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2 | CONFERENCE AT A GLANCE 12 | NAIS EXPO
4 | IMPORTANT REMINDERS 15 | WORKSHOPS
5 | CONFERENCE SPEAKERS 68 | EXHIBITORS
8 | NEW AND NOTEWORTHY 76 | ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Everyone is welcome to attend. NAIS has an institutional commitment to the principles of diversity. In that spirit, NAIS does not discriminate in violation of the law on the basis of race, religion, creed, color, sexual orientation, age, physical challenge, nation of origin, gender, or any other characteristic. It is our great honor to welcome you to vibrant Baltimore for the 2017 NAIS Annual Conference. We are so glad you made the journey to be here with us to explore the theme, Make Your Mission Matter: From Vision to Values. Your school’s mission can shape your community, inform your curriculum, and play a role in everything from conduct on the field to your philosophy of education. But in these rapidly changing times, how do you stay true to who you are? How does your mission guide you? Over the coming days, discover how you can honor your values, be attentive to the complexities of the present, and look forward to a courageous vision for the future of your school and your students. In fulfilling your mission, you must always strive to grow, to know more, and to be your best for your students, their families, and your colleagues. This effort extends beyond life on campus to your personal mission. It is our hope that the Annual Conference speakers, workshops, and events provide you with the direction you need to stay on your path. We’d like to thank the many thoughtful educators and leaders who contributed their time and talents to making this conference a success. A special note of gratitude goes to the 2017 Think Tank, a group of esteemed local independent school leaders, for their help with planning. We’re grateful as well to the Association of Independent Maryland & DC Schools (AIMS) for assistance. And on behalf of the NAIS board and staff, we thank everyone — all attendees, workshop presenters, and speakers — for spending time with us as we continue to tell the story of independent schools’ important work.
DONNA OREM PRESIDENT JAY RAPP VICE PRESIDENT, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
1 CONFERENCE AT A GLANCE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM Sexuality Education and Issues: Full-Day Symposium (No On-Site Registration)
11:00 AM – 6:00 PM Registration Open
1:00 – 4:00 PM Klingenstein Seminar Series: A Case for Change
1:00 – 4:00 PM Optional Three-Hour Workshops
1:30 – 4:30 PM Families First Event (No On-Site Registration)
5:00 – 6:00 PM First-Time Attendee Reception
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These Video and Audio symbols indicate that sessions will be recorded and available through the NAIS Virtual Pass. See page 11 for more details.
THE SCHEDULE AND ALL CONFERENCE INFORMATION ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. VISIT ANNUALCONFERENCE. NAIS.ORG AND THE APP FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. THURSDAY, MARCH 2 FRIDAY, MARCH 3
6 : 0 0 – 7 : 0 0 AM 6 : 0 0 – 7 : 0 0 AM Wellness Activities Wellness Activities
6:30 AM – 6:00 PM 6:30 AM – 3:00 PM Registration Open Registration Open
7 : 0 0 – 8 : 0 0 AM Complimentary Breakfast in the NAIS Expo 7:30 – 9:00 AM President’s Breakfast and Annual Meeting 7:00 AM – 3:15 PM NAIS Expo Open
8:00 – 9:00 AM 8:00 – 9:00 AM One-Hour Workshop Block 1 One-Hour Workshop Block 4 Families First Roundtable
9:00 – 9:15 AM 9:00 – 9:15 AM Break Break
9:15 – 10:45 AM 9:15 – 10:45 AM Opening General Session with Onaje X.O. Woodbine General Session with Sir Ken Robinson
10:45 – 11:15 AM 10:45 – 11:15 AM Break Break and Book Signing with Sir Ken Robinson
11:00 AM – 6:00 PM NAIS Expo Open
11:15 AM – 12:15 PM 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM One-Hour Workshop Block 2 One-Hour Workshop Block 5 Featured Workshop with Charles Fadel Featured Workshop with Schuyler Bailar Speed Innovating
12:15 – 1:15 PM 12:15 – 1:15 PM Complimentary Lunch in the NAIS Expo Complimentary Lunch in the NAIS Expo
1:15 – 2:15 PM 1:15 – 2:15 PM One-Hour Workshop Block 3 One-Hour Workshop Block 6 Featured Workshop with the Student Affairs Panel Featured Workshop with the Holistic Life Foundation NAIS AC Powered by PechaKucha NAIS AC Powered by PechaKucha
2 : 1 5 – 3 : 1 5 PM 2 : 1 5 – 3 : 1 5 PM Networking Break and Meetups in the NAIS Expo Networking Break and Meetups in the NAIS Expo
3:15 – 4:30 PM 3:15 – 4:30 PM General Session with Susan Cain Closing General Session with Brené Brown
4:30 – 6:00 PM Welcome Reception in the NAIS Expo
3 IMPORTANT REMINDERS
DOWNLOAD THE 2017 NAIS ANNUAL MEDICAL EMERGENCY CONFERENCE APP In the event of an emergency, dial 7055 The app offers interactive, easy-to-use features from any house phone. Calmly state the to enhance your experience. The app lets you: emergency and location. ➽ Stay organized with up-to-the-minute event, speaker, and exhibitor information; FIRE EMERGENCY If a fire is observed, please dial 7055 from any ➽ Receive real-time communication from NAIS; house phone, or activate the fire alarm system via ➽ Follow and join conference chatter the nearest pull station. There will be Convention on social media; Center staff as well as NAIS staff to assist. ➽ Locate exhibitors you want to visit; ➽ Connect with your colleagues at the NEW! NURSING MOTHERS’ ROOM conference; This quiet, peaceful space will meet the needs of nursing mothers during the ➽ Rate workshop sessions; conference. The room will include refrigerators, ➽ And more! electrical outlets, private spaces, and other Download it from your app store today! accommodations. Please pick up a key to access the room at the information booth. CONNECT TO WI-FI HOURS: NETWORK: NAIS2017 Wednesday, 11:00 AM–6:00 PM PASSWORD: nais2017 Thursday, 7:00 AM–6:00 PM Friday, 7:00 AM–3:15 PM LOCATION: 300 West Office (behind NAIS registration) QUESTIONS? SPEAKER READY ROOM VISIT THE INFORMATION BOOTH If you are presenting a workshop, please LOCATED NEAR REGISTRATION IN THE stop by the speaker ready room ensure your presentation and any audio/video clips are THIRD-FLOOR PRATT STREET LOBBY. working properly or to test any connection cables you may be using. HOURS: Wednesday, 11:00 AM–4:30 PM MEDIA RELEASE By attending the NAIS Annual Thursday, 7:00 AM–4:30 PM Conference, attendees grant permission to NAIS and Friday, 7:00 AM–3:00 PM its agents to utilize the attendees’ image or likeness in an effort to promote NAIS. Attendees waive any ROOM: 333 right to inspect or approve the finished product or products and the advertising copy or other matter that may be used in connection therewith or the use NEW! DAILY SCHEDULES to which it may be applied. Use these handy fold-out schedules to find workshops and events quickly while you’re at the convention center. 4 GENERAL SESSION SPEAKERS ALL GENERAL SESSIONS WILL BE HELD IN HALL F/G.
THURSDAY 9:15 – 10:45 AM THURSDAY 3:15 – 4:30 PM
ONAJE X.O. WOODBINE is an author and teacher SUSAN CAIN is cofounder of Quiet Revolution of philosophy and religious studies at Phillips and the author of Quiet: The Power of Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. His Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, book, Black Gods of the Asphalt: Religion, which was on the New York Times best-seller Hip-Hop, and Street Basketball, has garnered list for more than four years. Cain is also the cofounder of the Quiet Schools Network praise as “a profound narrative of survival and the Quiet Leadership Institute. See her [and] self-determination… in this season in conversation with Heidi Kasevich, director where black male bodies are under attack.” of Quiet Education.
FRIDAY 9:15 – 10:45 AM FRIDAY 3:15 – 4:30 PM
SIR KEN ROBINSON is an internationally BRENÉ BROWN has spent the past 13 years recognized authority on creativity and studying vulnerability, courage, worthiness, innovation in education and business and and shame. She is a research professor is one of the world’s leading speakers. His at the University of Houston Graduate latest book, Creative Schools: The Grassroots College of Social Work. Her books include Revolution That’s Transforming Education, three number one New York Times best tackles the critical issue of how to transform sellers: Rising Strong, Daring Greatly, and the nation’s troubled educational system. The Gifts of Imperfection.
5 FEATURED WORKSHOP SPEAKERS ALL FEATURED WORKSHOPS WILL BE HELD IN ROOM 316/317.
THURSDAY 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM THURSDAY 1:15 – 2:15 PM
CHARLES FADEL is the author of Four- Join a conversation about creating a culture Dimensional Education, which explores the that lessens the challenges students may competencies students need to thrive in carry from K–12 to college. To encourage today’s world. Fadel is a thought leader on you to think in terms of a continuum of global education and a futurist, author, and student wellness, A PANEL OF HIGHER EDUCATION inventor. His work spans the continuum STUDENT AFFAIRS EXPERTS will take questions. of schools, higher education, workforce Panelists: Zoila Airall, Duke University; Shelia Higgs development, and lifelong learning. Burkhalter, University of Baltimore; Kevin Kruger, NASPA; Cindi Love, ACPA. Moderated by Debra Wilson, NAIS
FRIDAY 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM FRIDAY 1:15 – 2:15 PM
SCHUYLER BAILAR graduated from Georgetown Discover the work of the HOLISTIC LIFE FOUNDATION, Day School (DC) in 2014 as a top student a Baltimore-based nonprofit that nurtures and an award-winning swimmer. He children and adults in underserved commu- was recruited by most of the Ivy League nities. By helping children develop their inner and eventually committed to swim for lives through yoga, mindfulness, and self-care, Harvard, where he became the first the foundation demonstrates commitment to transgender man to compete in any sport learning, community, and the environment. on a Division 1 men’s team. Presenters: Andres Gonzalez, Ali Smith, and Atman Smith
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NEW! SEXUALITY EDUCATION AND ISSUES: FULL-DAY SYMPOSIUM Wednesday, March 1 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM Ticket Required On-site registration is not available. Student-on-student sexual assaults, sexuality, student relationships, sexting, and other student health and safety issues have dominated the education landscape in recent months. Join us for this special preconference symposium as we delve into recent case studies and research. We’ll discuss what you can do to manage and mitigate these trends and develop healthy adults. For a full agenda, please visit annualconference.nais.org. ROOM: Hilton, Billie Holiday 4
KLINGENSTEIN SEMINAR SERIES: A CASE FOR CHANGE Wednesday, March 1 1:00 – 4:00 PM Ticket Required: $25 How can you prepare your school for difficult changes, spot potential pitfalls, and build buy-in? Explore these questions with Todd Jick, an award-winning author, expert in leadership and organizational change, and professor at Columbia Business School. He will guide you through a case study on implementing successful change in schools. ROOM: 316/317
OPTIONAL THREE-HOUR WORKSHOPS Wednesday, March 1 1:00 – 4:00 PM Ticket Required: $95 Optional three-hour workshops offer a deep dive into timely topics affecting independent schools. ROOMS: For locations, see the full listing starting on page 16. FIRST-TIME ATTENDEE RECEPTION SPEED INNOVATING Wednesday, March 1 Thursday, March 2 5:00 – 6:00 PM 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM Ticket Required: Free Following a “speed dating” format, this popular Join fellow first-time Annual Conference event lets you spend an hour hearing from some attendees at a casual reception. Get to know of the most innovative independent schools each other and forge new connections as you across the country. These intimate, 15-minute begin your conference experience. mini-sessions focus on the schools’ innovation ROOM: Hilton, Billie Holiday Foyer journeys, why they embarked on their journeys, and some of the lessons learned so far. You’ll also NEW! WELLNESS ACTIVITIES have an opportunity to connect with members Thursday, March 2, 6:00 – 7:00 AM of the NAIS Innovation Task Force, a group of Friday, March 3, 6:00 – 7:00 AM forward-thinking leaders in our community. Mental and physical wellness are important Participation is first-come, first-served, so aspects of everyday life. The 2017 NAIS please be sure to show up early to snag a seat. Annual Conference will give you the Find table topics and presenters on page 26. opportunity to participate in early morning Note: No ticket required this year. yoga and Zumba classes. ROOM: Pratt Street Lobby LOCATIONS: YOGA: Hilton, Douglass NEW! NAIS AC POWERED ZUMBA: Hilton, Paca BY PECHAKUCHA Thursday, March 2, 1:15 – 2:15 PM PRESIDENT’S BREAKFAST Friday, March 3, 1:15 – 2:15 PM AND ANNUAL MEETING NAIS has adapted the exciting, rapid-fire Thursday, March 2 format of popular PechaKucha (pe-CHAW 7:30 – 9:00 AM kuh-CHAW) presentations for the Annual Ticket Required: $25 Conference stage. All presenters adhere to the Join heads of school for breakfast and a 20x20 rule: 20 slides that advance automatically presentation by Donna Orem, the newly at 20 seconds per slide. Whether funny, sad, appointed NAIS president, and the NAIS Board informative, or inspirational, all presentations of Trustees. The Annual Meeting for members will be concise and visual. See the full list of immediately follows the breakfast. presentations on pages 34 and 60. ROOM: 308–310 ROOM: 308–310
NAIS WELCOME RECEPTION Thursday, March 2 4:30 – 6:00 PM Ticket Required: Free Connect with your colleagues and exhibitors for a welcome reception in the NAIS Expo. Enjoy drinks, food, entertainment, and giveaways during this opening event. ROOM: NAIS Expo
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Families First is a program for partners FAMILIES FIRST WORKSHOP 1 and spouses of heads of school. Our Thursday, March 2 thanks to Shauna Betof, Boston University 1:15 – 2:15 PM Academy (MA), and John Suitor, Boulder Mindful Leadership: Exploring a Country Day School (CO), for their work Framework for Independent School in programming Families First. Leaders and Their Spouses Mindfulness is being taught and practiced in a FAMILIES FIRST: growing number of schools and organizations. FOR THE LOVE OF FOOD In this workshop, you will first explore an Wednesday, March 1 overview of the research on mindfulness and 1:30 – 4:30 PM learn how these practices are being introduced Ticket Required for the benefit of students, faculty, staff, and On-site registration is not available. leaders. Then you will gain experience with core Join fellow heads of school and their spouses skills for a mindful approach to leadership. for an afternoon as you cook a meal for PRESENTER: Irene McHenry, Friends Council yourselves and for less-fortunate citizens in on Education the Baltimore community. Led by chef/owner ROOM: 311 Thomas Casey from For the Love of Food, this event is sure to leave you with a deeper FAMILIES FIRST WORKSHOP 2 partnership, new skills, full stomachs, and the Friday, March 3 chance to give back to those in need. 8:00 – 9:00 AM ROOM: Hilton, Ruth Building Inner Strength: Contemplative Practices for Calm, Clarity, and Renewed FAMILIES FIRST ROUNDTABLE Spirit in the Life of a School’s First Thursday, March 2 Family 8:00 – 9:00 AM The contemplative mind can be activated Purpose and Its Power to through a wide range of practices that quiet the Sustain First Families daily chatter. From poetry to meditation, these First families risk falling prey to the grind practices open the mind to a greater capacity of leadership and losing the sense of purpose for awareness, concentration, clarity, creativity, that called you to your work to begin with. and insight. This session will introduce you as Come to this session to connect or reconnect a head or spouse to practices that can provide with colleagues as you use Richard Leider’s space in the midst of a busy day, a fresh lens on “Power of Purpose” TED Talk to frame daily challenges, and a renewed sense of self discussion and explore how his Purpose and relationships. Formula (Giving + Passion + Values) can PRESENTER: Irene McHenry, Friends Council enhance and enrich your future. on Education ROOM: 311 ROOM: 311
10 INTRODUCING THE NAIS VIRTUAL PASS
The NAIS Virtual Pass is a new way for you to experience the NAIS Annual Conference. Now you can bring the valuable resources and learning from the conference straight to your school.
LEARN MORE AT NAIS.PLAYBACKNOW.COM OR VISIT PLAYBACK NOW ON-SITE IN THE PRATT STREET LOBBY NEAR REGISTRATION.
THE NAIS VIRTUAL PASS FEATURES TWO OPTIONS
1. #NAISAC Live gives you the opportunity PRICING to stream some of the General Session 1. #NAISAC LIVE speakers for free from anywhere. Member Price: Free* Catch Onaje X.O. Woodbine, Sir Ken Robinson, 2. #NAISAC On Demand gets you and Susan Cain via live stream. recordings of Featured Workshop sessions, *This option is available to members, subscribers, PechaKucha sessions, and more than 50 and supporters only. compelling workshops. If you didn’t add the discounted On Demand package into your 2. #NAISAC ON DEMAND original registration, it’s not too late — simply Price with Annual Conference registration: visit the Playback Now booth in the NAIS Expo $149 (with USB: $199) and purchase it on-site. Price without Annual Conference registration: $199 (with USB: $249) We are pleased to partner with Playback Now ➽ More than 50 audio workshops to bring the NAIS Virtual Pass to you. (synced with PowerPoints) ➽ Two video-recorded NAIS workshops This symbol means that the session will be recorded with video and audio. ➽ PechaKucha sessions ➽ Ability to access streaming for one year This symbol means that the session will be OR purchase USB recorded with audio only. BONUS Featured Workshop sessions at no additional cost!
