Events Calendar

This hybrid program will provide new and aspiring leaders with tools and strategies to transition successfully into a leadership role. Throughout this program, which includes in-person and virtual sessions from October 2024 through April 2025, participants will also have the opportunity to discuss the dynamics, challenges, and opportunities unique to their roles and schools.

This workshop offers educators relevant and practical entry points to begin the process of making sense of AI. Eric Hudson will cover three guiding principles and seven strategies for understanding AI’s impact on education and harnessing its power to support deeper learning and teaching.

Reimagine your tuition affordability messaging and approaches with new NAIS research. This Innovation Sprint is a three-hour virtual session for school teams to rethink how to improve your processes and communications around tuition and better manage families’ overall experience paying for it, in light of new insights from NAIS’s latest study on “How Parents Pay.”

More than 90% of executive assistants arrange meetings and coordinate schedules, according to the 2024 NAIS Survey on Executive and Administrative Assistants. Join this webinar for an in-depth look at calendar-management tips and best practices.

This ongoing program offers a small, confidential and welcoming environment designed to foster connections, learning, support, and dialogue between administrative assistants working at independent schools.

Join Shelby LaMar, chief advancement officer at Lancaster Country Day School (PA), to learn how to build a thriving major gifts program at your school.

This ongoing program will provide new leaders and educators growing into leadership roles with the tools and strategies to lead more successfully. With a focus on fostering your own personal growth as well as furthering your responsibility for the growth and development of others, participants will identify and hone the skills and habits of effective leaders, including locating one’s authentic leadership style, leveraging position within an institution, fostering high functioning teams, making informed decisions, navigating change and conflict, and creating and maintaining inclusive school environments in predominantly white institutions.

How can we ignite a love for mathematics in every elementary student? Join Jo Boaler and Cathy Williams, cofounders of youcubed.org, for an inspiring one-day conference designed for K-6 educators and leaders seeking to revolutionize their math classrooms. This workshop will delve into research-backed strategies that promote a growth mindset, deepen conceptual understanding, and foster collaborative problem-solving skills among students.

An opportunity for heads and board members to strengthen collaboration on current challenges, identify common goals, and strategically plan for the success of the school.

Make plans to join independent school leaders from across the region for this inspiring, thoughtful, and comprehensive educational event. The conference features three keynotes and two dozen breakouts addressing a wide array of topics. Discover new strategies for success and learn about emerging trends from top-notch speakers. Keynotes include Mesmin Destin, Michelle Icard, and Grant Lichtman.