Take the Pulse of Your School With NAIS COVID-19 Surveys How are your students’ families and your faculty and staff weathering COVID-19? NAIS is offering all member and subscriber schools free use of easy-to-administer parent and staff satisfaction surveys. Learn More
Assessment Practices for Promoting Equity Given that assessments are the universally adopted benchmark to admit, place, and advance students into K-12 schools and colleges, it’s important to ensure that these evaluation practices are fair and equitable. Read More
Legal Tip of the Week: Get Hip with HIPAA As schools navigate complex COVID-19 communications, many ask: “Does HIPAA prevent me from disclosing that information?” Probably not, but ask these three questions to make sure. Read More
Trustee Table Podcast: How Heads and Trustees Can Design the Future Lisa Kay Solomon of Stanford University shares why developing a futurist mentality is critical for heads and trustees, and how independent school boards can design and engage in strategic conversations. Get The Podcast
Member Voices Podcast: Highlighting Your School's Unique Value Anne Glass, head of Purnell School (NJ), talks about her journey from investment banking to headship, the unique value of an all-girls education, and the importance of knowing who you are as a school. Get the Podcast
Boardroom: Asking Critical Questions During Uncertain Times School leaders are considering complicated challenges that have been heightened by the pandemic. Trustees may want to jump to strategic solutions, but going into generative mode can clarify the situation. Read More
New Issue of Independent Teacher: What Does the Future Hold? This special issue includes articles that address how teachers are coping with instructing during the pandemic, and other essays that present new ideas and techniques to improve your teaching. Read More
Value, Price, and the Emerging Market While managing the impact of the pandemic is center stage, school leaders must still address the hard realities of the changing independent school market, NAIS President Donna Orem writes. Read More
NAIS Toolkit: Election Season, Politics on Campus, and Civil Discourse How do you nurture open and respectful dialogue in your school? These resources will help you understand challenges and opportunities for your school during election season and beyond. Learn More
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Guidance for Independent Schools NAIS is updating this page daily to answer questions and provide updates on select news and federal guidance, resources, and independent school strategies and trends. Read More
NAIS Statement on Addressing Anti-Blackness and Systemic Racism NAIS is committed to addressing disparate experiences and outcomes based on race and racism in independent schools. Read More
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. Read More