11 NAIS EXPO
11:00 AM – 6:00 PM FORMERLY NAIS EXHIBIT HALL THURSDAY, MARCH 2
7:00 AM – 3:15 PM FRIDAY, MARCH 3
The NAIS Expo hosts exhibitors who invite you to explore all the latest products and resources designed to meet your school’s needs. Find everything from classroom furniture and school uniforms to technology designed to help you solve problems and innovate.
The Expo also houses exciting programming and NAIS resources, including:
➽ Complimentary lunches on Thursday and Friday ➽ Complimentary breakfast on Friday ➽ Networking break ➽ The NAIS Makerspace ➽ The NAIS Innovation Kitchen ➽ The NAIS Member Resource Center ➽ Charging stations ➽ Welcome reception ➽ Lots of prizes and giveaways ➽ Meetup Spaces to connect with colleagues
COMPLIMENTARY LUNCH Thursday, March 2, 12:15 – 1:15 PM Friday, March 3, 12:15 – 1:15 PM
COMPLIMENTARY BREAKFAST Friday, March 3, 7:00 – 8:00 AM NAIS MEMBER RESOURCE CENTER NAIS BOOKSTORE Visit the Member Resource Center to learn about Data and Analysis for School Leadership (DASL), Inspiration Lab, NAIS Connect online communities, the NAIS Career Center, and more. Get all your questions answered and NEW THIS YEAR participate in hands-on demonstrations.
NAIS MAKERSPACE THE NAIS BOOKSTORE IS NO Explore 3D printing, laser cutting and engraving, electronic prototyping, and new LONGER LOCATED IN THE NAIS types of programming in the NAIS Makerspace. EXPO. YOU CAN NOW FIND IT This dedicated space is intended to help school administrators and teachers better IN THE PRATT STREET FOYER, understand the maker movement and its potential in independent schools. Drop by and NEAR REGISTRATION. make a custom electronic name tag, create a flying object, try your hand at soldering VISIT THE NAIS BOOKSTORE simple circuits, drive a robot, take on various building challenges, and more. Return to the TO PURCHASE BOOKS BY THE Makerspace throughout the conference to experience all the space has to offer. GENERAL SESSION SPEAKERS. Sponsored by TIAA BOOKSTORE HOURS: NEW! THE NAIS INNOVATION KITCHEN Thursday, 8:00 AM–6:00 PM NAIS is launching the Innovation Kitchen, a Friday, 7:30 AM–3:30 PM place to foster and incubate ideas to solve the most pressing challenges facing independent schools and to bring schools together to better serve all children. Come to our space in the NAIS Expo for: ➽ The NAIS recipe for innovation, ➽ Stories of innovation journeys from other schools, ➽ An opportunity for you and your team to tell your own innovation story, and ➽ Inspiring conversations with future-wise schools and thought leaders.
13 NEW! NETWORKING BREAKS AND MEETUPS IN THE EXPO
Join us for an afternoon snack break and engaging conversations. Take this time to explore important topics informally with fellow attendees in one of our four Meetup Spaces. Connect with exhibitors who will share their expertise and resources to address your school’s needs. And visit the NAIS Innovation Kitchen and NAIS Makerspace for hands-on demonstrations and vibrant discussions. Choose one or more meetup topics that interest you:
THURSDAY FRIDAY March 2, 2:15 – 3:15 PM March 3, 2:15 – 3:15 PM Snacks sponsored by EduBoston. Snacks sponsored by Blackbaud.
Small Schools Hiring/Managing a Team Small school staff and faculty know how to Managing talent takes talent. How do you wear many hats. Sound like you? Share your hire the best people for the job? And once experiences and swap stories with other they’re hired, how do you keep them engaged? resourceful educators. Chat about hiring tips and management best practices in this space. International Students and Global Education Equity/Inclusion Schools benefit from the perspectives We all strive to make our schools into places international students bring to campus. But where all individuals are valued and can be do your curricula and community support themselves. Talk about what has worked — and global awareness? Join a conversation that’s what hasn’t — to generate productive dialogue all about the students. in your community.
New Administrators Student Well-Being Whether you’ve worked as a teacher for years Educators play a vital role in helping students or just accepted your first job in education, become well-rounded, emotionally balanced, there’s a learning curve for new administrators. and life-ready. Talk about the latest trends, Swap thoughts and advice with your peers best practices, and policies to make your at other schools. school a safe and enriching place that helps students grow into healthy, happy adults. Ed Tech “Ed tech” is much more than just a buzzword Teaching and Learning phrase. Come discuss the products that have Our field is always evolving with new research changed your workday and get word-of-mouth and studies about teaching and learning. recommendations from colleagues. Share what informs your school’s instruction and curricula — and don’t be afraid to discuss the details. 14 WORKSHOPS
CHOOSE THE WORKSHOPS THAT ARE RIGHT FOR YOU Your time at the conference is valuable, so we recommend planning which workshops you want to attend in advance. Here’s how to choose workshops that are right for you.
DO A DEEPER DIVE Get a comprehensive view of timely topics with our optional three-hour Wednesday workshops. Workshops are listed in this program and on the website.
FOLLOW THE TRACKS Choose from workshops across six tracks: The Classroom Experience, Communications and Advancement, Governance, Leadership, Management, and The Student Experience. Tracks are listed under presenter names.
BOOKMARK THE WORKSHOPS- AT-A-GLANCE PAGE Use this convenient online resource to sort, search, and filter all our one-hour workshops in one place. Find the page at annualconference.nais.org/workshops.
USE THE APP Try our conference app. Once you’ve decided where you want to spend your time, simply *star* each workshop in the app to add it to your schedule for easy reference.
WORKSHOPS ARE LISTED ALPHABETICALLY WITHIN EACH BLOCK. YOU CAN SEARCH BY TRACK ONLINE AT ANNUALCONFERENCE.NAIS.ORG. YOU MAY ALSO USE THE ONLINE WORKSHOPS-AT-A-GLANCE FEATURE TO SEARCH PRESENTER NAMES OR OTHER DETAILS.
15 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM Sexuality Education and Issues: Full-Day Symposium More details on page 8. 1:00 – 4:00 PM Klingenstein Seminar Series: A Case for Change More details on page 8.
THREE-HOUR WORKSHOPS 1:00 – 4:00 PM
W1. ABCs of Risk Management for Global and Off-Campus Programs PRESENTERS: Daniel Lopez, Colorado Academy (CO); Ross Wehner, World Leadership School (CO); Charlotte Blessing, Lakeside School (WA) ROOM: 301/302
W2. Advancement Essentials for Small Schools and Small Shops PRESENTERS: Starr Snead, Advancement Connections; Shelley Reese, The Learning Center for the Deaf (MA) ROOM: 303
W3. Building a Collaborative Decision- Making Culture with Faculty, Staff, and the Board
WEDNESDAY PRESENTER: Edward Kuh, Fayerweather Street School (MA) ROOM: 318
MARCH 1 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1
W4. Creating a Code of Ethical W8. From Prototype to Pitch: Conduct: Difficult Conversations Designing an Entrepreneurship Following Boundary Violations Program for Your School PRESENTERS: E. Quincy McLaughlin, The PRESENTERS: Kate Godwin, Marymount School Hotchkiss School (CT); Kevin Hicks, Stevenson of New York (NY); Reshan Richards, Montclair School — Carmel Campus (CA); David Kimberley Academy (NJ); Jeff Tillinghast, Wolowitz, McLane, Graf, Raulerson & Middleton University Preparatory Academy (WA); Don Professional Association Buckley, Tools at Schools ROOM: 319/320 ROOM: 326
W5. Creating a Well-Being-Centered W9. From Teacher to Learner and Back: School A Blended Learning Design Studio PRESENTER: Dave Mochel, Applied Attention PRESENTERS: Eric Hudson, Kristin Daniel, and Consulting, LLC Emily Hamlin, Global Online Academy (WA) ROOM: 321 ROOM: 328
W6. Creating Mission-Driven Faculty W10. Gender Equality Education: Evaluation and Compensation Preparing 21st Century Students PRESENTERS: Margaret Haviland, John Baird, for Work and Love and Carolyn Hapeman, Westtown School (PA) PRESENTERS: Jennifer Bryan, Team Finch ROOM: 322/323 Consultants; Catherine Steiner-Adair, Clinical Psychologist W7. Design the Edge Effect: ROOM: 329 Transforming Learning Through Space and Place Renovations W11. Infectious Leadership: PRESENTERS: Howard Levin and Geoff De Developing Leadership Capacity to Santis, Convent & Stuart Hall Schools of the Move Your Mission and Vision Forward Sacred Heart San Francisco (CA); Christian PRESENTERS: Christopher Cox, Colleen Talbot, Malvern Preparatory School (PA); Chelle Ramsden, Aaron Sundstrom, and Jennifer Wabrek, The Episcopal School of Dallas (TX) Baccus, Ravenscroft School (NC); Marin ROOM: 324/325 Burton, Center for Creative Leadership ROOM: 330
THREE-HOUR WORKSHOPS REQUIRE REGISTRATION AND COST $95 TO ATTEND. FIND FULL DESCRIPTIONS ONLINE OR IN THE CONFERENCE APP.
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W18. So You Think You Can Empathize? THREE-HOUR WORKSHOPS PRESENTERS: Carla Silver and Erin Cohn, 1:00 – 4:00 PM CONTINUED Leadership+Design; Garrett Mason, St. Martin’s Episcopal School (LA); Ryan Burke, Allendale W14. The Power of Personalized Columbia School (NY) Learning for Independent Schools ROOM: 342 PRESENTERS: Bradford Rathgeber, Corinne Dedini, and Joanne Mamenta, W19. Tackling the Big Hairy Audacious One Schoolhouse (MD) Changes of Future “Schools” ROOM: 338 PRESENTERS: Grant Lichtman, Future of K–12 Education; John Gulla, The Edward E. W15. The Question Is the Answer: Ford Foundation Inspire Authentic Teacher Growth ROOM: 343 Through Feedback Conversations PRESENTERS: Lana Shea, St. Stephen’s & W20. A Tale of Two Cities: Authentic St. Agnes School (VA); Meredith Monk Ford, Engagement in Public Education Folio Collaborative PRESENTERS: Carla Spawn-van Berkum and ROOM: 339 Elisha James, Roland Park Country School (MD); Laurel Freedman and Damia Thomas, W16. Shift Happens: Creating Lillie May Carroll Jackson Charter School (MD) a School Culture of Iteration and ROOM: 344 Professional Learning PRESENTERS: Rachel Herlein, Mary Dobroth, W21. Values to Vision: Leveraging Christy Diefenderfer, and Sarah Roney, the Past and Present as Leaders Holton-Arms School (MD) Embolden the Future ROOM: 340 PRESENTERS: Debbie Freed, Debbie Freed & Associates; Katherine Dinh, Prospect Sierra W17. A Solid Foundation: The Head School (CA); Lucinda Lee Katz, Marin Country of School Employment Agreement Day School (CA); Mark McKee, Viewpoint PRESENTERS: Terrence Briggs, Bowditch & School (CA) Dewey, LLP; Kirk Duncan, Carolina Day ROOM: 345/346 School (NC); Arch McIntosh, Charlotte Latin School (NC); Rebekah Jordan, Indian Mountain School (CT) ROOM: 341
18 WORKSHOPS ARE LISTED ALPHABETICALLY WITHIN EACH BLOCK. YOU CAN SEARCH BY TRACK ONLINE AT ANNUALCONFERENCE.NAIS.ORG. YOU MAY ALSO USE THE ONLINE WORKSHOPS-AT-A-GLANCE FEATURE TO SEARCH PRESENTER NAMES OR OTHER DETAILS.
WORKSHOP BLOCK 1 8:00 – 9:00 AM
Back from the Brink: Use Your Mission to Transform Enrollment, Governance, and Fundraising Discover how Lake Forest Country Day School dramatically increased enrollment, achieved record fundraising, and enhanced morale by re-energizing the school’s mission. Learn practical tools and techniques to reinvigorate your mission from the perspectives of the head of school, admissions director, board chair, and division head. PRESENTERS: Robert Whelan, Pete Moore, Judith Arnstein, and Wendy Weil, Lake Forest Country Day School (IL) LEADERSHIP ROOM: 338
Chess with the Press… or Seven Tips for Crisis Communications All schools are liable to confront crises and attract unwanted attention. International THURSDAY schools must cope with an added layer of complexity. They have to stay attuned to global events that might stoke fears locally. The French American International School in San Francisco has grappled with study trips to Latin American during a Zika outbreak, requests for perspectives on the Parisian terrorist attacks, and an erroneous report of graffiti that resembled an ISIS flag. Find out how the school has managed the ensuing chaos, internally and externally. PRESENTERS: Robert Movradinov and Melinda Bihn, French American International School (CA) COMMUNICATIONS AND ADVANCEMENT MARCH 2 ROOM: 339
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Critical Collaboration: How to WORKSHOP BLOCK 1 Develop Successful Admission and 8:00 – 9:00 AM CONTINUED Marketing Partnerships This session focuses on the importance Conflicting Priorities: Marrying of breaking down silos. Get strategies for Stakeholder Vision with College achieving admission goals by combining strong Counseling Mission recruiting efforts with top-notch marketing College counselors are under scrutiny from plans. Learn how events, travel, inquiry varied stakeholders — parents, trustees, generation, and enrollment can all benefit alumni, heads of school, administrators, and from coordinated marketing campaigns with students. Often these parties have differing targeted email, social media, blogs, SEO, lead concerns, which create conflicting priorities. nurturing, and more. Join in a discussion about these issues and hear PRESENTER: Stacy Jagodowski, Cheshire suggestions on how to use mission to engage Academy (CT) with your college counseling team to help COMMUNICATIONS AND ADVANCEMENT manage admission hysteria. ROOM: 337 PRESENTERS: Jessica Sant, The Lovett School (GA); Gavin Bradley, Pace Academy (GA); Embedding an International Jenny Byers, Harpeth Hall School (TN) Student Program into the Fabric LEADERSHIP of Your School Culture ROOM: 329 International student programs are becoming increasingly popular, but all too often these Creating Good Citizens at School and programs become a school within a school. at Home… But What About Online? This session will explore effective ways to Digital citizenship — being smart, safe, and kind successfully integrate international learners into online — has emerged as a requisite curriculum your community so these students can deepen to help NAIS schools realize their missions of the learning experience for everyone. Come developing good global citizens. Be the student ready to learn, reflect, and develop plans to yourself by participating in a #digcit lesson on take back to your school. “safe chatting” that addresses online safety, PRESENTERS: Brenda Vishanoff and Kori security, and digital footprints. Watch videos Hocket, Wheaton Academy (IL) of lessons on cyberbullying, media literacy, THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE and sexting, and learn how to implement a ROOM: 341 schoolwide #digcit curriculum. PRESENTERS: Mike Scafati, The Meadowbrook School of Weston (MA); Barbara Huth, Common Sense Education THE CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE ROOM: 330
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Empowering Faculty, Learning from E-Portfolios: Unleash Students’ Students, and Redefining the Diversity Imagination, Capture Goals Coordinator Role Capturing artifacts of understanding and Seeking to build upon internal strengths, a metacognitive reflections leads students to Baltimore school engaged all constituent better understand what they know and how groups and a consultant to create a student- they came to know it. Through interactive centered, faculty-implemented, and activities, this session addresses how portfolios administratively led inclusion program. Come help students connect learning between learn about a framework for school self- courses, foster intrinsic motivation, and assessment and program implementation. develop genuine buy-in to the program. You’ll find out how to maximize the role of Find out how a portfolio serves as a mirror diversity coordinator and put responsibility reflecting growth over time. for diversity conversations on the desks of all PRESENTERS: Chris Bigenho, Claudia members of the school community. Loewenstein, and Don Myers, Greenhill PRESENTERS: Jen Cort, Jen Cort Educational School (TX) Consulting; Aisha Mason and Penny Evins, THE CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE St. Paul’s School for Girls (MD) ROOM: 301/302 THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE ROOM: 303 Evolving Expectations of School Responses to Student-on-Student Enough Is Enough: Student Discipline Sexual Assaults and Expulsion (What Holds Up in Court?) Expectations about how to prevent and respond More parents are suing schools for expulsions to sexual assault on college campuses have had related to bullying, drug use, cheating, and a trickle-down effect at independent schools. other inappropriate behaviors. Do independent Using an interactive case student format, learn schools have the right to remove students how schools are responding by developing in these circumstances? What do the courts new policies and procedures, training top assess in determining whether the school had administrators and responders, and educating legal justification to expel? What steps should students about rights, responsibilities, and your school take to ensure that its decisions ramifications of their behavior. will be upheld? PRESENTERS: Linda Johnson, McLane PRESENTERS: Candice Pinares-Baez, Fisher & Middleton Professional Association; Maureen Phillips, LLP; Helena Levine, Donna Klein Ferris, Phillips Academy (MA); Eric Seaborg, Jewish Academy (FL) United Educators Insurance Risk Retention MANAGEMENT Group; Sandy Lish, The Castle Group ROOM: 342 THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE ROOM: 336
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Good Intent vs. Intentional Execution: WORKSHOP BLOCK 1 Establishing a Bona Fide Culture of 8:00 – 9:00 AM CONTINUED Equity and Inclusion Many independent schools have well-meaning Find Your Market Share and programs and practices that celebrate Growth Potential Using the NAIS difference. However, this approach to diversity Demographic Center does little to facilitate cultural competence and Come see how you can utilize a few NAIS mitigate systemic bias. Asking “What will my tools to determine your market share, growth school look like when it has successfully created potential, and other market opportunities. a culture of equity and inclusion?” is useful More important, you’ll learn how to get ahead for moving beyond good intent. Find out of forecasts of slowing population areas near the steps you need to take to answer that you long before the next admissions season question as you explore one school’s journey approaches. Last, we will show you how to to systematically establish equity and inclusion determine your affordability range. as schoolwide cultural norms. PRESENTER: Alisa Evans, NAIS PRESENTERS: Eric Jones and Jocelyn Hillman, MANAGEMENT Community Partnership School (PA); Edith ROOM: 321 Arrington, Consultant LEADERSHIP Fundraising Can Be Fun! Generating ROOM: 314 Excitement and Philanthropy Using Mini-Campaigns Green Ribbon Schools: The Could your annual fund use a midwinter boost? Sustainability Mission Is Possible Perhaps a fun mini-campaign would energize In 2016, the U.S. Department of Education your donors. This presentation will explore Green Ribbon Schools program recognized Woodlynde School’s use of themed mini- five NAIS schools. Leaders from these campaigns to build interest in the annual fund, exemplary schools will present their innovative galvanize the community, and create a culture achievements and the benefits of becoming a of philanthropy. Come see the music videos, Green Ribbon School. You will learn about the morning assemblies, and marketing materials Green Ribbon Schools application process and that have enabled this school to reach its goal how this program develops more sustainable for five consecutive years. facilities, operations, and curricula. PRESENTERS: Chris Fulco and Lisa Ketcham, PRESENTERS: Paul Chapman, Inverness Woodlynde School (PA) Associates; Stephen Phelps, Bishop O’Dowd COMMUNICATIONS AND ADVANCEMENT High School (CA); Frank Barros, King School ROOM: 307 (CT); Brian Kane, St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes School (VA); Laurie Orsic, Wilmington Montessori School (DE) LEADERSHIP ROOM: 318
