NAIS Diversity Leadership Institute (DLI)
Registration for the 2025 NAIS Diversity Leadership Institute (DLI) is now open.
2025 NAIS Diversity Leadership Institute
June 22–27, 2025
Emory Conference Center, Atlanta, GA
As our communities navigate the challenges and possibilities brought on by rapid technological advances and the evolving social landscape, fostering trust and belonging is more important than ever. By coming together around shared visions and values, we can create a more supportive and inclusive future. With a shared commitment to building healthy and inclusive communities, we can ensure that students thrive—enhancing their safety, academic engagement, health, and overall well-being.
For nearly 40 years, participants in this institute have engaged in a purposeful and evolving community of practice aimed at meeting today’s challenges and transforming them into avenues for strategic growth and innovation. DLI’s small- and large-group programming and residential setting create community, active collaboration, networking, and other opportunities that reinforce institute content.
Topics Covered
Led by an experienced faculty, DLI participants:
- Examine best and emerging practices that deepen understanding of common and differentiated human needs, experiences, and levers that create enduring connections in the school and community.
- Learn and explore approaches to inclusive excellence from experts and school leaders.
- Explore frameworks for strategic leadership, management, and collaboration.
- Develop action plans that include peer-to-peer coaching and mentoring throughout the year.
Audience
The 2025 NAIS Diversity Leadership Institute is designed for:
- Heads of school and other independent school leaders who have direct and/or support responsibility for student success through coherent, fair, and forward-thinking practices and for the well-being of students, faculty, and staff;
- Educators aiming to improve their effectiveness with students and adults whose backgrounds, beliefs, cultures, and perspectives differ from their own; and
- Student support staff, deans of faculty, global and international education practitioners, and all who have responsibility for the climate, culture, health, and well-being of their school communities.
Registration Information
Registration for the 2025 NAIS Diversity Leadership Institute is now open.DLI is a residential program that will take place at the Emory Conference Center Hotel. The registration fee includes room and board and all meals during on-campus programming.
| Registration Pricing | Early Bird Pricing (Through 4/22) |
Standard Pricing (On or After 4/23) |
| Member price | $3,600 | $4,150 |
| Nonmember price* | $4,675 | $5,225 |
*Contact us for more information about the benefits of NAIS membership, including discounted event pricing.
Hotel Accommodations
Your registration fee includes the cost of your hotel room during the event. NAIS will reserve your hotel room at the Emory Conference Center Hotel, located at 1615 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30329, for arrival on Sunday, June 22, and departure on Saturday, June 28. Please plan your trip accordingly. The check-in time is 4:00 PM ET and check-out time is 12:00 PM ET. This event is a residential program; you are expected to stay at the conference hotel and participate in the entire program. If you require accommodation before or after these dates, please contact [email protected]. Additional fees may apply.