Events Calendar

Grounded in the four pillars of effective onboarding—accelerating your learning, securing early wins, building your team, and creating coalitions—this immersive experience will equip you with actionable strategies and tools to establish credibility, foster collaboration, and set a clear vision for success.

DLI is a purposeful and evolving community of practice aimed at meeting today’s challenges and transforming them into avenues for strategic growth and innovation.

Are you new to independent schools or transitioning into a business office role? This program gives you the critical knowledge and tools you need to succeed. Learn the fundamentals of nonprofit accounting, budgeting, and financial planning, while gaining practical experience in school operations, HR, facilities management, and auxiliary services like after-school care and summer camps.

Human resources should be designed to help achieve the goals and business objectives of an organization, and a school is no exception. The independent school HR professional does this through excellent communications and use of efficient processes, while supporting a sustainable information security and privacy strategy. Understanding the fundamentals of human resources in an independent school will be the focus of this year’s intensive. This will add value, assist in making your school more competitive, and allow you to become a strategic partner.

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

This two-day workshop provides the framework and tools to start the year on a strong foundation of SEL. Learn effective lesson sequences and simple and profound practices to support social and emotional Learning.

This three-day event, in partnership with the Northwestern University Kellogg School Center for Nonprofit Management, is for independent school leaders. This year's theme is Recenter Your School's Purpose: Communication Meets Innovation.

Dive into the foundational methods of the Orton-Gillingham approach. This course covers dyslexia, phonological awareness, structured lesson planning, and more. It empowers educators to support students in one-on-one and small group settings.

Engage with other heads at this energizing and nurturing retreat offering thoughtful, nuanced conversations on complex issues facing heads of school. Led by Rob Evans and Michael Thompson. Past participants have praised Rob & Michael for their facilitation style and ability to push, pull, and explore with the group rather than offering generic solutions.

This Independent Schools Experiential Education Network event fuses rigorous academic disciplines with deep thinking about the cognitive learning process through the experiential learning cycle. This professional development opportunity is for teachers who want to delve deeper into experiential education and reflective teaching practices while immersed in experiential and place-based activities on the front range of Colorado.