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Greening Your Mission: High-Impact Leadership Coaching: A Powerful Environmental Strategic Planning Practice to Support the New Head and Partnerships of School Environmental stress is a central challenge In the last 15 years, executive coaching has facing humanity, and schools are increasingly grown from a relatively novel to a mainstream placing environmental sustainability at the development activity in organizations center of mission and program. Using The worldwide. Join two current school heads Gunston School’s innovative environmental who benefitted from working with an executive strategic planning process as a model, this coach and two former heads who are now session will focus on how such planning can certified executive coaches in a discussion enhance a school’s curriculum and physical focusing on the coaching process and the plant, as well as lead to the development of value of coaching for heads and schools. new programs and high-impact partnerships. PRESENTERS: Ann Teaff, certified executive PRESENTERS: John Lewis and Emily Beck, coach; Paul Barton, Holy Innocents Episcopal The Gunston School (MD); Tom Ackerman, School (GA); Bill Clarkson, certified executive The Chesapeake Bay Foundation coach; Lisa Lyle, Mary Institute Country Day GOVERNANCE School (MO) ROOM: 319/320 GOVERNANCE ROOM: 324/325 Inspiring Million-Dollar Giving from Women: Real Data, Real Results, Leading to Results: Unconventional Unreal Impact Ways to Limit Operating Costs and Women are a force in the philanthropic Bolster Your Budget landscape; are you prepared to harness this School leaders concerned with escalating costs force? This session provides an overview of seek new ways to evaluate budget priorities research on women in philanthropy and offers and achieve greater financial efficiencies. This actionable data findings to cultivate million- session will explain how to go beyond typical dollar gifts from women donors. You’ll emerge approaches and limit expenses, cut costs, and with insights from the tangible results of bolster revenue. The presentation will provide campaign efforts at selected girls’ schools. strategies such as price-based costing and PRESENTERS: Elizabeth Zeigler, Graham-Pelton tuition-only budgeting. You will engage in small Consulting, Inc.; Louise Peterson, The Madeira groups and lively discussion, with time for Q & A. School (VA); Preston Athey, T. Rowe Price PRESENTERS: Olaf Jorgenson, Almaden Group, Inc. Country School (CA); James Wickenden, COMMUNICATIONS AND ADVANCEMENT Wickenden Associates, Inc.; Bernie Noe, ROOM: 322/323 Lakeside School (WA) MANAGEMENT ROOM: 326
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Risk Management and Crisis Response: WORKSHOP BLOCK 1 An Integrated Approach 8:00 – 9:00 AM CONTINUED Increasingly, schools have much more on their risk management plates. Is your school creating Mapping the Change from an integrated culture to effectively address an Operational to a Strategic/ and manage risks to both the student and the Generative Board school without limiting important opportunities Are your trustees failing to accomplish for students? In this session, you will examine important long-range work because they three case studies to consider a schoolwide spend too much time on day-to-day oversight? approach to risk management. Are board meetings dreaded events instead of PRESENTERS: Catherine Hansen-Stamp, opportunities for leadership and partnership? Attorney; Daniel O’Brien, High Mountain This session will explore concrete steps to Institute (CO) move your board from being too operational to MANAGEMENT focusing on strategic and generative questions. ROOM: 315 PRESENTERS: David Michelman and MC Ragsdale, Duke School (NC) School as Launch Pad: GOVERNANCE How Start-Up Schools Are Creating ROOM: 343 Impact and Change in Education This decade has seen the creation of new Project 2051: The Future of Canadian independent schools that differentiate Independent Schools: Design Thinking themselves with a specific focus, like adaptive the Findings and personalized instruction, innovation, and Come learn about Project 2051, designed by social-emotional learning. Yet, the question Canadian Accredited Independent Schools is the same: What type of education will best (CAIS), and experience the design-thinking prepare children for the future? Come hear how framework that enabled it. You will use design two schools being built in the iPhone era are thinking to process and engage with the answering that question and contending with Project 2051 findings to reveal opportunities the challenges they face. for academic and business innovation in PRESENTERS: Jim Eagen, Synapse School (CA); your own school. Alex Ragone, AltSchool (NY) PRESENTERS: Anne-Marie Kee, Canadian THE CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE Accredited Independent Schools; Garth ROOM: 344 Nichols, Havergal College (Canada); Justin Medved, The York School (Canada) Struggling to Launch: Rethinking LEADERSHIP the College Search to Find Success ROOM: 327 in Tomorrow’s Job Market High school students devote much time, effort, and money to the college search, but little time focused on how they will spend their undergraduate years. This session’s presenter
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is the author of There Is Life After College. for structuring mission-based discussions that The book is based on a national survey of lead to real outcomes for real problems. 20-somethings about the experiences from PRESENTERS: Barry Gilmore, Hutchison School high school and after that shaped their lives. (TN); Matthew Rush, Allen Academy (TX); Explore his findings about the decisions that Michelle Alexander, Cannon School (NC) start the moment young people secure their MANAGEMENT spot on campus — decisions that play a much ROOM: 349/350 larger role in life after graduation than where they go to college. Walking the Tightrope: PRESENTER: Jeffrey Selingo, The Washington Post Balancing Effective Communication THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE with Privacy Laws ROOM: 347/348 Internal investigations, untimely departures, and public allegations can lead to uncomfortable A Tale of Three Schools: A Successful questions from parents, students, and Coordination Program employees. This session will focus on how your For almost 30 years, three Baltimore schools school can address these legitimate issues have had a program that lets them share more with the community, correct misinformation, than 90 senior-elective offerings as well as and deter gossip. Emphasis will be placed on language programs that start in ninth grade. discussion of the most common scenarios faced Key program structures include standing by schools, and examples of what your school meetings among the schools and procedures can communicate in those situations. for introducing new courses and scheduling PRESENTERS: Linda Adler, Liebert Cassidy students. Join us if you’d like a blueprint for Whitmore; Dan Glass, Brandeis School of your own successful coordination program. San Francisco (CA) PRESENTERS: Ereni Malfa, Roland Park Country MANAGEMENT School (MD); Jennifer Galambos, Bryn Mawr ROOM: 345/346 School (MD); Rob Heubeck, Gilman School (MD) MANAGEMENT You Can’t Get Strategic Unless ROOM: 328 You Get Strategic How do schools become diverse and inclusive Vision and (Di)Visions: Tackling communities? It only happens through the Thorny Issues with Faculty, Students, skillful and culturally competent leadership of and School Mission senior administrative teams. Come learn how We all try to live our missions, but sometimes to identify this work as being mission critical; school divisions split on how that mission communicate frequently and effectively the actually plays out. What happens when an connection between diversity and inclusion upper school divides over student discipline, to your core educational operation; and middle school faculty resent the admission incorporate inclusive and innovative policies process, or a small school needs to restructure and practices into your leadership role. its divisions? Whether you’re a teacher or PRESENTERS: Veronica Codrington-Cazeau, administrator, we invite you to discuss processes The Evergreen School (WA); Robert Greene, Jones and Associates Consulting LEADERSHIP ROOM: 340 25 THURSDAY, MARCH 2
WORKSHOP BLOCK 1 WORKSHOP BLOCK 2 8:00 – 9:00 AM CONTINUED 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM
FELLOWSHIP WORKSHOP FEATURED WORKSHOP This 30-minute session is part of the NAIS CHARLES FADEL Fellowship for Aspiring School Heads workshop ROOM: 316/317 series and is presented by the current cohort of More information on page 6. fellows. All are welcome to attend.
SPEED INNOVATING Impact Marketing: Leveraging Faculty Even though your teachers probably don’t ROOM: Pratt Street Lobby see themselves as marketers, they have a big More information on page 9. impact on how well your school distinguishes itself from its many competitors. This Aligning Strategy with Faculty Culture presentation will show you what independent to Promote Next Generation Learning schools are doing to leverage faculty members, PRESENTERS: Matt Davidson, University how faculty perceive their roles in marketing, Preparatory Academy (WA); Luke Felker, Bay and why your marketing efforts benefit when School of San Francisco (CA) your faculty do what they do well. PRESENTERS: Terry Kung, Brooklyn Friends Building an Innovative School School (NY); Michael Mallett, St. Stephen’s & St. from the Ground Up Agnes School (VA); Juna McDaid, Drew School PRESENTER: Jim Eagan, Synapse School (CA) (CA); Deborah Monroe, Buckley School (CA); Doug Poskitt, Rocky Hill School (RI); Donna Building Your School’s Innovation Ruggiero, Albany Academy for Girls (NY) Portfolio ROOM: 313 PRESENTERS: Brett Jacobsen and Bo Adams, Mount Vernon Presbyterian School (GA)
The Future in the Instant: LifeReady Innovation PRESENTERS: Charles Britton and Kevin Costa, McDonogh School (MD)
The Mastery Transcript: A Path to Transforming High School Curriculum and College Admission PRESENTER: D. Scott Looney, Hawken School (OH)
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Research as Inspiration: Mind, Brain, Aligning Professional Development and Education Science as a Driver with Your School’s Mission for School Innovation This session tells how to balance the interests PRESENTERS: Robert Kosasky and Glenn of your faculty with the mission of your Whitman, St. Andrew’s Episcopal School (MD) school while getting the biggest bang for your professional development buck. You will Teachers as Innovators: Building discover ways to leverage the experts in your a Movement own building; find sources of outside experts PRESENTER: Dominic A.A. Randolph, Riverdale and nontraditional “unconferences”; and take Country School (NY) advantage of teacher coaching, action research, professional learning networks, online groups, The North Star: Tilton’s Innovation and more. Throughout, the emphasis will be on Journey prioritizing professional growth plans based on PRESENTERS: Peter Saliba and Kate Saunders, the mission, vision, and goals of your school. Tilton School (NH) PRESENTERS: Liz Davis, Synapse School (CA); Kimberly Sivick, professional development Wild and Thoughtful Innovation: consultant; Karen Blumberg, The Brearly The Singapore American School’s School (NY) R&D Journey LEADERSHIP PRESENTER: Chip Kimball, Singapore American ROOM: 329 School (Singapore) Best Practices for Mission-Based Risk Management ONE-HOUR WORKSHOPS What are the best ways for administrators Addressing Culture Shock: and boards to serve the school’s mission as Strategies for a Welcoming Campus they navigate risks? Proactive risk management International students bring a rich array of requires teamwork among administrators, cultural backgrounds, perspectives, and boards, and outside professionals. Using languages while also reflecting the increasingly case studies, this interactive workshop will diverse world we live in. Their journey, however, identify potential pitfalls that are unique to is not without its difficulties, from pre-arrival the school setting. It will provide practical anxieties to adjusting to a new academic methods for managing risks in a way that system and cultural expectations. This advances your mission. presentation addresses the myriad challenges PRESENTERS: Geoffrey Genth, Kramon & involved in helping international students fully Graham, P.A.; Penny Evins, St. Paul’s School engage in the community. for Girls (MD); Clifford Lull, former board chair PRESENTERS: Steve McManus, Friends School of St. Paul’s School for Girls (MD); Michael of Baltimore (MD); George Boyar, Shearwater; Young, SC&H Group Kevin Allen-Nash, Lake Mary Preparatory GOVERNANCE School (FL) ROOM: 330 MANAGEMENT ROOM: 328
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Breaking the Mold: 21st Century WORKSHOP BLOCK 2 Best Practices for Women Leaders 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM CONTINUED The most recent NAIS statistics show that women continue to be underrepresented in Beyond the Binary: Supporting headship positions. Be a part of a working Transgender and Gender-Expansive session that invites both conversation and Students in Our Schools examination. Build a deeper understanding of The number of children who come out as the variables at the intersection of gender and transgender or gender expansive has been culture in independent school leadership. increasing, and schools are not always PRESENTERS: Amada Torres, NAIS; Susan prepared to support them and their families. Feibelman, educational consultant; Gillian This workshop is an opportunity to engage with Goodman, Greensboro Day School (NC); a school administrator, a student who came Tekakwitha Pernambuco-Wise, Sea Crest out as transgender during middle school, School (CA); Laura Blackburn Reed, North and the student’s family. You’ll emerge with Carolina Association of Independent Schools a clearer understanding of their partnership LEADERSHIP and perspectives on how to best support ROOM: 337 individuals like them. PRESENTERS: Rachel Kane, Sidwell Friends Bridges Baltimore: Transformative School (DC); Valerie Stone, Jeff Stone, and Outreach and Service Learning Chester Stone, Abington Friends School (PA) Experiences THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE Come learn about an innovative, year-round ROOM: 303 service learning program that supports Baltimore public school students and provides Beyond the Mission: Inspiring and transformational learning experiences for Igniting the Brand Promise private school students. Get practical advice See how authentic and compelling stories about how to build a similar program at your can further your efforts to fulfill your school’s own school by hearing from the program mission while celebrating and promoting directors as well as public and private school your brand promise. Presenters will share how students currently in the program. stories about “Mission Moments” promoted PRESENTERS: Ned Harris, Gilman School (MD); their school brand and became integral parts Robert Paymer, St. Paul’s School (MD) of the school’s family events, faculty meetings, THE CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE electronic and print communication, social ROOM: 315 media promotion, and admission events. Learn new and engaging multimedia presentation skills to tell your own story. PRESENTERS: Raymond Yu and Joe Silvestri, The Blake School (MN) LEADERSHIP ROOM: 307
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Building an Innovator Mindset by can a school leader turn for help in making Blending Social-Emotional Learning difficult decisions? What are the various with Academics methods for addressing difficulty? Synapse School’s mission rests on three pillars: PRESENTERS: Gary Niels and Maura Farrell, social-emotional learning (SEL), academics, Winchester Thurston School (PA) and innovation. Our project-based curriculum LEADERSHIP integrates these pillars to help us develop ROOM: 321 change makers. We will share how our teaching models help develop interdisciplinary, Does Your Market Value Your constructivist curricula. You will learn about Values? Aligning Your School’s practical tools and models that you can use Brand with Its Identity to integrate SEL, innovation, and academics Although the relevance of your mission, values, in your school. and vision statements is usually self-evident to PRESENTERS: Stephanie Seto and Noa school insiders, too often the way you translate Mendelevitch, Synapse School (CA) these core ideas leaves prospective families THE CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE baffled, bored, or — worse — convinced you’re ROOM: 318 something you’re not! Learn tips from one school that strengthened its value proposition Collaborative Leadership in Action: and reframed its “artsy, LD school” reputation The Value of Sharing Leadership Roles while remaining steadfastly grounded in at Your School timeless values. Leadership positions have traditionally PRESENTERS: Tiffany Hendryx, Firebrand for been the role of one person. Come hear Education; Sharon Klein, St. George’s School of how The Boys’ Latin School reorganized its Montreal (Canada) divisional leadership structure through a COMMUNICATIONS AND ADVANCEMENT collaborative leadership model. The head of ROOM: 340 school and the two co-heads of the upper school will discuss the rationale, benefits, and Drug and Alcohol Programs: implementation of this leadership model and What’s Legal, What’s Not, What’s Hot? how it might apply at your school for a number Schools have done a good job teaching of leadership positions. students about the perils of drug and alcohol PRESENTERS: Charles Franklin, Brian Mitchell, use. Unfortunately, schools often learn the hard and Christopher Post, The Boys’ Latin School way that their efforts to dismiss employees or of Maryland (MD) students for drug violations may not hold up in LEADERSHIP court. As the issues become more complicated, ROOM: 319/320 this session will help your school understand the best practices for managing a good drug Critical Decisions and alcohol program. School leaders are often confronted with PRESENTERS: Suzanne Bogdan, Fisher & Phillips, difficult decisions — ones that can divide a LLP; Jayme Karolyi, The Shipley School (PA) community. This participatory session will LEADERSHIP address questions such as, Why are some ROOM: 341 decisions so difficult? What are the different types of difficult decisions in schools? Where 29 THURSDAY, MARCH 2
