Join NAIS Today and Receive 25% Off Your 2024-2025 Dues!
NAIS supports independent school leaders at all levels. When your school joins NAIS, every staff and faculty member—from teachers to trustees—gains access to benefits. Join now and save!
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Thrive 2025: Get Early-Bird Savings Through January 24!
Join us in Nashville, February 26-28, for the NAIS annual conference, where independent school leaders come together to connect, explore, inspire, and recharge. This is your opportunity to gain new ideas, build meaningful connections, and leave ready to lead with joy and purpose. -
There's Still Time to Register for the 2024 NAIS People of Color Conference!
Join us at PoCC, December 4–7 in Denver, to explore the theme Meeting the Moment: Anchoring and Enriching Our Education Futures. -
Get Fresh Thinking on Future Trends in the New Trendbook!
Delve into emerging issues and timely data with the redesigned 2024-2025 NAIS Trendbook. It’s your springboard for discussion at board, faculty, and staff meetings. -
New View EDU Podcast: Leadership Through Listening
On the Season 7 finale, NAIS President Debra P. Wilson sits down with education leadership experts Nicole Furlonge, Carrie Grimes, and Steve Piltch to discuss the importance of listening in developing the leaders of the future. -
What Leadership Looks Like
As the leading voice for independent schools, NAIS exemplifies leadership by advocating for and delivering unparalleled insights to schools nationwide. Now, we are inspiring independent schools with a bold new brand. -
Revised and Expanded! The New Hopes and Fears
Get fresh perspectives plus empathic advice on partnering with parents. Even if you read the first edition, you’ll gain new ideas about restructuring the home-school relationship in a changed world. -
Hiring Resources from NAIS
Is your school hiring? Are you looking for your dream job? Use the NAIS Career Center to post and find great independent school career opportunities.
NAIS Legal Advisory: The Second Trump Administration and Independent Schools
Get a broad overview of the some of the changes that may occur in the second Trump administration, and how those changes may affect independent schools.
Resources for Educators in an Election Season
This election season, educators likely will manage challenging conversations and be called on to model and teach civil discourse. NAIS has compiled this list of resources to help your school.
2024 Report on How Parents Pay School Costs
This report highlights the crucial role of financial aid in families' school decisions and will help your school develop an affordability strategy with the parent experience in mind.
Giving Leaders the Grace to Grow
"As educators, we often emphasize to students the importance of practice, trial and error, and using mistakes as learning opportunities. In leadership, this kind of grace is often absent."
The Importance of Reading Out Loud: It’s Not Just For Young Students
The joy of being read to does not take away from the skill of reading, and it can help middle school students develop a love of books beyond the classroom.
Member Voices Podcast: Supercharging a Summer Camp
Sara Stern, director of admission and summer programs at Stanley British Primary School (CO), shares tips for starting and sustaining impactful summer programs.
Boardroom: How to Build a High-Performing Board
A successful independent school board doesn’t just come together. It is built—according to the strategic plan, by casting a wide net, and with recruitment partners.
Resources for Educators About the Conflict in the Middle East
We hope these resources can help school leaders and educators as they support their communities, restore a sense of security, guide students in understanding the conflict, and manage complex conversations.
Find the Best Talent
Talented teaching and administrator candidates are waiting to apply for jobs at your school. NAIS members can post jobs and browse resumes for free; nonmembers can purchase job postings.