Events Calendar

‍This multi-session, virtual, team-based workshop series designed for school teams to explore new and innovative financial aid practices and other tuition-discounting strategies. Using curated frameworks, data, and tools, the NAIS Strategy Lab team will facilitate your school’s work to generate new ideas for connecting your vision to your goals for access and affordability. Leave with a pitch deck and a concise, compelling story that outlines new strategic approaches for discounting tuition and leveraging financial aid. This experience includes a pre-session on October 20 and a post-session on January 13.

In this session from the 2025-2026 NAIS Regional Affordability Webinar Series, engage in a conversation exploring the price and discounting trajectories independent schools in the Mid-Atlantic region are on and how the characteristics of families in the aid pool are changing.

This legal webinar from the 2025-2026 NAIS Legal Webinar Series is designed specifically for school administrators and HR professionals seeking clarity and confidence in navigating these complex issues. 

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. 

While some leaders use artificial intelligence (AI) as a search engine for basic tasks like drafting emails or editing letters, its true power lies in how it can augment the demanding work that defines school leadership. In this session, learn how independent school heads can leverage AI to make leadership teams more efficient, effective, and productive for a variety of tasks.

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.

In this session from the 2025-2026 NAIS Regional Affordability Webinar Series, engage in a conversation exploring the price and discounting trajectories independent schools in the Southwest region are on and how the characteristics of families in the aid pool are changing.

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.

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.