Five Top Priorities for an Independent WORKSHOP BLOCK 2 School Communicator 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM CONTINUED In this interactive session, a veteran of 20 years in independent school communications will Engaging in Honest Conversations attempt to boil down his wisdom into five top on Race Through Storytelling recommendations for anyone working in this After discovering that personal stories within field. How many will involve websites? Indeed, the school community are an untapped how many will involve formal communications treasure, Cambridge School has developed such as magazines, websites, and viewbooks an effective venue for families to share their at all? Come with your own list of five and own life journeys pertaining to racial identity. see how they compare to the presenter’s Hear about Cambridge’s experience with recommendations. storytelling, including how it was developed PRESENTER: Mark Neustadt, Neustadt and implemented, its impact upon ongoing Creative Marketing conversations about race, and its potential in COMMUNICATIONS AND ADVANCEMENT other school settings. ROOM: 322/323 PRESENTERS: John Blumenstein and Kaliq Hunter Simms, Cambridge School (MD) From Trend to Traction THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE Schools are continually looking to improve, ROOM: 342 innovate, and initiate new ideas and programs, which are driven by a blend of mission, Eyes Wide Open: Fearless Institutional aspirations, and financial realities. Managing Risk Management change requires a combination of creative Does thinking about every one of your school’s leadership, effective networking, resource risks keep you up at night? It doesn’t have allocation, and faculty and board support. to. NAIS and United Educators teamed up to Learn from the experiences of school survey schools and identify the best, most professionals who’ve worked mission-aligned manageable, and most easily implemented initiatives through from inspiration to reality. and sustained institutional risk management PRESENTERS: Michael Nachbar, Global Online techniques. Join this conversation to hear the Academy (WA); Monique DeVane, The College results of the survey and practical approaches Preparatory School (CA) to risk management that suit even small schools. LEADERSHIP PRESENTERS: Debra Wilson, NAIS; Constance ROOM: Hilton, Billie Holiday 4 Neary, United Educators Insurance Risk Retention Group Healthy Head of School Transitions MANAGEMENT for Small Schools ROOM: 345/346 The recent head of school transition at Maple Street School went exceptionally smoothly, and this was by no means an accident. It was a result of clear forethought, careful planning, timely communication with everyone involved with or affected by the transition, as well as
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a set of common goals for all. Find out how It’s Here Again, But Are You Ready? Maple Street has set itself up for success Navigating the Independent School heading into the next chapter of its life. Hiring Season PRESENTERS: Jeffrey Barclay, Amy Panitz, and A well-crafted hiring strategy is critical to Fanning Hearon, Maple Street School (VT); ensuring your school has the best possible Fran M. Bisselle, Hathaway Brown School (OH) faculty. Careful planning can mean the GOVERNANCE difference between a faculty that shines ROOM: 344 and one that has you tossing and turning at night. Hear from experienced educators and How International Is Your School? recruiters what works and what doesn’t. From The staggering growth in international student establishing timelines to determining the role enrollment at NAIS schools shows no sign of the search committee, every step matters. of abating. The implications for mission and PRESENTERS: Lisa Lovering and Abby Glover, bottom line are significant, providing both Educator’s Ally; Jennifer Zaccara, The challenges and extraordinary opportunities for Nightingale-Bamford School (NY); the independent school community. Explore Jim Reynolds, The Browning School (NY); enrollment trends and engage in a discussion of Roberto D’Erizans, The American School of what it means to be an “international” school. Sao Paulo (Brazil) PRESENTERS: Ioana Wheeler, NAIS; Aimee MANAGEMENT Gruber, The Enrollment Management ROOM: 324/325 Association LEADERSHIP Keepin’ It Real: Rewards and Risks of ROOM: 301/302 Using Authentic Voices in Marketing Independent Schools How to Find and Keep an Exceptional Consumers love companies that are Board Chair (or Mentor a Poor One) “authentic.” So what does that mean for Most board chairs are loyal, embrace the independent schools? Learn how two partnership with the head, build consensus communications directors highlighted the on their boards, and bring passion and time authentic voices of students, faculty, and to the position (and money to the school). alumni on their new websites. You will learn How does a head (along with the nominating marketing best practices, hear how to deal committee) find and encourage a capable chair with the challenges of combining authenticity to serve or continue to serve? And how does with strategy, and get tips on how to use a head or board handle a chair either unwilling real voices of community members to convey or unable to learn the role? Both heads and what is unique about your school. chairs will find the true case studies used in PRESENTERS: Amanda Darling, Lakeside School this session enlightening. (WA); Joanna Gilman, Thayer Academy (MA) PRESENTER: John Littleford, Littleford & COMMUNICATIONS AND ADVANCEMENT Associates ROOM: 326 GOVERNANCE ROOM: 338
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Planning a Capital Campaign: Are WORKSHOP BLOCK 2 Your Trustees Ready to Take the Lead? 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM CONTINUED Before you begin a capital campaign, look carefully at your board of trustees. Are there Kids in Conflict: Solving Problems in a major donor prospects and potential campaign Digital Era Without the Delete Button leaders on your board? Have you done recent Learn how to facilitate conflict resolution strategic planning? Will your trustees help to between students by practicing proven, cultivate and to steward top donors? And will hands-on strategies. Implement strategies that all of your trustees be the first to give? What provide a structure for students to identify can you do if your board is not ready to take a conflict, self-advocate, and work to solve the lead in fundraising? Come to discuss these problems. This session includes a brief history questions and to share your experiences. of one school’s program as well as small PRESENTERS: Helen Colson, Helen Colson breakout sessions in which you will role-play Development Associates; Anne Seltzer, various scenarios. Development Strategies PRESENTERS: Alissa Abelson and Sara Jo COMMUNICATIONS AND ADVANCEMENT Wayne; Friends School of Minnesota (MN) ROOM: 336 THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE ROOM: 327 Ready, Action! Making Video the Best Tool in Your Kit Navigating the Wage and Hour Maze: Images elicit seven times the online What Independent Schools Really engagement that text does — and video does Need to Know seven times that. The tools have gotten easier The possible doubling of the minimum and more accessible, but many schools still salary requirement for exempt employees struggle to produce quality videos that draw and increased scrutiny of wage and hour viewers in. Learn what to buy, how to use it, compliance are hot topics in the business world, and basic principles of filmcraft that will take but what do these developments mean for your video game to a new level. independent schools? This session will explore PRESENTER: Adam Olenn, Moses Brown the new Department of Labor exemption School (RI) regulations that were scheduled to take COMMUNICATIONS AND ADVANCEMENT effect December 1, 2016, as well as other hot ROOM: Hilton, Billie Holiday 2 wage and hour topics, such as rules affecting independent contractors and volunteers. PRESENTERS: Kathleen McLeod Caminiti, Fisher & Phillips, LLP; Raye Jean Leastman, Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child (NJ) MANAGEMENT ROOM: 347/348
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School Safety: Security and Space teaching and learning. Come explore how to on the Independent School Campus build a mission-driven technology department How does your school determine an “adequate” that aligns with your school’s core values. level of security? This session will focus on how PRESENTERS: Sarah Hanawald, Association of a collaborative, multidisciplinary approach can Technology Leaders in Independent Schools; provide answers that will help to ensure the Jennifer Carey, Ransom Everglades School safety of your campus community. You will (FL); Kelsey Vrooman, NAIS also explore ways in which the design of the MANAGEMENT physical building and campus environment ROOM: 343 can help to create more secure school settings. PRESENTERS: Walter Kneis, NK Architects; Thriving or Barely Surviving? David McCann, Wivenhoe Management Group Strategies for School Board Success MANAGEMENT Why do some boards seem to flourish and ROOM: Hilton, Billie Holiday 1 others seem to flounder? This session will walk you through steps for building a more The Smart Money: Designing diversified board and address best practices a School Budget to Get the Most for focusing on the long-term health and for Your School Dollar sustainability of your school. Topics include In this hands-on workshop, you’ll take a deep board member skill sets, strategic planning, dive into the math of school resource allocation. and fundraising. You will learn innovative financial strategies PRESENTER: David Schriver, Ellin & Tucker and how to apply concepts to your own school GOVERNANCE context. Topics include getting a grip on ROOM: 339 rising costs; gauging value for programs and courses; paying good teachers well amid cost Your School’s Mission and Values: constraints; personalizing education without How to Use Them to Attract a Wider breaking the bank; and making costs part of Pool of Applicants everyone’s agenda. Whether you realize it or not, your school’s PRESENTER: Marguerite Roza, Georgetown values link directly to your mission — and University also to your school’s brand. In this interactive MANAGEMENT session, you will learn how two very different ROOM: 314 schools each successfully used their values to create a brand and admission campaign to Technology at Your Service: Building a attract new families. You’ll leave smarter about Mission-Driven Technology Department school branding; clearer on how your mission, All too often, technology decisions are focused values, and brand are linked; and practiced in a on efficient management rather than mission- powerful new way of describing your school. aligned educational objectives. In this session, PRESENTERS: Dan Glass, Brandeis School you will learn how to engage the technology of San Francisco (CA); Trent Nutting, Marin staff in focusing decision making on the mission Academy (CA); Jennie Winton and Zach of the school while supporting what is best for Hochstad, Mission Minded COMMUNICATIONS AND ADVANCEMENT ROOM: Hilton, Billie Holiday 3
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What Can We Learn from the Finns? WORKSHOP BLOCK 3 PRESENTER: Day Rosenberg, New Canaan 1:15 – 2:15 PM Country School (CT)
JoJo: When a Project Becomes a Passion FEATURED WORKSHOP PRESENTER: Luke Hladek, Wheeling Country THE STUDENT AFFAIRS PANEL Day School (WV) Shelia Higgs Burkhalter, Cindi Love, Kevin Kruger, and Zoila Airall Find full descriptions in the conference app ROOM: 316/317 and online at annualconference.nais.org. More information on page 6.
ONE-HOUR WORKSHOPS PECHAKUCHA (Almost) Everything You Need to ROOM: 308–310 Know About Leading School Change More information on page 9. Designed for school leaders, this interactive Come to this PechaKucha session session will examine the key processes and to see the following presentations: theories of strategic change. Experienced administrators know that even under the most Where Are You (Really) From? favorable conditions, leading change can PRESENTER: Liza Talusan, The Park School (MA) be challenging. Explore change theory and research-proven leadership strategies associated Reclaiming Healthy Intimacy with building your capacity to support change. PRESENTER: Daisy Pellant, Breck School (MN) PRESENTERS: Anne-Marie Balzano and Scott Bauer, George Mason University The Feedback Feast: Building LEADERSHIP a Menu of Options for Nourishing, ROOM: 336 Actionable Feedback PRESENTER: Susan Fine, Global Online Beyond Leaning In: What It Takes Academy (WA) to Thrive as a Female Leader In this workshop, we will share the latest Who’s Afraid of Greyback Beetles? research and successful strategies for PRESENTER: Christian Talbot, Malvern Prep (PA) developing and supporting women leaders in independent schools. In addition to discussing The Blog as Change Agent the key challenges facing women leaders, PRESENTER: Kellye Crockett, The Barstow you will use speed conversations and a quick School (MO) needs assessment to identify challenges in your own community and create effective prototype models for your school. PRESENTERS: Peggy Procter, Windward School (CA); Crystal Land, Head-Royce School (CA) LEADERSHIP ROOM: 314
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Beyond the Interview: Building a School Community From Recruiting to Retention in Tune with Your Mission Although numerous schools wish to increase Explore how one school uses the admission their staff and faculty diversity, many find process, parent education, a common it difficult to attract diverse candidates. language, three different social-emotional When they do, they often fail to support the learning (SEL) assessments, and events to individuals, resulting in low retention rates. ensure that parents and teachers thrive within Learn strategies to recruit and hire diverse the school’s social norms and mission. The candidates and, equally important, to support presenters will show how transparency and new hires. You will gain low-cost ideas, intentional culture-building through feedback samples, and systems that you can take and education have strengthened the school back to your school and use immediately. community. More important, presenters will PRESENTER: Edward Kuh, Fayerweather Street use design thinking to help you find solutions School (MA) for building your own community. MANAGEMENT PRESENTERS: Liz Davis and Jim Eagen, ROOM: 337 Synapse School (CA) LEADERSHIP Brand and Mission Are Not One ROOM: 338 and the Same When done well, a rebranding process can help Change 101: A Narrative for an internal community better understand and Creating Systemic Equity and Justice articulate the goals of its mission while also Programming strengthening its brand promise to an external Many faculty and administrators struggle to audience. This interactive session will lead you develop a collaborative and cohesive approach through a group discussion based on New to implementing systemic equity and justice Canaan Country School’s experience. Country programming for multiple stakeholders within School successfully translated its mission into their schools. You will be able to use this shared a brand, increased enrollment, and unified the experience to brainstorm ways to create skeptical internal community. systemic equity and justice programming PRESENTERS: Brooke Springer, New Canaan in your school community. Country School (CT); Maria Kadison, PRESENTERS: Jason Novak and Michelle Belton, Edwards & Co. Lowell School (DC); Malikkah Rollins, The COMMUNICATIONS AND ADVANCEMENT Barrie School (MD) ROOM: 318 THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE ROOM: 339
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Expanding Enrollment by Identifying WORKSHOP BLOCK 3 and Converting Fence-Sitters 1:15 – 2:15 PM CONTINUED As competition for students continues to increase among all types of schools, how Educating the 21st Century Man does your school expand its pool of potential What does it mean to be a 21st century man? students? One viable possibility may be to Join leading educators and veteran heads of pursue “fence-sitters” — families who are boys’ schools to learn how best to lead and somewhat likely to consider attending an support boys in today’s society. Encourage independent school but currently choosing their growth as both citizens and individuals another education option. This session will so they are engaged, virtuous, and kind. cover the market research necessary to find Participate in this global conversation to ensure and influence this untapped market. boys’ success in and outside of your school. PRESENTERS: Beruria Novich and Brian Doyle, PRESENTERS: David Armstrong, International Pacific Consulting Group Boys’ Schools Coalition; Kerry Brennan, The COMMUNICATIONS AND ADVANCEMENT Roxbury Latin School (MA); Bradford Gioia, ROOM: 340 Montgomery Bell Academy (TN); Christopher Post, The Boys’ Latin School of Maryland (MD); Facebook, Stanford, and NAIS: Dave Faus, St. Paul’s School (MD) Moving the Innovation Puck Forward LEADERSHIP Learn from some of the nation’s premier ROOM: 319/320 experts in personalized and blended learning. This session will include an overview of the Engaging Students in Consequential blended learning world, comments from Learning: Our Journey from Uncertainty the high-profile Alt School, and a case study to Collaboration from Impact Schools at Tahoe Expedition Explore a multiyear process one school Academy. Impact Schools became the first used to define how it engaged students NAIS member to partner with Summit in consequential work. What started as Basecamp, an open-source platform and schoolwide discussions about core learning personalized learning system created with beliefs led to a mission/vision redesign and the help from Facebook software engineers and creation of a robust on-campus adult learning validated with Stanford assessments. program. During this workshop, the presenters PRESENTERS: Ryan Aldrich and Mark Kushner, will share their journey, immerse you in Tahoe Expedition Academy (CA); Michael discussion, and describe their use of the design Horn, Christensen Institute; Coddy Johnson, thinking process and collaborative routines. AltSchool (CA) PRESENTERS: Greg James and Ralph Maurer, THE CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE International School Nido de Aguilas (Chile) ROOM: 345/346 THE CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE ROOM: 321
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Innovation Through the Lens of Leading with Identity Intact: Neuroscience: What Our Ancestors Life as an LGBT Head of School Already Knew About Learning Three school leaders, each identifying as gay Neuroscientific research suggests that or lesbian, will discuss rewards and obstacles innovative frameworks like design thinking, on the path to headship and successful service STEAM, and the Maker Movement are strongly as a head of school. Count on lively interaction aligned with how the brain wants to learn and among panelists and with the audience and the are ideal for all students — from those with experienced moderator. learning differences to advanced learners. PRESENTERS: Claudia Daggett, Independent This session will translate these connections Schools Association of the Central States; A. into a broader framework to help you design Travis Brownley, Marin Academy (CA); Michael intentionally innovative, cerebrodiverse, Roberts, The Catherine Cook School (IL); Eric meaning-rich classrooms. Temple, Lick-Wilmerding High School (CA) PRESENTERS: Allen Broyles, The Children’s LEADERSHIP School (GA); Scott Hamilton, The Howard ROOM: 307 School (GA) THE CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE Make New Friends But Keep ROOM: 324/325 the Old: Including “Outside” Trustees on Your Board Leadership Quicksand: Traditionally, trustees are recruited from Advancing School Mission and the school community. But a new breed of Culture in Disruptive Times trustees is joining the ranks: the interested Join three school heads for an intimate session outsider. These trustees forge relationships on the unexpected moments when school and partnerships. They also provide expertise, mission is challenged by highly disruptive diversity, and an outside perspective. The external events. Whether rebuilding in the benefits of, and strategies for, finding, aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, managing recruiting, and embracing these “outside” student and faculty grief during the Baltimore trustees will be explored. uprising, or addressing gender diversity PRESENTERS: Mike Saxenian and Lynn in a single-sex environment, these heads will Friedman, McLean School of Maryland (MD); share lessons learned about crisis, community, Valaida Wise, National Child Research Center and healing. GOVERNANCE PRESENTERS: Kimberley Roberts, Garrison ROOM: 342 Forest School (MD); Nanci Kauffman, Castilleja School (CA); Carolyn Chandler, Metairie Park Country Day School (LA); Ann Teaff, certified executive coach MANAGEMENT ROOM: 341
