Get Important Legal Education and Support from NAIS
Make sure your school has the latest legal information to help avoid a crisis. Also, keep an eye on NAIS Legal News You Can Use for developments and guidance.
NAIS Resource Guide: Crisis Management
There is no greater test of leadership than when a crisis hits your campus. Should the unthinkable happen, know you are not alone. NAIS has resources to help you support your school community. From webinars with crisis communication experts to legal advisories and articles on best practices, you’ll find what you need when you need it.
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Coronavirus (COVID-19) Guidance for Independent Schools
NAIS has compiled answers to frequently asked questions from member schools into an updated coronavirus (COVID-19) resource that covers a wide range of topics.
Prepare Your Leadership Team to Manage Challenges
Leadership Through Partnership and Strategy Lab provide much-needed time for your leadership team to build capacity to tackle complex issues.
Resources to Build a Foundation of Effective Leadership
The Head's Handbook and the Trustee Handbook are easy-to-reference guides to succeeding in these leadership positions—whether you're new to a role or experienced.
Deep Dive
Reflecting on Lisa Damour’s New Book About Stress and Anxiety in Girls
A clinical psychologist shares takeaways from Under Pressure on how to best support this generation of over-scheduled, stressed-out, and panicked girls.
Use DASL Dashboards to Make Informed Decisions
Need insights to gain perspective in a hurry? Get quick access to dynamic, customizable, and actionable data on important areas of your school by using DASL Dashboards.
Listen to The Trustee Table for Leadership and Governance Insights
NAIS's new podcast delivers expert advice on challenges facing schools, including an episode on "Sailing the Legal High Seas—What Every Trustee Needs to Know."
Keep Students Safe Amid End-of-Year Rites of Passage
Whether it is prom, beach week, graduation, or another rite of passage, administrators and parents all want to keep students safe. Follow these standard steps many schools take.
Crisis Communications Strategies for an Always-On Media Environment
The window of time schools have to react to a crisis has decreased dramatically. Here's how to develop a plan that will successfully guide your school through crises of all sizes.
10 Tips for Hiring a Crisis Communications Firm
Crisis communications consultants can provide expert counsel and strategy. Following these tips will help you feel confident you have hired the right crisis communications firm.
Independent School Task Force on Educator Sexual Misconduct Report: Prevention and Response
Learn specific strategies that independent schools can take to prevent and respond to misconduct effectively, and find an extensive list of companion resources.
Preparing and Responding to Natural Disasters
Natural disasters can strike at any time. Find resources on emergency preparedness, disaster recovery, and helping your community recover after a traumatic event.
Advancing Risk Management at Independent Schools
Risk management is essential to thriving in this changing environment. NAIS and United Educators have identified common practices that will help your school succeed.
The Anatomy of Governance and Leadership Meltdowns
Recent years have seen governance crises bringing turmoil to school communities. Learn what these situations have in common and steps to take to prevent them.
Playlist: Video Resources to Help You Manage a Crisis
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Additional Resources
- Independent Ideas Blog: Life in the Media Frenzy: Balancing Crisis Management Perceptions and Realities
- Webinar Recording: When Your First Year Isn't a Listening Tour: Strategies for New Heads in Turnaround Schools
- NAIS Legal Advisory: Student Suicide: Risks, Policies, and Procedures
- Helping Your School Community Recover After Tragedies and Traumatic Events
- NAIS Legal Advisory: Allegations of Student-on-Student Sexual Misconduct in the Independent School Setting
- Emergency and Short-Term Cost-Saving Ideas
- NAIS Toolkit: Mergers, Acquisitions, and Other Affiliations
- NAIS Legal Advisory: Cybersecurity in Independent Schools: Data Breach Threats and Prevention Techniques