Right-Fit Family™ Rubric
Private schools want to see every child succeed in pursuit of their potential. Therefore, they try to serve as many families as they can. It’s painful to turn a family away who is searching for something better. After all, those of us in education believe in the transformational power of learning and opportunity.
But the reality is your school is not for every family. It can’t be. You are not equipped to serve every family that expresses interest.
So, who is your school for?
This is one of the most important questions independent and faith-based schools must answer. If your leadership, marketing, and enrollment teams are not aligned on this question, your culture will eventually feel the ambiguity. Your faculty and staff will wonder how kids end up in their classrooms and on their teams. And your enrollment team will prioritize the ability to pay.
Tassel’s Right-Fit Family™ Rubric is a model that helps teams get on the same page regarding who their school is for. It pushes school leaders to get assumptions and ideas out of their heads and on the table. The Right-fit Family™ Rubric (RFFR) prompts important conversations, provides a framework for decision-making, and aligns teams around operational implementation.