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Need Board Education? Join Forces WORKSHOP BLOCK 3 and Find Solutions: The Governance 1:15 – 2:15 PM CONTINUED Roundtable The Governance Roundtable gathered trustees Marketing Your School to Millennials and heads from 12 California schools facing the Millennial families are a fast-growing population same challenges: affordability, adaptability, segment. Will they choose your school or financial sustainability, measuring value-added, your competition? In this session, we’ll explore and more. The result was rich collaboration why marketing to Millennial families is key for and practical takeaways. We’ll explain how to long-term growth, and we’ll show you how develop and deliver a roundtable, review our to do it, too. From Facebook to Pinterest and structure and topics, and share tips to help you from mobile apps to responsive websites, new optimize this powerful trustee education model. tools are vital for getting ready for the new PRESENTERS: Olaf Jorgenson, Almaden generation of families at your school. Country School (CA); Tekakwitha Pernambuco- PRESENTERS: Jaclyn Day, RenWeb; Courtney Wise, Sea Crest School (CA) Haindel, Parkview Baptist School (LA) GOVERNANCE COMMUNICATIONS AND ADVANCEMENT ROOM: 301/302 ROOM: 326 New Essential Attributes FAMILIES FIRST WORKSHOP for School Leaders Mindful Leadership: Exploring a Based on his own work as a board chair, Framework for Independent School governance consultant, and search consultant, Leaders and Their Spouses Skip Kotkins will tell you about the most Mindfulness is being taught and practiced in a desirable skills in a head of school. Some are growing number of schools and organizations. teachable skills, but many are predispositions In this workshop, you will first explore an of character and personality. These are the overview of the research on mindfulness and strengths that enable you to build enrollment, learn how these practices are being introduced manage parents, support faculty, partner for the benefit of students, faculty, staff, and with your board, create high-performing leaders. Then you will gain experience with core communities, raise money, and adapt skills for a mindful approach to leadership. to the new normal. PRESENTER: Irene McHenry, Friends Council PRESENTER: Skip Kotkins, Carney, Sandoe & on Education Associates ROOM: 311 GOVERNANCE ROOM: 315
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Normal Social Conflict or True Bullying? So Long, Farewell: The Legal Challenges How to Differentiate and Respond of Employee Departures Effectively to Each Review the issues schools confront when Parents and students are quick to label all employees depart, whether voluntarily or unkind behaviors as bullying. In truth, there is involuntarily. Hear best-practice tips for a big difference between normal social conflict planning for the departure, responding to claims and actual peer bullying, and the way adults raised by the departure, and protecting the should respond to each is vastly different. Join school from liability. Learn concrete strategies an expert on bullying dynamics and learn to for establishing policies and procedures to limit quickly assess a painful situation using several liability, promote a smooth departure/transition, criteria. If it’s normal social conflict, you’ll find and handle crisis management. ways for kids to resolve their problems in a PRESENTERS: Caryn Pass and Megan Mann, healthy manner without having adults “fix it.” Venable, LLP If it’s bullying, you’ll gain effective responses MANAGEMENT that don’t blame the victim but do emphasize ROOM: Hilton, Billie Holiday 4 positive school climate. PRESENTER: Carrie Goldman, author A Strategic Agenda: Creating THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE Meaningful Accountability Between ROOM: 330 the Board and Leadership Are you looking for a way to facilitate ongoing Sex and Race: Confronting Complex and authentic conversations between your Challenges on Campus board and school leadership team? Do you Our society is grappling with complex, want a plan that is integrated with your mission, volatile issues of race and sexual misconduct. vision, and values? Join us to learn about our Drawing from numerous real-world scenarios, creation of a strategic agenda. It’s a flexible and an experienced attorney will facilitate a living document built upon our mission, values, frank conversation about these challenging vision, and brand that fosters meaningful developments and how to handle them. conversation and accountability between our PRESENTER: Sara Schwartz, Schwartz leadership team and board. Hannum PC PRESENTERS: Dawn Marie Cunnion and Michael LEADERSHIP Riera, Brentwood School (CA) ROOM: 303 GOVERNANCE ROOM: 328
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Sustainable Schools: How Utilities WORKSHOP BLOCK 3 Metrics Can Save Money and Reduce 1:15 – 2:15 PM CONTINUED Your Carbon Footprint Sustainable schools can save money and Success and Sanity: How Not to Die as reduce their carbon footprint, but many have Division Head yet to do so. How can we ensure that all schools The division head’s role can be the most become more financially and environmentally demanding job in the school. With stakeholders sustainable? Through case studies and online above and below you, it’s easy to lose your tools, this workshop will describe how your sense of calm and confidence as you attempt to school can reduce costs for electricity, natural manage everything from enrollment pressures gas/fuel oil, water, and waste, and in the to family emergencies. Intentional practice process, build a “virtual endowment.” can preserve your sanity and bring joy back PRESENTERS: Paul Chapman, Inverness to your work. This workshop hopes to offer Associates; Robert Oxenburgh, The Athenian perspective, concrete strategies, and humor to School (CA); Liz Zavattero, Marin Country those on the journey of a division head. Day School (CA); Frank Barros, King School PRESENTERS: Jennifer Rao, Garrison Forest (CT); Brian Kane, St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes School (MD); Amanda Macomber, The Bryn School (VA) Mawr School (MD); Joshua Wolf, The Park MANAGEMENT School of Baltimore (MD) ROOM: Hilton, Billie Holiday 2 LEADERSHIP ROOM: Hilton, Billie Holiday 6 The Teaching and Learning Center: An Innovative Model for Professional Supporting the Access and Success Development of Lower-Income African American Have you found it challenging to find the Students: A Model That Works time and resources to provide faculty with How is your school enrolling, supporting, the professional development they want and and retaining lower-income African American need? Learn how you can easily create and students? Examine the ways the Baltimore run an in-house teaching and learning center Educational Scholarship Trust (B.E.S.T.) is to provide faculty with accessible, meaningful, partnering with its member schools to provide and cost-effective PD. Through a quietstorming the support necessary for students to flourish activity and an interactive protocol, this in their communities and for parents to workshop will help you envision how a teaching navigate the process. Hear from a head of and learning center can work for your school. school and an alumna of the B.E.S.T. program PRESENTERS: Ruth Aichenbaum, David about this 29-year-old organization and its Brightbill, and Marianne Master, William Penn model for success. Charter School (PA) PRESENTERS: Jessica Suriano and Crystal Lee, LEADERSHIP Baltimore Educational Scholarship Trust; Dan ROOM: Hilton, Billie Holiday 3 Paradis, The Park School of Baltimore (MD) MANAGEMENT ROOM: Hilton, Billie Holiday 1
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They’re Back: Parents Who Bully Tuition Trends in Independent the School Day Schools At the 2015 NAIS Annual Conference, educators Explore the results of a study that examines packed a room to talk about the small but the factors that drive tuition increases, the ever more challenging minority of parents decisions school leaders make about tuition who are rude, demanding, and disrespectful; and spending, and potential interest in cost- who make personal attacks on teachers and cutting measures and alternative business administrators; and who repeatedly violate the models. You’ll emerge with recommendations school’s policies and values. Now let’s delve for making decisions about programmatic further into the causes and types of bully changes and tuition and financial policies at parents. We’ll also present more specific steps your own school. for managing confrontation, building faculty PRESENTERS: William Daughtrey, University skill and confidence, and redesigning the parent School (OH); Will Hester, Nashville School of partnership. As a bonus, you will walk away the Arts (TN); Kevin Weatherill, St. Martin’s with four foolproof things to say that help with Episcopal School (LA) even the most hostile parent. MANAGEMENT PRESENTERS: Robert Evans, psychologist and ROOM: 344 consultant; Michael Thompson, psychologist and consultant What Is Your Role in Preventing LEADERSHIP Harassment and Maintaining ROOM: 347/348 Appropriate Boundaries? With independent schools in the spotlight A Transformational Approach to regarding harassment, inappropriate Thrivability relationships, and sexual assaults, heads of Ensuring a strong financial future is complex. It school at all levels of experience may have requires boards and leadership teams to have questions about their role in incident response a deep understanding of essential data and and prevention. Come discuss concrete steps institutional narrative. NAIS and NBOA, with to address past incidents and to help ensure a support from the Edward E. Ford Foundation, healthy school culture. are partnering to develop resources that PRESENTER: Heather Broadwater, Potomac will facilitate a transformational approach to Law Group strategic conversation about thrivability. You MANAGEMENT are invited to participate, learn, and shape this ROOM: Hilton, Billie Holiday 5 journey with us. PRESENTERS: Jeff Shields, National Business Officers Association; Tim Fish, NAIS GOVERNANCE ROOM: 329
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WORKSHOP BLOCK 3 FELLOWSHIP WORKSHOPS 1:15 – 2:15 PM CONTINUED Each of these 30-minute sessions is part of the NAIS Fellowship for Aspiring School Heads What’s on Your Strategic Agenda workshop series and is presented by the current for the 2017–2018 School Year? cohort of fellows. All are welcome to attend. The time to plan for 2017 is now. Get a look at the top 10 things to put on your agenda, Happy Faculty, Vibrant School: including the need for a crisis communication Key Considerations Regarding plan, effective techniques to recruit and retain Faculty Wellness the best talent and students, and ways to A vibrant school is one that invests in the communicate with families while protecting health and wellness of its teachers. Find their information online. You’ll also get examples out about an action research project that of how smart schools are using their websites examines how a school establishes and as marketing engines to boost inquiries and maintains a healthy workforce. You’ll discover enrollment. Don’t miss this chance to get how contributing to the health and success primed for success in the school year to come. of faculty ultimately bolsters the health and PRESENTERS: Jon Moser, Finalsite; Patrick success of the institution itself. Bassett, Heads Up Consulting PRESENTERS: Judith Arnstein, Lake Forest MANAGEMENT Country Day School (IL); Laurynn Evans, ROOM: 327 Francis Parker School (CA); Jon Deveauz, Westminster School (CT); Mike Drude, The The Whole Child Not Left Behind: Harvey School (NY); Rose Helm, Hamlin School Develop, Implement, and Assess (CA); Patricia Sasser, Loomis Chaffee School Your School’s SEL Program (CT); Jenn Elkin, The Pike School (MA) Social-emotional learning (SEL) is associated ROOM: 313 with higher cognitive and academic performance. Implementing a program that Strategic Thinking in Uncertain is well designed, assessed, and marketed is Financial Times challenging. Explore one school’s several-year In the face of increasing financial challenges, journey to create a cornerstone SEL program independent schools are adopting creative that led to higher school climate ratings. You will strategies to cut costs, streamline operations, have the opportunity to reflect upon your own and increase revenue. Explore ways in which school’s needs and determine your next steps. schools nationwide are thinking boldly, whether PRESENTERS: Maria Arellano and Shanie Israel, they’re introducing innovative curricular Montclair Kimberley Academy (NJ) offerings or adjusting enrollments, salaries, THE CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE and benefit structures. ROOM: 343 PRESENTERS: Rick Abrams, Miss Porter’s School (CT); Marc Addington, Parish Episcopal School (TX); Father Charles Blizzard, Casady School (OK); Cotter Donnell, Polytechnic School (CA); Doug Key, Bosque School, (NM) ROOM: 313 42 WORKSHOP BLOCK 4 8:00 – 9:00 AM
An “A” Player Who Does Not Share Your Vision Is Not an “A” Player We know we should hire teachers who fit the culture of our school, but we often interpret culture to simply mean “style.” The true culture derives from a deeper place, driven by shared assumptions about the very purpose of education. Because these beliefs operate at a subconscious level, we may not even recognize their existence. That is the source of many hiring mistakes. An expert in “best fit hiring” will present a model that addresses these issues, and two current school leaders will
FRIDAY discuss real-world experiences. PRESENTERS: Steve Chapman, Broad Reach Strategies; Michael Spencer, St. Paul’s School (NH); Clair Ward, Valley School of Ligonier (PA) LEADERSHIP ROOM: 321
Bridging the Gap: Bringing Blended Learning to Our Youngest Students Come learn how to design, develop, and implement blended enrichment-learning classes for your prekindergarten through fifth-grade students. This session will focus on why it is important to introduce your youngest students to the blended format, how to develop courses that are appropriate for primary- and elementary-age students, and how to connect with families to engage them in the process. PRESENTERS: Sarah Allen, Megan McManus, and Kelly Bryant, Indian Creek School (MD) THE CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE ROOM: 301/302 MARCH 3
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Conversations with Impact: WORKSHOP BLOCK 4 Deepening Annual Fund Support 8:00 – 9:00 AM CONTINUED With Major Gifts Strategies Does it feel like every year your goal for the Building Effective Resource Teams annual fund gets larger and more challenging to Help Students Reach Their Goals to achieve? Do you wonder how best to Independent schools face an urgent need to sustain your annual fund long-term in the support the increasing number of students with face of increasing competition and decreasing complex health, social, emotional, academic, retention? Join this conversation about the and familial challenges. Using a case study value of applying traditional major gifts approach, you will work in small groups to come strategies to change the trajectory of your away from this session with specific protocols, institution’s annual fund. strategies, and practices. You’ll learn to either PRESENTER: Kelly Fantegrossi, Buckingham build a resource team from scratch or to take an Browne & Nichols School (MA) existing team’s practices to the next level. COMMUNICATIONS AND ADVANCEMENT PRESENTERS: Jon Cassie, Tarbut V’Torah ROOM: 307 Community Day School (CA); Shannon Mulholland and Ken Goleski, Sewickley Creating and Managing the Magic: Academy (PA) A Design Sprint for Changemakers THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE in Schools ROOM: 303 How do you balance innovation with the institutional need for predictability and FAMILIES FIRST WORKSHOP parental buy-in? Drawing on the speakers’ own Building Inner Strength: experiences, this presentation will showcase Contemplative Practices for Calm, strategies to help program administrators, Clarity, and Renewed Spirit in the department heads, and curriculum developers Life of a School’s First Family create and sustain the program of their dreams. The contemplative mind can be activated You will leave with an actionable plan for how to through a wide range of practices that quiet the improve your own change leadership strategy. daily chatter. From poetry to meditation, these PRESENTERS: Kim Saxe and Diane Rosenberg, practices open the mind to a greater capacity The Nueva School (CA); Scott Swaaley, High for awareness, concentration, clarity, creativity, Tech High (CA) and insight. This session will introduce you as LEADERSHIP a head or spouse to practices that can provide ROOM: 338 space in the midst of a busy day, a fresh lens on daily challenges, and a renewed sense of self and relationships. PRESENTER: Irene McHenry, Friends Council on Education ROOM: 311
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Creating Innovators: Developing strategies. Come explore ways to reinforce Creative Capacities of Students executive function skills in individual classrooms in a College Prep Setting and in your larger school community. Our students need to be equipped to thrive in PRESENTER: Susan James, McLean School of this complex world. We say this, but how well Maryland (MD) do we do it? Schools around the globe are THE CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE finding unique ways to intentionally develop ROOM: 318 the qualities of innovators. In this workshop- like session, you will join the discussion of how Elevating the Black Male: Creating this concept is being explored by experienced Culturally Competent Schools educators. You will leave inspired by examples Examine the societal perceptions of young and armed with specific tools to put into action black males that perpetuate racial disparities in in your own school. education. Then build the cultural competence PRESENTERS: Peter Dry, Samantha Dry,and to develop a learning environment that fosters Steve Henn, The Principia (MO) academic success for these students. When THE CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE you gain the required cultural competence to ROOM: 315 reach young black males, you’ll develop the competencies you need to reach all students. Current and Coming Legal PRESENTER: Omekongo Dibinga, Upstander Challenges for Independent Schools International How are schools managing wage and hour THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE law changes? Do you really need to comply ROOM: 319/320 with Title IX for student sexual assaults? What kind of documentation is higher education Facilitating Growth Through requesting on that front? What about lawsuits the Teacher Review Process against higher education for unreasonable Informed by research and the exigencies of retirement plan fees? These topics and more the community, Miss Porter’s School developed are all on the docket for this interactive session a reimagined teacher review process aimed at with NAIS’s general counsel. We will discuss transforming teachers into stakeholders who this year’s issues and look ahead to the next approach their work with a growth mindset. iteration of legal conundrums. Find out how teacher review at Porter’s PRESENTER: Debra Wilson, NAIS supports growth through reflection in three MANAGEMENT domains: planning, prep, and instruction; ROOM: 308–310 developing relationships with students; and investment in school culture and its mission. Developing Executive Function PRESENTERS: Paul Dolan and Sarah Odell, Skills in the Middle Grades Miss Porter’s School (CT) This session will provide ideas to support all MANAGEMENT students as they develop their inner executive. ROOM: 329 We will explore tools to help students organize their materials, create structure for their thinking, manage their time, and develop study
