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NAIS Summer Institutes and Leadership Development
NAIS offers intensive institutes as well as national conferences. Together, these opportunities provide leadership and professional development for individuals in many roles in schools and at many stages in their careers.
NAIS SUMMER INSTITUTES
Follow the links below to read more and to register for the institutes. To view the information in pdf format, click on the cover image.
Summer Diversity Institute
June 23– 28, 2010 (Alexandria,VA) Institute for New Heads
July 7-12, 2010 (Atlanta, GA) School Leadership Institute
August 3-6, 2010 (Atlanta, GA) Are you interested in professional development for financial aid management? Please go to the School & Student Services by NAIS website, sss.nais.org, to learn more about free webinars, information sessions, and the Institute for New Financial Aid Professionals Webinar Series.
NATIONAL CONFERENCES
- People of Color Conference (PoCC)
December 3 - 5, 2009, Denver, CO - CASE/NAIS Independent Schools Advancement Conference
January 24 - 26, 2010, New York, NY - NAIS Annual Conference
February 24 - 26, 2010, San Francisco, CA
Adapt, Survive, and Thrive: Unleashing the Superpowers within
OTHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES Also read about the NAIS Fellowship for Aspiring School Heads, a year-long comprehensive course of professional development for individuals at NAIS member schools.
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT Who needs leadership development? Current and prospective school leaders interested in pursuing and developing their careers in independent school leadership at any level or who want to understand better their individual leadership style. NAIS professional development programs are especially appropriate for the following: - Emerging leaders (teachers planning a career path including administration). School Leadership Institute
- Aspiring heads (administrators or teacher-leaders planning a career path culminating in a headship). School Leadership Institute
- New heads (heads in their first five years of headship). Institute for New Heads
- Career change leaders (administrators and executives from other fields seeking leadership roles in independent schools). School Leadership Institute
- New trustees and/or chairs of boards of trustees. Leadership though Partnership Workshop
MENTORING EMERGING INDEPENDENT SCHOOL LEADERS
NAIS is coordinating a list of mentor volunteers (current and former heads of school) to work with aspiring heads. Mentors typically meet with their protégés at the Annual Conference and/or at one of NAIS's summer institutes, communicate periodically throughout the year, oversee a leadership project conducted by the protégé, and offer impromptu counsel and advice when called upon. NAIS supports mentors via online resources and a communications network and is committed to creating an infrastructure to support best practices in mentoring. Current and former heads of school interested in becoming a mentor should contact Jay Rapp at rapp@nais.org.
All participants are welcome to participate in NAIS programs. NAIS has an institutional commitment to the principles of diversity. In that spirit, NAIS does not discriminate in violation of the law on the basis of race, religion, creed, color, sexual orientation, age, physical challenge, nation of origin, gender, or any other characteristic. |
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