Events Calendar

Gather with other diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practitioners every month in this empowering community where you can engage in dynamic discussions relevant to your role. This one-hour monthly gathering facilitated by NAIS Equity and Justice Program Manager Tony Hernandez fosters an affirming environment for DEI practitioners to nurture and cultivate support, engage in candid discussions, and share resources. 

Join us at this webinar from the 2025-2026 NAIS Legal Webinar Series to highlight common important contractual provisions, identify how to spot potential red flags, and gain tips to make informed, prudent decisions that protect your school’s interests.

In this session from the NAIS Mid-Level Leadership Webinar Series, learn how to hone your leadership skills in giving and receiving feedback with clarity and care.

In this session from the 2025-2026 NAIS Executive Assistant and Support Staff Webinar Series, join us to discuss ways to communicate more effectively, get tips to prioritize tasks, and find out how to set boundaries for yourself—all so you can assist your team successfully.

The CASE-NAIS Independent Schools Conference is the flagship conference for independent schools and advancement professionals. 

This event brings together high school students from across the country to build knowledge, develop strategies, and hone leadership skills to make a positive impact. Through engagement with experts and collaborative inquiry into pressing national issues, students consider their individual and collective responsibilities and agency, identify best practices in community engagement, and develop vision statements and strategies to make a difference in their own communities. Students will present those plans to teachers, administrators, and other participants in the concurrent 2026 NNSP Annual Conference. 

This virtual, team-based workshop series is designed to support schools in reaffirming their purpose, clarifying their future vision, and setting action priorities. This workshop series offers schools an opportunity to explore new frameworks and approaches that break away from traditional strategic planning processes. It is especially well-suited for schools early in their strategic thinking or those that believe they could manage the planning process internally—without hiring an outside consultant—if they had a clear structure and a guiding process for their team. This workshop includes a pre-session on January 8 and a post-session on March 19.

Gather with other diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practitioners every month in this empowering community where you can engage in dynamic discussions relevant to your role. This one-hour monthly gathering facilitated by NAIS Equity and Justice Program Manager Tony Hernandez fosters an affirming environment for DEI practitioners to nurture and cultivate support, engage in candid discussions, and share resources. 

This multi-session, virtual, team-based workshop series is designed for school teams who have previously completed AIM: The NAIS Assessment of School Culture. Through the NAIS Strategy Lab’s tried-and-true strategy-making model, this workshop helps teams continue to diagnose what your AIM insights reveal about your school and focus on areas of concern. Teams apply innovation frameworks and engage in thought exercises to generate exciting possibilities and plan for an effective implementation and rollout of new ideas. Leave with a pitch deck and a concise, compelling story that outlines how your AIM findings have led to innovative approaches to reach your larger community goals. This experience includes a pre-session on January 22 and a post-session on April 16.

The need for community and connection in schools is more crucial now than ever before. Traditional systems of punishment and expulsion have been found to be inequitable and ineffective. This two-day, in-person training session introduces educators to key skills and considerations necessary for building and sustaining restorative practices at school and district levels, provides opportunities for engagement and practice, and offers a framework for effective implementation in diverse and individualized contexts. This is not a sit-and-get class, but rather an opportunity for participants to engage with each other through an active series of discussions and activities.