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Grading for Growth: Strategies WORKSHOP BLOCK 4 for Creating Mission-Based 8:00 – 9:00 AM CONTINUED Assessment Practices Teaching and learning have changed Gender and Sexuality Diversity dramatically over the past 20 years, yet in Pre-K–12: Exploring Mission, grading practices look very similar to those Frameworks, and Values in classrooms of yesterday. Learn why and Does your school commit to working with how you can reimagine assessment and the whole child? Is your community based on grading practices to put mission and growth respect for all individuals? Are you preparing at the forefront. Co-led by a science teacher students for citizenship in an increasingly and two English teachers, this presentation complex, interconnected world? Examining will involve both large- and small-group gender and sexuality diversity through the discussion and time to brainstorm how to lens of school mission clarifies the educational implement changes. You will leave with a imperative for engaging these issues in the variety of rubrics and cross-disciplinary Pre-K–12 setting. Take part in this interactive resources for your future teaching. session by bringing your mission statement PRESENTERS: Rebecca Cook-Dubin, Donna and exploring your values and pedagogy. Daigle, and Monica Kirschmann, Miss Hall’s PRESENTER: Jennifer Bryan, Team Finch School (MA) Consultants THE CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE ROOM: 339 ROOM: 328 How a Multiyear, Highly Targeted Getting There and Staying There: Facebook Ad Campaign Helped From Year 0 to 1 as a Division Head Grow Enrollment Ready to grow, eager to learn, curious to lead: Many NAIS schools today are using Facebook These are necessary attributes for any division as part of their social media marketing. To head. Yet knowing how to channel these maximize your investment of time and money, traits into both an effective job search and the you must have a keen understanding of how to first year of divisional leadership is daunting. design and successfully implement a micro- This workshop includes interview scenarios, targeted campaign with measurable results. practical tips, and suggestions for leveraging Find out how to create a focused strategy that your unique skills and particular path as you integrates content engagement with specific work your way to and through the first year calls to action and provides your administrative of a division headship. team and board with analytics that PRESENTERS: Nancy Dickson and Lisa Sun, The demonstrate return on investment. Park School of Baltimore (MD); Tung Trinh and PRESENTERS: Cami Colarossi and Maureen Felicia Wilks, Garrison Forest School (MD) Cannon, Notre Dame Preparatory School MANAGEMENT (MD); Jonathan Oleisky and Gerri Baum, Kalix ROOM: 322/323 Communications, LLC COMMUNICATIONS AND ADVANCEMENT ROOM: 324/325
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In Their Shoes: Data, Empathy, and Joy in Work, Play, and Discovery: Designing for the Learner Experience Prep Work for LifeReady and Making How do you know your students are Learning Visible learning? Evidence-based pedagogy and an In preparation for the launch of its strategic entrepreneurial approach to teaching can plan, called LifeReady, a 143-year-old ensure you understand how, when, and why Baltimore school underwent a thinking and your students learn. Discuss how to use data to learning shift, with all the messiness that create student-driven experiences. Then learn entailed. Teachers changed the daily class how to connect theory to practice using data schedules, implemented built-in meeting and best practices in instructional design. times, and engaged in many professional PRESENTERS: Corinne Dedini, One development activities. Presenters will share Schoolhouse (MD); Eric Hudson, Global how they’ve begun to implement project- and Online Academy (WA) problem-based learning with authentic, cross- THE CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE disciplinary thinking even though most of them ROOM: 314 haven’t taught this way before. They welcome conversation with other teachers at all points Institutional Change and Cultures on this path to change. of Innovation PRESENTERS: Ane Lintvedt, Jennifer Jerger, Presenters from two schools, one relatively Heather Ford, and Kevin Costa, McDonogh young and one more established, will share how School (MD) they create school cultures centered around THE CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE innovation and continuous improvement. The ROOM: 326 key is to honor tradition without being trapped by it. The presentation will focus on valuing Let’s Give ’Em Something to process at least as much as outcome; designing Talk About: Community Engagement fully participatory strategic change processes as an Advertising Strategy that align with mission, culture, governance, and In an increasingly competitive market, systems; and a description of the leader’s role independent schools have become embroiled in upholding the integrity of a change process. in a marketing arms race — but branding and You will leave with an understanding of how to advertising draw dollars away from program activate your community as a hub of innovation, development and scholarships. Learn how one both through change design processes and school is leveraging earned media coverage cultural practices that establish change as a by building buzz from outside sources. community norm. PRESENTER: Adam Olenn, Moses Brown PRESENTERS: Richard Kassissieh and Matt School (RI) Levinson, University Preparatory Academy COMMUNICATIONS AND ADVANCEMENT (WA); Luke Felker and Andrew Shaw, The Bay ROOM: Hilton, Billie Holiday 4 School of San Francisco (CA) LEADERSHIP ROOM: 330
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Mission and the Modern Family WORKSHOP BLOCK 4 The structure and function of the family have 8:00 – 9:00 AM CONTINUED changed in the last two decades. Anxiety has crept into the fiber of the American psyche, Meeting Learners Where They Are promoting an insatiable pursuit of certainty and One of the challenges independent schools happiness. Characteristics of the modern family face is meeting the needs of students who learn and its evolving needs will be shared. While differently. Sometimes these students have considering schools’ traditions and values, we been identified as dyslexic or are being treated will discuss how to adapt to contemporary for ADHD. In many instances, up to 10 percent demands and more effectively connect families of a school’s population will have diverse to our schools’ missions. learning needs. The presentation will discuss PRESENTER: Armond Lawson, Gilman how to implement a program that will benefit School (MD) all students in the independent school setting. THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE PRESENTERS: Jane Childers and Charles ROOM: 336 Baldecchi, The Lexington School (KY); Liz Hofreuter-Landini, Wheeling Country Day New NAIS Research Offers Keys School (WV); Lou Salza, Lawrence School (OH) to Bolster Opportunity for Headship THE CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE Among People of Color and Women ROOM: 337 Recent NAIS statistics show that only one-third of school heads are women and just Message Your Mission: How to Tell 7 percent are people of color. Gain insights Your School’s Story to Capture the into the root causes for this from a new Interest of New Families NAIS study involving search firms, search If you know what makes your school special but committees, and potential candidates who are struggle to describe it in a succinct way, this female or people of color. NAIS staff will share session is for you. Learn how to use the Minute findings about the recruitment and selection Message Model to powerfully convey your process, the aspirations of women and people school’s values to prospective families. You’ll of color, and these candidates’ backgrounds hear from a high school in San Francisco that and career paths. You’ll also learn about had so much success with this model that it had guidelines and strategies to ensure that your its most successful admissions season in history. school’s next head search offers all candidates The school even had to open up new slots to an equal opportunity. accommodate the incoming ninth grade. PRESENTERS: Amada Torres and Caroline G. PRESENTERS: Jonathan Herzenberg, Drew Blackwell, NAIS School (CA); Jennie Winton, Mission Minded LEADERSHIP COMMUNICATIONS AND ADVANCEMENT ROOM: 316/317 ROOM: 340
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Parents Who Insist Their Child Is Really? I Cannot Discipline the Teacher Being Bullied (Even Though the School Who Is Badmouthing the School? Doesn’t See It) Gone are the days when schools could require When parents see their child as a victim of their faculty and staff to be supportive and bullying and the child’s teachers do not, the positive about the school. This session will alliance between school and parent can quickly examine related trends and provide guidance break down. This interactive workshop will on how to deal with faculty members inciting provide practice in managing the disconnect the school community. The session will offer between parents pushing a bullying agenda best practices to ensure that the appropriate and schools earnestly working to help them steps are taken to give your school the most understand that providing a “safe” school leeway possible while not stepping over the is not the same as creating an environment constantly shifting line. where nothing socially challenging, difficult, PRESENTERS: Susan Guerette, Fisher & Phillips, or negative ever happens to a child. LLP; Sally Keidel, Montgomery School (PA) PRESENTERS: Daisy Pellant, Breck School (MN); MANAGEMENT Michael Thompson, psychologist ROOM: 327 THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE ROOM: 347/348 Roots and Wings: Preparing Students for the New College Campus Reality The Power of Stories: Creating How does your school prepare students an Inclusive Curriculum Through to choose where they go to college when Student Voices academic fit alone is no longer sufficient to Each of us has a story to tell. Each of us has a ensure a happy and successful matriculation? desire to be known, heard, and understood. How do you ensure that today’s independent When we’re creating an inclusive curriculum, school graduates are equipped with the stories can play a powerful role. They have the skills to proactively demonstrate their capacity to bring us together as well as the cultural competency in the midst of new peer potential to divide. You will leave this workshop groups, new political landscapes, and new with a new lens for teaching and learning. economic realities? Learn from your peers’ You’ll find out how to use stories to better experience about what is not only possible, understand students, to build community, and but increasingly necessary. to examine history and current media. PRESENTERS: Ryan Dahlem, Roland Allen, PRESENTERS: Caroline Varner and Nicole and Jeneen Graham, St. Margaret’s Episcopal Robinson, The Phillips Brooks School (CA); School (CA); Robert Greene, Jones & Kelly Hoy, Katherine Delmar Burke School (CA) Associates Consulting, Inc. THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE ROOM: Hilton, Billie Holiday 2 ROOM: 349/350
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Stressed-Out Students Are WORKSHOP BLOCK 4 the New Normal: How Educators Can 8:00 – 9:00 AM CONTINUED Alleviate Anxiety With student anxiety skyrocketing, how do Speak Up, Not Over: Helping White you encourage “submarine parents” to stay Allies Move Beyond “White Fragility” below the surface until they are needed while to Real Solidarity ensuring that students still feel supported? By framing the anti-racist struggle in ways that Veteran administrators and counselors will place their own experiences in the foreground, offer practical solutions to alleviate stress for white allies often miss important opportunities families. Learn how to implement a seminar to use their position and privilege to amplify about the college process in your curriculum, the voices of the marginalized. This workshop offer targeted parent programming, and will explore the role of allyship in anti-racist effectively counsel to reduce stress. work. You will be encouraged to break down PRESENTERS: Virginia Cobb and Jean Cohen, barriers, build relationships, and create St. Andrew’s Episcopal School (MD); Kathleen institutional climates that seek an end to racism Glynn-Sparrow and Denise Key, Stone Ridge in our schools — and in ourselves. School of the Sacred Heart (MD) PRESENTER: Candice Powell, Newark THE CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE Academy (NJ) ROOM: 342 THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE ROOM: Hilton, Billie Holiday 5 Teaching and Learning in an Era of the Polarization Industrial Complex Stop Being the Best-Kept Secret: Living in an increasingly polarized society Amp Up Your Online Presence, Improve demands that we reflect on how we tackle Your Impact important controversies in our classrooms. How Word of mouth is king when it comes to driving do our values and visions reflect the way we contact-form completion, tours, and admissions. think about the partisan cultural landscape? But more and more K–12 schools are amping up How can these conversations include multiple their online visibility and making sure they’re perspectives and help assuage discomfort? We findable to their target market, influencers, and will introduce research, suggest strategies, and referral partners through search and social SEO host a forum for you to share ideas. (search engine optimization). In this workshop PRESENTERS: Marc Alongi, Sequoyah we’ll pull back the curtain to shed light on the School (CA); Robert Evans, Chadwick School path to modern SEO success. (CA); Sarah Cooper, Flintridge Preparatory PRESENTER: Jenny Munn, The Munn Group School (CA) COMMUNICATIONS AND ADVANCEMENT THE CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE ROOM: 341 ROOM: 343
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Translating the Brain: How to Millennials pursue careers in independent Actually Use Research About schools? What causes them to stay? And Neuroscience in the Classroom what can schools like yours do to better retain This interactive session won’t just explore what Millennial faculty? neuroscience tells us about how to bring about PRESENTERS: Justin McLean, Meadowbrook better learning; it will also show how you can School of Weston (MA); Bill Mulcahy, incorporate the research into your teaching. Fairfield Country Day School (CT); Paul You and your colleagues will break into small Sanders, International School of Amsterdam groups by grade level, discover how to adapt (Netherlands); Antonio Williams, The research findings from other fields, and come William Penn Charter School (PA); Rick Tony, away with findings that will help you teach your Solebury School (PA); Ben Ketchum, National own students about the brain. Presbyterian School (DC) PRESENTER: Cynthia Belnomi, Indian Creek ROOM: 313 School (MD) THE CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE Why Aren’t We Outraged? Using Moral ROOM: 344 Leadership to Achieve NAIS Equity and Justice Best Practices If you’re familiar with Thomas Sergiovanni’s FELLOWSHIP WORKSHOPS ideas about leadership by outrage, you know Each of these 30-minute sessions is part of he asserts that leaders should be “driven the NAIS Fellowship for Aspiring School Heads by a deep sense of ethics, core ideals, and a workshop series and is presented by the current higher purpose.” Considering this, and given cohort of fellows. All are welcome to attend. the political and cultural tensions in our world today, the speakers at this session studied Future Foundations: leaders who mitigate conflict by successfully Retaining Millennial Faculty incorporating NAIS equity and justice best In the next 10 years, Millennials will make practices into their schools. Come explore ways up nearly three-fourths of the teachers in which heads of school can lead and facilitate in independent schools. That means that progress around equity and justice. to survive and thrive, your school must be PRESENTERS: Aimee Giles, San Francisco aware of how to support and retain Millennial Schoolhouse (CA); Julie Harris, John faculty. At this session, come hear the results Burroughs School (MO); Nancy Nagramada, of a survey of Millennial faculty and learn The Athenian School (CA); Tamara Schurdak, answers to questions such as these: Why do The Town School (NY); Jabali Stewart, The Bush School (WA) ROOM: 313
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empower students, and see how using their WORKSHOP BLOCK 5 real-life, day-to-day stressors creates the lab 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM for relevant learning. PRESENTERS: Jessica Stewart and Jared Schott, Moses Brown School (RI) FEATURED WORKSHOP THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE SCHUYLER BAILAR ROOM: 329 ROOM: 316/317 More information on page 6. Brain Science and the Future of Teacher and School Leader Training Learn to apply the foundational research behind ONE-HOUR WORKSHOPS Mind, Brain, and Education (MBE) Science, The 160-Year-Old Startup: How to today’s most innovative thinking about how Grow a (Truly) Mission-Based School to enhance teacher quality, school leadership, This session will focus on how a school can use and student achievement. This interactive its mission to make significant and meaningful workshop will convince you that understanding change in all areas of operation. Learn how one MBE is both vital and not as daunting as many school’s mission led it to double its student educators believe. You’ll also find out that it’s population and physical space while keeping possible to immediately integrate MBE Science tuition 50 percent lower than its competitors. research into the design of your school, your You will explore the benefits and challenges of classes, and your work with each student. incremental, mission-based change as you hear PRESENTERS: Glenn Whitman and Ian Kelleher, how the school achieved greater diversity in St. Andrew’s Episcopal School (MD) race, family structure, and religion. THE CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE PRESENTERS: Ryan Kimmet, Erica Snowden, and ROOM: 337 Jason Sears, Greene Street Friends School (PA) MANAGEMENT The Chicken or the Egg: Can Strong ROOM: Hilton, Billie Holiday 1 Branding Lead to Stronger School Programs and Pedagogy? Be Resilient! How to Teach This workshop tells how marketing and program Resilience Within a Low-Resource, improvement can connect, how branding can High-Impact Context inspire, and how a K–8 school community “Resilience” is the new “R” in education. jumped aboard a bandwagon and made a Discover how a middle school administrator pedagogical push something to celebrate. Learn and school psychologist created a health the role that traditional and digital storytelling education class to teach concepts and practice played in bringing about a positive cultural shift skills involved in resilience. Learn a practical in the classroom and in an entire community. framework of research-based principles Come ready to collaborate; expect to leave with and tools to foster emotional strength and a fresh perspective and creative solutions. PRESENTERS: Elizabeth Pride and Jaime Lassman, The Lexington School (KY) COMMUNICATIONS AND ADVANCEMENT ROOM: Hilton, Billie Holiday 2
