Events Calendar

Through keynotes from Brittany Hodak, Natalie Nixon, and David Yeager, plus relevant breakout sessions, you’ll discover new strategies for success and learn about emerging trends, all while expanding your network and connecting with other independent school leaders.

Discover an enriching professional development opportunity with our Social Entrepreneurship Collabsite™, hosted by Pine Crest School and the University of Delaware. This workshop focuses on the understanding of social entrepreneurship instructional techniques and principles. Join us for an immersive experience where participants will observe and engage with live classroom settings to see entrepreneurship instructional strategies in action. This Collabsite will provide participants with insights into delivering an engaging social entrepreneurship curriculum designed to equip students with the skills to thrive amidst rapid change by fostering agile thinking and enhancing creative problem-solving abilities. This is a comprehensive two day workshop. Join us to elevate your teaching practices and inspire your aspiring social entrepreneurs.

Join a dynamic community of independent school operational leaders for an event designed to inspire, inform, and ignite innovation. Elevate your leadership, expand your network, and gain actionable insights from the nation’s top thought leaders. Whether you’re looking to explore cutting-edge solutions, engage in collaborative learning, or re-energize your team, this event will help you meet your goals.

Facilitated by expert workshop leaders in 4.5-hour sessions over three consecutive days, these highly interactive virtual workshops take place over Zoom and feature an additional three hours of asynchronous work in Canvas required to earn a completion certificate.

This Independent Schools Experiential Education Network retreat will move school leaders through a journey designed to unite, empower, and activate. While participants will gather around fires and beneath the stars, they will also roll up their sleeves around case studies, action plans, and strategic change management tools tailored for their institutional needs and goals. The event will launch small coaching cohorts that will partner for six months of continued work.

Designed to activate a comprehensive ecosystem of proactive and responsive strategies, this workshop supports peace-building, conflict resolution, and emotional healing in schools. Participants will gain practical structures to help build more restorative school cultures and leave with a wealth of resources to support implementation in both classroom and school-wide settings.

This two-day workshop provides the framework and tools to build a strong foundation of SEL. Learn effective lesson sequences and simple and profound practices to support Social and Emotional Learning.

This experiential two-day workshop is designed to upskill your practice and amplify your impact. Together, we’ll unpack the role of the advisor, tackle common challenges, and build a toolkit that promotes student belonging, connection, and success.

‍This multi-session, virtual, team-based workshop series designed for school teams to explore new and innovative financial aid practices and other tuition-discounting strategies. Using curated frameworks, data, and tools, the NAIS Strategy Lab team will facilitate your school’s work to generate new ideas for connecting your vision to your goals for access and affordability. Leave with a pitch deck and a concise, compelling story that outlines new strategic approaches for discounting tuition and leveraging financial aid. This experience includes a pre-session on October 20 and a post-session on January 13.

A two-day, intensive experience designed specifically for independent school leadership teams, the Blueprint Sprint helps you turn strategy into measurable progress.  Led by Dr. Brett Jacobsen, SAIS president, this high-impact workshop will give your team a structured blueprint and practical tools to bring a strategic priority to life—so you can return to your school ready to implement real change.