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.

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.

Join this virtual, team-based workshop to go from having big questions surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) in education, to getting ready-to-use frameworks for advancing the use and guidance of emergent technology at your school. Leverage these two highly interactive sessions to solidify your ethical stance on AI at your school—and also shape the critical future path students will need to thrive in an uncertain and constantly changing world. 

Through keynotes from Brittany Hodak, Natalie Nixon, and David Yeager, plus relevant breakout sessions, you’ll discover new strategies for success and learn about emerging trends, all while expanding your network and connecting with other independent school leaders.

Discover an enriching professional development opportunity with our Social Entrepreneurship Collabsite™, hosted by Pine Crest School and the University of Delaware. This workshop focuses on the understanding of social entrepreneurship instructional techniques and principles. Join us for an immersive experience where participants will observe and engage with live classroom settings to see entrepreneurship instructional strategies in action. This Collabsite will provide participants with insights into delivering an engaging social entrepreneurship curriculum designed to equip students with the skills to thrive amidst rapid change by fostering agile thinking and enhancing creative problem-solving abilities. This is a comprehensive two day workshop. Join us to elevate your teaching practices and inspire your aspiring social entrepreneurs.

Join a dynamic community of independent school operational leaders for an event designed to inspire, inform, and ignite innovation. Elevate your leadership, expand your network, and gain actionable insights from the nation’s top thought leaders. Whether you’re looking to explore cutting-edge solutions, engage in collaborative learning, or re-energize your team, this event will help you meet your goals.

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.