Events Calendar

Join educators, school leaders, and innovators for AI in K–12 Education: Teaching in Practice, a two-day conference focused on practical applications of artificial intelligence in the classroom. Hosted at the International School of Boston, this professional development event brings together experts from MIT, educators from Franco-American and AISNE networks, and teachers from across the region to explore how AI tools can support teaching, enrich student learning, and strengthen everyday classroom practice.  Whether you are just beginning your AI journey or looking to deepen your approach, this conference offers training, collaboration, and inspiration to help you teach smarter, reimagine assessment, and build AI literacy in both students and educators while keeping relationships, creativity, and meaningful learning at the core.

Executive function—skills like planning, organization, and self-regulation—are essential for academic success but can be challenging for students with ADHD and executive function (EF) difficulties. This workshop is designed to help educators seamlessly integrate executive function skill-building into everyday classroom routines and instruction.

As you help manage challenges and opportunities in your independent school, you can see the power of shared knowledge and support. The NAIS Connect online communities have become a hub for robust discussions, resource sharing, and support. To provide another forum for connection, NAIS offers online meetups for executive assistants and support staff. These free, 45-minute get-togethers offer an opportunity to connect in small groups and discuss topics of your choice as you get to know others who do what you do. 

Join us to get updates from K-12 and higher education legal experts on international students’ F-1 visa regulations, policies, and the current landscape of international students studying in the U.S.  

This multi-session, virtual, team-based workshop series is designed for school teams to envision bold new ideas around key drivers of your financial model. Using curated frameworks, data, and tools, the NAIS Strategy Lab team will facilitate your school’s work to generate ideas for connecting your overall vision to the future of your price and revenue opportunities. Leave with a pitch deck and a concise, compelling story that outlines new strategic approaches to implement around tuition and revenue in the near term to ensure a more sustainable future in the long term. This experience includes a pre-session on September 22 and post-session on December 16.

To make pedagogically sound decisions around AI adoption, educators and administrators need to develop their own AI literacy through hands-on learning experiences with AI tools. Join us to share how our ongoing “AI Explorations” empower teams to actively test AI in real education use cases—from planning lessons and giving feedback to enhancing metacognition and classroom engagement.

Join the HSSSE and MGSSE team and NAIS to learn more about our partnership, why student engagement matters, the insights HSSSE and MGSSE offer to schools, how to put insights into practice, and how to get started working with the surveys.

In an age marked by increasing disconnection and loneliness, cultivating belonging is not just compassionate—it’s essential. Participants will learn about the science behind belonging by exploring the neurological, psychological, and social dimensions of connection, safety, and purpose, and how these impact individual and community well-being; recognize and respond to the loneliness epidemic through research-informed strategies that foster authentic connection and reduce isolation in school, workplace, and community settings; and design inclusive environments where every individual feels seen, safe, and dignified by applying practical tools that support belonging-centered leadership and systemic cultural change.  

This highly interactive series (October 14, November 11, and December 9) is for classroom teachers, department chairs, and instructional leaders ready to engage the ethical dimensions of AI—not just in theory, but in real classrooms, with real students, and real impact. As teachers experiment with their own use of AI and work to offer realistic guidelines for their students, there can be confusion on everyone's part. This course will address these challenges and more as it helps you create a concrete, consistent, and clear approach to AI that can guide you through the ever-changing technology landscape.

To better understand the relationship between Indigeneity and independent schools, we must first reflect on where we’ve been. Throughout history, the educational system has restricted the exploration of Indigenous cultural values, guiding principles, languages, and ways of knowing, leading to what can feel like the erasure of Indigenous peoples. This workshop however, will challenge educators to recognize the ways in which Indigenous peoples are still here and have much to offer to our communities.