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Choreographing Leadership the latest research, provide insights into Conversations and Relationships process, and highlight school-based examples This is your chance to discuss and practice of messy innovation with impact. deliberately focused conversations in a safe, PRESENTERS: Tim Fish, Jefferson Burnett, vibrant, and sympathetic setting. You’ll gain and Kawai Lai, NAIS a working knowledge of leadership language LEADERSHIP frameworks and techniques. And you’ll learn ROOM: 338 to craft the interplay of context, behavior, positive and negative energy, types of listening, Congratulations, You’re the New Head! open-ended questions, and action plans. The Now, How Do You Establish Yourself presenter is a certified leadership coach who as the New Leader? will draw on her years in the trenches of school As the saying goes, you never get a second administration to help you choreograph a range chance to make a first impression. If you may of leadership conversations. soon take on a new leadership role in your PRESENTER: Abigail Wiebenson, consultant school or division, find out what you need LEADERSHIP to do to launch into a smooth transition and ROOM: 330 long-term success. This session examines what prompts faculty and staff to get on board Closed-Loop Alumni Programming: with a new leader and outlines a plan for Effective Engagement for K–8 Schools the summer before you start. You’ll also get Elementary and K-8 schools face challenges examples of great first-meeting agendas and engaging their graduates throughout their high tips for adapting them to your personal style. school and college years and beyond. Come PRESENTER: Robert Windham, Carney, learn about one school’s success with a “closed Sandoe & Associates loop” alumni program. Leave with inspiration LEADERSHIP and concrete ways to bring together multiple ROOM: 314 constituencies, serve alumni as well as the community, and connect alumni to your mission. Creating a New High School Transcript: PRESENTERS: Wendy Horng Brawer and Liz The Mastery Transcript Consortium Clark, Prospect Sierra School (CA) The fact that most high school transcripts are COMMUNICATIONS AND ADVANCEMENT organized around grades, single-discipline ROOM: 307 classes, and Carnegie units of time is one of the biggest roadblocks to curricular and Coming Down the Mountain: pedagogical change. Learn more about a The Journey from Innovative Idea joint effort among independent schools to to Successful Execution create a transcript organized around student Innovation is all the rage in our schools. mastery, not seat time. The goal is to develop However, what does innovation actually a transcript that features authentic assessment look like? What needs to be in place for it to of learning, not simply letter grades. succeed? What risks are involved? And how do PRESENTER: D. Scott Looney, Hawken schools adapt so they can better support failure School (OH) and rapid iteration? This session will summarize THE CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE ROOM: 315
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Educating Students for a Sustainable WORKSHOP BLOCK 5 World: An Interdisciplinary Approach 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM CONTINUED Turn today’s global challenges into thought- provoking lessons with hands-on activities Designing Compensation Systems that explore world population growth, natural for Mission Congruence and Financial resource use, climate change, and social Sustainability justice. Presented activities integrate Most boards have little knowledge of whether geography, history, and environmental science their schools’ salary and benefit system is around authentic problems. Engage in role- mission specific and driven. Many school playing, mapping, cooperative group problem heads have neither the time nor the inclination solving, and more. to examine the message that the salary and PRESENTER: John Mulherin, Baltimore Lab benefit structure sends about how teachers are School (MD) compensated and rewarded. This workshop’s THE CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE goal is to promote discussion of an important ROOM: 321 question: If we could start with a clean slate, what system would we build that would Failure 2.0: Creating a Failure-Friendly embody and serve our schools’ mission and be School Community financially sustainable? This workshop goes beyond accepting failure PRESENTER: John Littleford, Littleford & and challenges as necessary components of Associates healthy student development. You will learn LEADERSHIP about specific programs and ideas to best ROOM: 318 create a failure-friendly school community. This workshop is geared to professionals who Designing Heads’ Contracts: embrace the need for failure in the lives of Maximizing the Payment of those in their charge. The goal is to look at Compensation and Benefits ways to create an environment for students to The head of school agreement can serve best build needed skills in resilience. as an important component of a successful PRESENTER: Mike Donegan, Loomis Chaffee relationship. This session will focus on the range School (CT) of strategies schools can use to motivate heads THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE of school to perform at their highest level and ROOM: 322/323 to remain at their schools. You’ll learn about the benefits boards can provide that are attractive Fifteen Formative Assessment Strategies to the head and cost-effective for the school. That You Can Use Tomorrow The session will focus on the pitfalls to avoid If you have been wanting to build your and approaches to use when drafting language. formative assessment toolkit, this session is PRESENTERS: Caryn Pass and Harry Atlas, for you. You will try 15 formative assessment Venable, LLP strategies that are proven to increase student GOVERNANCE retention and achievement. They are fun, take ROOM: 339
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minimal time, and do not require hours of extra Global Citizenship at Home: grading to implement. You will walk out with a Leveraging the Local as Global how-to guide to implement these strategies in Providing students with the chance to become your classroom and school. global citizens is the responsibility of your PRESENTER: Laurynn Evans, Francis Parker entire school community. Limiting opportunities School (CA) to a handful of school experiences will not lead THE CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE students to an authentic appreciation of the ROOM: 324/325 world. Hear how two schools in the middle of the Pacific Ocean use their community’s Finding the Right Match: strengths to leverage local assets as global Attracting and Maintaining assets. Find out how they devote curricular and Mission-Appropriate Teachers non-curricular elements to their efforts to make Independent schools are facing increasing sure their students are introduced to and able competition to fill positions. A head of school to practice global citizenship. and a teacher will discuss the measures that PRESENTERS: Chai Reddy and James K. Scott, have helped their small school with limited Punahou School (HI); Sophie Halliday and Ruth resources attract, on-board, and maintain high- R. Fletcher, The St. Andrew’s Schools (HI) quality faculty while staying true to its mission THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE of being an innovative school. ROOM: 327 PRESENTERS: Tekakwitha Pernambuco-Wise and Emily Travis, Sea Crest School (CA) The Homework Dilemma: Achieving MANAGEMENT the Right Balance with Appropriate ROOM: 336 Homework Time and Rigor When parents, students, and even some Gather, Utilize, and Capitalize teachers complain about excessive homework, on Information for Fact-Based how should a school respond? Follow Pembroke Decision Making Hill’s transformative three-year journey toward Discover a system to evaluate a school’s achieving a healthy balance for students while performance through trend analysis and maintaining rigorous academic standards. You benchmarking. Originally created a decade will be immersed in collaborative breakout ago to objectively measure progress on discussions, engage in role play, and view media key strategic initiatives, University School’s clips of pertinent issues. Trustee’s Resource Book serves as a foundation PRESENTERS: Mike Hill, David Burke, and for good decision making and has been Siabhan May-Washington, The Pembroke Hill a valuable management tool for school School–Wornall Campus (MO) leadership as well as the board. THE CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE PRESENTERS: Don Molten, University ROOM: 344 School — Shaker Campus (OH); Jonathan Bridge and Laura Marshall, University School (OH) GOVERNANCE ROOM: 326
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Looking East: Diversity, Globalization, WORKSHOP BLOCK 5 and Sustainability 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM CONTINUED Gain an overview of why it is important to have educational and cultural exchanges with Chinese Innovation and Preservation: schools and students, and find out about the Our Road to Implementing a Bold many program options available. Three schools Vision for Teaching and Learning share their programs, lessons learned, and Through an assertive strategic planning insights into the benefits of looking east. process, Madeira School undertook innovative PRESENTERS: Daniel Greenwood, Pacific steps to integrate its academic program, Rim Education and Consulting; David Colon, residential life program, and signature internship Wakefield School (VA); Christian Proctor, program. The result has fortified its identity North Cross School (VA); Clare Sisisky, and brand for decades to come. This case Collegiate School (VA) study will show Madeira as a sound example THE CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE of deep institutional change while sharing both ROOM: 340 the good thinking and missteps along the way. PRESENTERS: Andre Withers, Andrew Sharp, Mirrors and Windows: Reaching, Ashlevaey Johnson, Pilar Cabeza de Vaca, Supporting, and Cultivating Kathryn McGroarty, Tracie Epes, and Stacie Relationships with Our Families of Color Steinke, The Madeira School (VA) Learn about efforts to increase diversity at THE CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE a boys’ school originally founded in 1890 for ROOM: 347/348 white, upper-class students. The framework and programs the school has developed to Is Title IX the New Standard for connect admission, students, and parents can Sexual Misconduct Investigations? serve as a blueprint for other schools trying to This presentation will explore the evolving create unified support for families of color. standards that pertain to sexual misconduct PRESENTERS: Lauren Calig and Joseph Hollings, investigations at independent schools. It will University School — Shaker Campus (OH); examine legal obligations, best practices, Terry Lipford, University School (OH) and unavoidable risks that schools face when COMMUNICATIONS AND ADVANCEMENT responding to these claims. ROOM: 301/302 PRESENTERS: Michael Blacher, Liebert Cassidy Whitmore; John Bracker, Polytechnic School Mission Control: Launching Your (CA); James Smith, United Educators Small School Marketing Strategy MANAGEMENT Guided by the head of a school with 60 ROOM: 349/350 students, this session will show you how marketing a small school requires a paradigm shift away from corporate-style brand awareness and big idea strategies. You will
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learn how to leverage students, faculty, families, Oh, the Relationships You’ll Build: and programs to generate word of mouth and Using Technology to Make Things grow enrollment and donor prospects. Find out More Personal how to examine your mission, develop mission- This interactive presentation explores how based key performance indicators, conduct teachers can leverage technology to create no-cost market research, and leverage your and personalize an environment where assets to create powerful direct marketing plans learning takes center stage. To facilitate this for your school. student-centered experience, tech tools PRESENTER: Alex Brosowsky, The Quaker provide both a snapshot of individual learners’ School at Horsham (PA) needs and an overview of how the class is COMMUNICATIONS AND ADVANCEMENT performing as a whole. You will use tools such ROOM: 341 as EDpuzzle, Pear Deck, and Plickers to actively participate in the session. Not Enough or TMI: What the PRESENTER: Stacey Roshan, Bullis School (MD) Board Needs to Know and When THE CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE They Need to Know It ROOM: 343 Using real-world examples involving serious incidents of student or employee misconduct, Sexting, Digital Dating Abuse, this session will illustrate when the head and Other Relationship Issues should contact the board chair, when the chair If you’re facing problems at the intersection of should contact the executive committee, and teens, technology, and romantic relationships, when — if at all — the full board needs to be know that best practices are evolving to help informed. You’ll see that the situation grows you with both prevention and response. Should more sensitive when there’s a possibility you teach abstinence or “safe sexting”? How of scrutiny by the media or the public. The can you discuss inappropriate dating presenters will articulate a baseline structure relationships marked by power and control? for communication decisions. They will also How can you connect safely with students on explore trustees’ obligations to maintain social media? Identify how best to navigate confidentiality and the particular challenges these and related issues. facing parent-trustees. PRESENTERS: Sameer Hinduja, Florida PRESENTERS: Susan E. Schorr, Tennant Lubell, Atlantic University; Chad Green, Shady Side LLC; Vince Watchorn, The Providence Country Academy (PA) Day School (RI) THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE GOVERNANCE ROOM: 328 ROOM: 342
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The State of Financial Aid WORKSHOP BLOCK 5 What are the goals of other schools’ financial 11:15 AM – 12:15 PM CONTINUED aid programs? How well funded, trained, and equipped are today’s financial aid Shaping Leadership Identity professionals? How and when do practitioners in Young Girls make financial aid decisions? Using findings Find out what one pre-K–12 girls’ school has from the 2016 SSS State of Financial Aid discovered about what leadership looks like in survey, explore questions like these to help the very young, how its development can be your school meet financial aid goals in today’s fostered, and whether everyone has the potential climate. Consider ways to hone your practices to lead. Through participatory action research, and leverage your resources for better teachers and administrators designed L3: Living enrollment management. Leadership in the Lower School, now fully PRESENTER: Mark Mitchell, NAIS integrated into the division. MANAGEMENT PRESENTERS: Mariandl Hufford and Donna ROOM: 345/346 Lindner, The Agnes Irwin School (PA) THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE Where Learning Meets Design: Taking ROOM: Hilton, Billie Holiday 6 Control of the Visual Classroom The ubiquity of handheld devices and Shifting Assessment Cultures: learning media means that every educator Tools and Strategies for Teaching (and student) makes daily choices about how and Assessing Habits of Mind to shape content. The prominence of visual School missions highlight habits of mind (HoM), stimuli places a heightened emphasis on the but classroom-based assessments tend to design of information. Explore the theories prioritize content. Mission-driven changes require beneath visual scholarship, including illustrative changes in assessment practices. In this workshop, examples and group exercises. Probe how we will share steps for designing assessments cognition and perception can have real-world of HoM, such as empathy, perseverance, and effects on critical thought and creativity. collaboration. You will learn strategies for training PRESENTERS: Mercer Hall and Patricia Russac, teachers to use instructional and assessment Buckley Country Day School (NY) tools that target both content and HoM. THE CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE PRESENTERS: Karen Strobel, Castilleja School ROOM: Hilton, Billie Holiday 3 (CA); Jenna Dunn, The Ethel Walker School (CT); Natalie Froman, Garrison Forest School (MD); Jennifer Selvin, Lick-Wilmerding High School (CA); Lorelei Saito, Punahou School (HI) THE CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE ROOM: 303
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Your School’s “4D” Curriculum for leadership frameworks, experiences of school the 21st Century: Knowledge, Skills, heads and board chairs, and search firms’ Character, Meta-Learning employment materials. In this interactive workshop, you will explore PRESENTERS: Anthony Bowes, Greenwich how to use a design matrix to allow each Country Day School (CT); Carolyn Clark, department to systematically and deliberately The Brearley School (NY); Kristin Eisenhardt, embed skills, character, and meta-learning in its The Meadowbrook School of Weston (MA); discipline. Examples from STEM, the humanities, Kathy Trammell, The Williams School (CT); Lisa and the arts will be shown. In addition, you Bianco, Shorecrest Preparatory School (FL); will participate in an open conversation about Debby McLean, Friends Academy (NY) how to use out-of-school activities to build the ROOM: 313 character qualities that transcend four walls. PRESENTER: Charles Fadel, Center for Ideal to Real: Deployment of Curriculum Redesign Resources on Faculty Development THE CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE and Diversity Initiatives ROOM: 319/320 Hear about the findings from a survey sent to heads of schools who recommended personnel to the NAIS Fellowship for Aspiring School FELLOWSHIP WORKSHOPS Heads for the past three years. The findings Each of these 30-minute sessions is part of shed light on how heads of school navigate the NAIS Fellowship for Aspiring School Heads and negotiate through the complexities of workshop series and is presented by the current institutional priorities and the varying degrees cohort of fellows. All are welcome to attend. to which schools value the importance, impact, and commitment of multicultural programs Do You Have What It Takes? and professional development opportunities. If you aspire to become a head of school, you PRESENTERS: Theresa Jespersen, Holy may wonder if you possess the background Innocents’ Episcopal School (GA); Ereni Malfa, knowledge, experience, and qualities you Roland Park Country Day School (MD); Gary need to succeed. Come learn about a study McPhail, Meadowbrook School of Weston that examines the attributes and behavior (MA); Heather Moore, Hebrew Academy of of successful school leaders. You’ll get Tidewater (VA); Elizabeth Pleshette, Latin fresh insights from an analysis of effective School of Chicago (IL); Dan Courcey, Choate Rosemary Hall (CT) ROOM: 313
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The Online Learning Tornado WORKSHOP BLOCK 6 That Blew Our School to Oz 1:15 – 2:15 PM PRESENTER: Sarah Hofstra, Hybrid Learning Consortium at The Barstow School (MO)
FEATURED WORKSHOP Playborhoods HOLISTIC LIFE FOUNDATION PRESENTER: Annette Fallon, Baltimore Lab PANEL School (MD) Ali Smith, Atman Smith, and Andres Gonzalez Find full descriptions in the conference app ROOM: 316/317 and online at annualconference.nais.org. More information on page 6.
