• 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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  • 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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  • NAIS New View EDU Podcast

    New View EDU Podcast: Thriving Through Happiness

    On this week's new episode, Dan Lerner, author and professor of the famous NYU class “The Science of Happiness,” joins host Morva McDonald to discuss the value of positivity.

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  • Order the NAIS Trendbook

    Get Fresh Thinking on Future Trends in the New Trendbook!

    Delve into emerging issues and timely data with the redesigned 2024-2025 NAIS Trendbook. It’s your springboard for discussion at board, faculty, and staff meetings.

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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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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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Legal Tip of the Week: Understand the Impact of Recent Executive Orders

Legal Tip of the Week: Understand the Impact of Recent Executive Orders

Get guidance on recent executive orders to help your school review its employment policies, training materials, benefits, and programs to ensure inclusivity for all individuals.

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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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Harnessing the Power of AI in the Arts

Harnessing the Power of AI in the Arts

A ceramics teacher encourages teachers everywhere—especially in the arts—to explore how they can leverage AI to bring authentic work to their classrooms.

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Students Are Prepared to Read Great Books

Students Are Prepared to Read Great Books

Contrary to a growing perception about a decline in literacy, students are capable of reading challenging books and thinking critically and analytically about them.

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Member Voices Podcast: Building Relationships

Member Voices Podcast: Building Relationships

Liz Joyce, school counselor at Nashoba Brooks School (MA), discusses how she approaches supporting student well-being, as well as the impact of social media and the importance of engaging with parents.

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Open Door: Technology and Student Well-Being

Open Door: Technology and Student Well-Being

Schools will need to tap into what they do well to teach youth how to manage what’s next, writes NAIS President Debra P. Wilson.

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Evaluating Risks and Opportunities in the Technology Landscape

Evaluating Risks and Opportunities in the Technology Landscape

To position their schools for success and safety, school leaders need to simultaneously navigate and have strategies for each front, which requires specific expertise and resources.

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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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