• Reserve Your Spot for the NAIS Emergent Design Lab to Learn About Inclusion in the New Legal Landscape

    Reserve Your Spot for the NAIS Emergent Design Lab: Inclusion in the New Legal Landscape

    What do you need to know about the new legal landscape for inclusion and belonging work, and what are the most effective programs that independent schools can still legally pursue? Law professor and inclusion expert Kenji Yoshino will answer these questions in this two-day workshop.

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  • Independent School Magazine: Technology

    Independent School Magazine: Technology

    The Spring 2025 issue explores technology through the lens of risk management, leadership and management, teaching and learning, the student experience, professional development, and more.

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  • The Trustee’s Guide to Finance Basics

    NEW! Help Board Members Grasp Finance Fundamentals

    Give them The Trustee’s Guide to Finance Basics. This concise book explains everything they need to understand—from balance sheets to board-level issues.

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  • NAIS New View EDU Podcast

    New View EDU Podcast Season Finale: The Future of Smart

    On the Season 8 finale, Ulcca Joshi Hansen, author of the bestselling book The Future of Smart, joins host Debra P. Wilson for a discussion about human-centered liberatory education and what schools should do differently to prepare students for an uncertain future.

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  • Revised and Expanded! The New Hopes and Fears

    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.

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  • NAIS Career Center

    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.

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Workshop Proposal Submissions Are Open for NAIS Thrive 2026!

Workshop Proposal Submissions Are Open for NAIS Thrive 2026!

Help shape the conference experience for NAIS Thrive 2026, February 25–27 in Seattle. Submit your proposal to present one of our many session types! The deadline is May 28, 2025.

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Best of Thrive 2025

Best of Thrive 2025: Watch Condensed Versions of Popular Sessions

Get insights from recorded recaps of five of the most popular live presentations at NAIS Thrive 2025 in Nashville, based on attendee feedback. Thank you to all of our presenters!

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NAIS Strategic Planning Project

NAIS Strategic Planning Project

The NAIS staff and board have launched a long-range strategic planning process. With so much change in the educational landscape and wider world, we’ll focus on how to best serve our member schools moving forward. Get details on how to engage in this process here.

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NAIS Membership

Receive Up to Three Months of Free NAIS Benefits by Joining Now!

Schools that join NAIS between April and June 2025 will receive complimentary membership through June 30, 2025—plus full access for the 2025–2026 school year.

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Announcing a New Partnership Between NAIS and EMA

Announcing a New Partnership Between NAIS and EMA

This new DASL partnership will align enrollment management data used within schools while maximizing the resources and expertise of each association to improve service to all schools.

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Member Voices Podcast: Innovating with Intention

Member Voices Podcast: Innovating with Intention

Rob Short, head of Trinity Episcopal School (VA), discusses how his school integrates innovation, AI, and creativity across the curriculum while fostering student wellness and agency.

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AI in the Classroom: Effective Prompts for Students and Teachers

AI in the Classroom: Effective Prompts for Students and Teachers

Schools should guide students on how to use AI to enhance their learning experiences—as a tool to assist with brainstorming, generating ideas, and clarifying concepts—not as a shortcut.

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2023–2024 State of Independent School Governance

State of Independent School Governance, Part 2: The Head-Board Relationship

Learn about governance practices that support effective school leadership. Use the findings to make informed decisions and empower your leadership team with insights.

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Survival Guide for the AI-pocalypse

Survival Guide for the AI-pocalypse

AI does not threaten schools' survival. It provides a unique opportunity to rethink essential elements of education and redesign that education with new levels of collaboration, creativity, and community.

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A Case Study in Creating Schoolwide AI Guidelines

A Case Study in Creating Schoolwide AI Guidelines

Figuring out how to use AI, how to adapt teaching methods, and how to guide students through one of the most profound eras of technological advancement is thrilling and purposeful.

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Resources for Educators

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.

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NAIS Career Center

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.

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