accountability

July 29

Leading Great Meetings

  • Design meetings that drive clarity, decisions, and forward momentum
  • Engage every voice while keeping discussions focused and productive
  • Turn conversations into clear commitments and next steps

August 5

Resilient Leadership

  • Stay steady and focused under pressure and competing demands
  • Lead from intention rather than reaction in high-stakes moments
  • Build personal practices that sustain energy, clarity, and effectiveness

Turn everyday enrollment work into confident, visible leadership.

Each 90-minute Master Class blends relevance with application, and participants leave every session with a summary of key models, reflection prompts, and action tools that together form a Leadership Toolkit they can use immediately in their daily work.

Meet Your Instructor

Rebecca Quigley, OLCC 

EXECUTIVE COACH AND LEADERSHIP FACILITATOR

 

Rebecca Quigley is a certified executive coach and dynamic facilitator who partners with leaders and teams to strengthen leadership, build healthier team cultures, and navigate complex organizational challenges with greater clarity and confidence. Drawing on decades of experience in corporate consulting, organizational leadership, and executive coaching, she brings a strategic, practical, and deeply human approach to leadership development. 

She holds a Bachelor of Science in Human and Organizational Development from Vanderbilt University and earned her graduate-level certification in Organizational and Leadership Coaching (OLCC) from Northwestern University. Rebecca is also certified in Executive Women in Leadership through Cornell University and in Organizational and Relationship Systems Coaching (ORSC), with more than 250 hours of advanced team coaching training.

A committed advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion, Rebecca dedicates a portion of her coaching practice to supporting underrepresented women and women leading nonprofit organizations.

As the proud parent of three independent school graduates, Rebecca has been deeply involved in school communities in Texas, Washington, D.C., and Chicago. She has served as a parent ambassador, volunteer, and trusted partner to enrollment and school leadership teams, giving her both a professional and personal understanding of the opportunities and pressures facing enrollment leaders today.

 What You Will Learn:

  • Lead with clarity and intention by defining what matters most and aligning your actions to it
  • Strengthen your ability to influence, communicate, and lead others across teams and situations
  • Build practical habits and tools to stay focused, resilient, and effective in high-pressure moments

 

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Who Should Attend: 

  • Directors and associate directors who are leading teams and want to deepen their leadership practice
  • Enrollment professionals stepping into new leadership roles or preparing for director-level responsibility
  • Experienced practitioners who influence across departments wishing to lead more confidently, regardless of title
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Registrants will receive recordings of all sessions.