Events Calendar

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.

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.

Attracting and retaining top faculty and staff is one of the most pressing challenges facing independent schools today. The Timely Challenge Conference brings together school leaders to explore innovative strategies for recruitment, retention, and workplace culture.

To meet the needs of K-12 students, Social and Emotional Learning can and must come alive within all subject areas. This experiential online course will provide techniques for integrating SEL into all teaching and learning.  Both practical and conceptual, this course offers participants the opportunity to collaborate with fellow attendees from a community of international educators from public, private, and IB Schools.

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.

How can schools, classrooms, and other educational spaces be best designed to support deep and lifelong learning? How can architects, educators, and designers create places for learning that incorporate the latest research and innovative practices from around the globe? This institute convenes teams in an interactive and intensive 3.5-day studio format in which participants learn from leading experts and apply lessons to their active projects—from modest redesigns of small settings to large school building renovations to ambitious new construction and campus planning projects.