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ROOM: 308–310 Augmented and Virtual Reality More information on page 9. in the Classroom (for $20 or Less) Come to this PechaKucha session This session will go over what augmented and to see the following presentations: virtual reality are, how they can be used in the elementary classroom, and how you and your What’s Your Name? students can create your own. Specific examples PRESENTER: Katie Jamieson, Beauvoir will include QR codes, Google Cardboard, and School (DC) ways to create your own materials. PRESENTER: Rosemary Feehan, Wilmington Examining Millennial Leadership Montessori School (DE) PRESENTER: Thomas Taylor, Breck School (MN) THE CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE ROOM: 327 Modeling Collaboration Through Team Teaching Building to Learn: How Coding, PRESENTER: Matthew Bolton, The Seven Hills Design Thinking, and Making Pedagogy School (OH) Inform 21st Century Schools What is the pedagogy of making? How can Students Take Center Stage making and coding principles strengthen with TED-Ed Clubs your school’s core curricula? Explore how PRESENTER: Nola-rae Cronan, Columbus differentiated and authentic learning School for Girls (OH) opportunities can teach students core competencies while building fluency in I Think I Figured Out How to cutting-edge technologies and 21st century Use Snapchat as an Educator! skills. This session includes a model for PRESENTER: Bill Selak, Hillbrook School (CA) incorporating making, case studies from
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various subjects in grades 6–12, practical advancement strategy, including how to tech tools and resources, and helpful advice. measure your initiative’s impact and convey PRESENTERS: Cindy Beals and Geraldine it to the leaders of your school and board. Loveless, Windward School (CA); Paul Way PRESENTERS: Peter Bachmann, Flintridge and Kelly Castaneda, Crossroads School (CA) Preparatory School (CA); Henry Smyth, Gilman THE CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE School (MD); Micajah Dudley, Shearwater ROOM: 314 COMMUNICATIONS AND ADVANCEMENT ROOM: 330 Community-Based Learning: From Our Schools to Yours Crisis Management in Schools: Discover effective ways to integrate Lessons Learned community-based learning into your core A crisis requires knowledgable leaders who academic curriculum. This session will explore can immediately implement a plan that covers how Winchester Thurston’s City as Our Campus communication needs, legal implications, and program has evolved since its creation in community safety and security. Based on two 2005 and how Heathwood Hall is adopting real-life case studies, this interactive session will and modifying the program to unify its own prepare you to take the necessary action. You community-based learning programs. Find will leave the session with a clearly designed out about examples of student learning and plan to handle significant events in your school. strategies for implementing similar programs. PRESENTERS: Mary Seppala, Educators’ PRESENTERS: Adam Nye and Kristen Klein, Collaborative, LLC; Stephen Druggan, Winchester Thurston School (PA); George Springside Chestnut Hill Academy (PA) Scouten and Donnie Bain, Heathwood Hall GOVERNANCE Episcopal School (SC) ROOM: 321 THE CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE ROOM: 315 De-Entitlement: The Art of Healthy Student Humbling Creating a Culture of Engagement: The vast majority of students arrive on campus From Acceptance to Alumnus eager to learn, grow, and embrace all that is Every school has untapped opportunities when offered. Unfortunately, a select few bring with it comes to institutional advancement. This them the belief that the universe revolves presentation will explore strategic initiatives around them. We will review current research that take advantage of the full student on aspects of adolescent brain development experience, from acceptance to alumnus, that contribute to the narcissism of the to build a culture of engagement. Come contemporary teen. We will then explore ways discuss a more comprehensive institutional to help students de-center and become more humble in their interactions with others. PRESENTER: Mike Donegan, Loomis Chaffee School (CT) THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE ROOM: 322/323
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Family Leave Policies: Challenges WORKSHOP BLOCK 6 and Opportunities for Working Parents 1:15 – 2:15 PM CONTINUED As conversations regarding childcare and paid leave move forward in the national dialogue, Don’t Play Me: Adopting Playful how can family leave policies in independent Learning Strategies in the Classroom schools create a more equitable climate for and Schoolwide faculty and staff? At this presentation, you’ll To many adolescents, school is a series of learn about current data on practices and involuntary tasks for which they see no true policies in independent schools relevant to purpose. Games offer a voluntary experience working parents. This session will offer a safe whose outcomes are excitingly uncertain. forum for sharing resources and conducting Come re-energize your curriculum with playful affinity group conversations. learning and gamified strategies to engage PRESENTERS: Angela Miklavcic, The Episcopal your middle and high school classrooms. Learn Academy (PA); Priscilla Morales, The Park about one school’s journey into hosting Playful School of Baltimore (MD) Learning Summits. MANAGEMENT PRESENTERS: Ann Whiting, Genevieve Morgan, ROOM: 337 and Christopher McAdamis, Milken Community Schools (CA) Fifty Shades of Pluralism: THE CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE Uncovering the Genius in Every ROOM: 324/325 Child in All School Settings As educators, we can develop lifelong learners Education for Social Innovation: by creating learning communities that Bringing the Values of Citizenship respect and embrace individual differences. A and Character to Life worthwhile goal is to support both independent In early 2016, a group of educators from 20 and public schools in uncovering the genius in NAIS schools embarked on a professional every student. In this workshop, experienced learning journey developed by TakingITGlobal presenters will show how you can join a in partnership with NAIS. They participated in movement for change — as individuals and as Education for Social Innovation, an accredited independent schools — in service to all children. online course, and co-developed projects PRESENTERS: Wendy Horng Brawer, Prospect in their classrooms based on real-world Sierra School (CA); Joel Pelcyger, PS1 challenges identified by their students. Come Pluralistic School (CA) hear from educators about what they learned THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE and how the program will evolve in the future. ROOM: 347/348 PRESENTERS: Michael Furdyk, TakingITGlobal; Ioana Wheeler, NAIS THE CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE ROOM: 301/302
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Honoring Parentless Students: “I Can’t Do That… Yet”: Addressing Equity Through Family Helping Students Cultivate and Non-Family Programming a Learning Disposition The landscape of families is changing, and Too often, students see a lack of immediate “Muffins with Mom,” “Dad’s Day,” and Parent/ mastery as a sign of weakness or, worse, Teacher Associations are no longer relevant inability. This program will share how our to all students. This workshop will focus on school has engaged both students and a change in how we think and speak about faculty in reflection on how to counter that parents, guardians, and families. You will common phenomenon. You will receive a come away with a shift in how you think sample curriculum, classroom strategies, about students’ family status and new ideas and an invitation to engage collaboratively for addressing your campus’s traditions in this work moving forward. and programs that lead with a bias lens. PRESENTER: Noah Rachlin, Phillips PRESENTER: Michael Goodman, University Academy (MA) of Maryland THE CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE ROOM: 342 ROOM: 338 Issues of Race, Class, and Gender: How to Make Your School’s A Framework for Teaching and Inspiring Values Visible Social Justice Most schools pride themselves on having Your students live in a world where they need core values. But possessing a list does not to be able to understand and confront the guarantee that the values are being taught, complex issues of race, gender, and class. Learn learned, or practiced among students and how to create a create a community of learners faculty. This presentation’s goal is for you who can engage in difficult conversations, to reflect on and share your school’s values; become allies, and take on the work of social consider how you inculcate them; and then justice all while striving to make your school walk away with specific resources, activities, community a more inclusive one for all. and a mindset to take back to your school. PRESENTERS: Laura Robertson, Jon Shoup, and Discover ways to move your values from page Antxon Iturbe, St. Anne’s-Belfield School (VA) 5 of your school handbook to your classrooms, THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE hallways, and fields. ROOM: 326 PRESENTERS: Sumant Bhat, St. Anne’s Episcopal School (CO); Heather Mock, Alexander Dawson School (CO) LEADERSHIP ROOM: 339
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Maximizing Student Engagement (or) WORKSHOP BLOCK 6 Stop the Bloodletting: Stop Lecturing 1:15 – 2:15 PM CONTINUED (and Start Engaging) Rarely do students cite lectures as the Leadership Lessons from the most memorable part of a course. Even Seat of My Bicycle: On Becoming more troubling, growing research suggests a More Authentic Leader lectures result in minimal actual learning. In This workshop will explore ways you can learn this interactive, reflective session, explore to become a more effective school leader by pedagogical strategies that shift learning carefully mining your own interests, passions, from teacher to student and from low to high and experiences outside of school. Specifically, engagement while deepening understanding. the facilitator will tell how his own personal PRESENTER: Raymond Wright, Landon leadership and work with emerging school School (MD) leaders have been influenced by endurance THE CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE cycling as well as his recovery from a ROOM: Hilton, Billie Holiday 2 devastating accident. PRESENTER: George Swain, New York State Moving Forward Together into a Brave Association of Independent Schools New World LEADERSHIP What is the relationship between empathy, ROOM: Hilton, Billie Holiday 1 intimacy, and technology? How might schools respond to the opportunities and Leading IT All: The Role of challenges in a way that is mission-driven the Chief Information Officer and forward-focused? This workshop reviews in Independent Schools the findings from a national symposium While most schools do not currently have in which thought leaders and educators a CIO, chances are they may in the future. tackled these questions and produced a set The session will examine what prompts the of recommendations designed to meet the addition of a CIO and what happens when the challenges of the wired world and the paradox role evolves from tech director to strategic of human disconnectedness. school leader. This presentation will inform PRESENTERS: Michael Spencer and Theresa school leaders, particularly heads and associate Ferns, St. Paul’s School (NH); Chad Green, heads, about an emerging trend in independent Shady Side Academy (PA); Monica Gillespie, school leadership. St. Mary’s School (NC) PRESENTERS: Jason Ramsden, Ravenscroft THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE School (NC); Jamie Britto, Collegiate School ROOM: 318 (VA); John Hardcastle, McDonogh School (MD); Barry Kallmeyer, Hathaway Brown School (OH) LEADERSHIP ROOM: 340
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A Multisensory Curriculum: successful transition, presenters will discuss Teaching LD Students Well, the process, offer strategies, and welcome Teaching All Students Well your questions. Your school has more different learners than PRESENTERS: Linda Gibbs, Resource Group 175; you think! Discovering how to teach them Jean Brune, retired head; Ashley Thayer and effectively enhances the way you reach all Catherine McDonnell, Roland Park Country your students. A neuropsychologist will School (MD) discuss the research behind multisensory GOVERNANCE teaching, and Siena School staff will share ROOM: 341 practical approaches to multisensory teaching that prepare students for a rigorous college The Power of Teacher Language curriculum. Learn how teachers can use language — PRESENTERS: Clay Kaufman, The Siena School words, tone, and pace — to increase student (MD); William Stixrud, psychologist engagement, build a positive classroom THE CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE community, create a growth mindset, and teach ROOM: 303 pro-social behavior by helping children develop confidence, competence, and self-control. This The New Realities in Crisis interactive session will provide you with many Management practical tips and samples of effective teacher The fallout from a poorly managed crisis can language to take back to your school. have very significant consequences. However, PRESENTERS: Earl Hunter, Oakwood if prepared, a school can get through a tough School — Elementary School Campus (CA); situation and emerge even stronger. This Sarah Fillion, Responsive Classroom session will help you be crisis ready. Get an THE CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE up-to-date list of issues to be aware of, learn ROOM: 343 the elements of crisis planning, and receive a crisis checklist to take back to school with you. Protecting the Student and the School PRESENTERS: Jane Maxwell Hulbert and Jim Amidst Allegations of Sexual Assault Hulbert, The Jane Group An experienced school counsel will explore the COMMUNICATIONS AND ADVANCEMENT deluge of sexual assault allegations that are ROOM: 345/346 affecting independent schools. How does your independent school know if it is covered by Passing the Torch: Effective and Title IX? What does Title IX compliance mean? Successful Head of School Transition If your school is not subject to Title IX, what The most important task for any school may are the school’s obligations and risks? How do well be to select and then ensure a smooth you protect the alleged victims, perpetrators, transition for a new head. In this session, learn witnesses, and your school? about how a school with a long-tenured head PRESENTER: William Hannum, Schwartz handled the search, selection, and plan for Hannum PC transition. While paying careful attention to LEADERSHIP all aspects of the process but emphasizing ROOM: Hilton, Billie Holiday 3
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Soft Skills and Hard Data: Validating WORKSHOP BLOCK 6 the Character Traits That Matter Most 1:15 – 2:15 PM CONTINUED In the future, the most important competencies may be more social-emotional than technical. Return on Investment: Why an Today robots are evolving to replicate many Independent School Education Is human capabilities; however, they falter when Worth the Cost given tasks that require inter- and intrapersonal Although independent schools operate under intelligence. This workshop will detail how a variety of organizing principles, they all to validate emotional intelligence and also share one thing: a mission-driven, student- demonstrate that it is at the foundation of centered, culture-rich, non-bureaucratic model. strong character. This model has distinct advantages over the PRESENTERS: Josh Cobb and Ben DeVoss, increasingly standardized, compliance-driven Graland Country Day School (CO) model that characterizes public education THE STUDENT EXPERIENCE today. Is an independent school education ROOM: Hilton, Billie Holiday 4 worth the cost? Come to this session for well-researched data and provocative Sustainability and Innovation information that will support the independent Discover the alternative revenue strategies school value proposition. employed by The Barstow School, including PRESENTER: Douglas Lyons, Connecticut establishing satellite campuses and a robust Association of Independent Schools online learning program. You will leave with the COMMUNICATIONS AND ADVANCEMENT knowledge of how to adopt strategies that will ROOM: 336 increase student retention, decrease reliance on tuition, increase marketing and admission, The Self-Healing Board: A Master enhance existing as well as new programs, Class in Staying on Track Through Any and allow students to network with students Challenge from across the globe. Even the best boards go through rough PRESENTERS: Shane Foster, The Barstow School patches from time to time. Some manage (MO); Bram van Kempen, Knowledgelink to get themselves back on track while others MANAGEMENT fall into still greater stages of dysfunction. ROOM: Hilton, Billie Holiday 5 Drawing on experience as board chair, board member, and governance consultants, the The Tao of Small School Advancement presenters of this session will explore case Making small school advancement make sense studies in what makes for a “self-healing board” requires vision, confidence, collaboration, that can self-correct and get back on track. creativity, efficiency, and action plans that are PRESENTERS: Marc Frankel and Judith both meaningful and practical. In this session, Schechtman, Triangle Associates; Lisa Flashner, Wildwood School (CA) GOVERNANCE ROOM: 319/320
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you’ll figure out the best ways to combine propositions. Drawing on interviews with these elements into a strong and sustainable school administrators, faculty, and students, program for your school. this session examines the impact global PRESENTERS: Starr Snead, Advancement programs are having on independent schools Connections; Shelley Reese, The Learning and students like yours. Center for the Deaf (MA) PRESENTERS: John Kleiner, University School COMMUNICATIONS AND ADVANCEMENT of Nashville (TN); Brian Mitchell, The Boys’ ROOM: 328 Latin School of Maryland (MD); Bruce Nkala, Shipley School (PA); Cecil Stodghill, Providence Your Feelings Are Wrong Day School (NC); Christopher Tennyson, Survey courses of normative ethics share Lake Forest Academy (IL); Rick West, Franklin a poorly kept secret: Students don’t seem Road Academy (TN) to finish these courses morally “better.” ROOM: 313 Contemporary moral psychology indicates that the reason for this may involve ethics courses’ Hit the Ground Running: Significant failure to engage emotions. This session will Challenges Facing a First-Time Head examine the idea that our rational minds inform of School behavior and moral judgments far less than Because independent schools face previously thought. Then you’ll learn how ethics increasingly complex problems, first-time courses can engage emotions more effectively heads need to arrive on day one with a clear and, arguably, make students more moral. sense of how to successfully navigate their PRESENTER: Stephen Miller, Oakwood initial year. At this session, you’ll learn about Friends School (NY) common challenges identified through a study THE CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE conducted as part of the 2016 NAIS Fellowship ROOM: 329 for Aspiring School Heads. PRESENTERS: Jared Harris, Cairo American College (Egypt); Bryan Oliver, Saint James FELLOWSHIP WORKSHOPS School (AL); Ryan Pagotto, Blair Academy Each of these 30-minute sessions is part of (NJ); Webster Trenchard, The Loomis Chaffee the NAIS Fellowship for Aspiring School Heads School (CT); Peter Twadell, Tower School (MA); workshop series and is presented by the current Joe Viola, St. Albans School (DC) cohort of fellows. All are welcome to attend. ROOM: 313
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Close Up Foundation Diamond Mind Inc. Evolve Tours Booth 1018 Booth 1007 Booth 332 www.closeup.org www.diamondmindinc.com www.evolvetours.com Compass Education Group Disney Youth Programs Examsoft Worldwide Booth 1115 Booth 318 Booth 820 www.compassprep.com www.disneyyouthgroups.com www.examsoft.com Competent Kids, Caring The Dragon Trip–School Exeter Table Company Communities (CKCC): Ackerman Trips to China and Japan Booth 816 Institute for the Family Booth 333 www.exetertablecompany.com Booth 11 www.thedragontrip.com Fiduciary Wisdom/ www.competentkids.org Drummey Rosane Anderson Managing Retirement Plans Concordia Language Villages Booth 324 Booth 529 Booth 423 www.DRAarchitects.com www.fiduciarywisdom.com www.concordialanguagevillages.org Edible Education’s Finalsite Council of International Kitchen a la Cart Booth 401 Schools (CIS) Booth 325 www.finalsite.com Booth 10 www.kitchenalacart.com Fisher & Phillips www.cois.org Edlio Booth 215 Country Casual Teak Booth 127 www.fisherphillips.com Booth 1104 www.edlio.com Flik Independent School Dining www.countrycasualteak.com EduBoston Booth 425 cox graae + spack architects Booth 802 www.FlikISD.com Booth 1102 www.eduboston.com FLVS Global www.cgsarchitects.com Educatius Group Booth 201 Creosote Affects, LLC Booth 433 www.flvsglobal.net Booth 629 www.educatius.org FlynnO’Hara Uniforms www.creosoteaffects.com Edvergent Learning Booth 134 CulinArt Dining Services Booth 306 www.flynnohara.com Booth 319 www.edvergent.com FolioCollaborative www.culinartgroup.com Elior North America Booth 106 CWRA+ (College and Work Booth 911 www.foliocollaborative.org Readiness Assessment) www.elior-na.com Follett Booth 228 Engineer Your World from Booth 416 www.cae.org/cwra The University of Texas www.follettlearning.com Dataminr, Inc. Booth 420 Forrester Construction www.engineeryourworld.org Booth 533 Booth 232 www.Dataminr.com Epson www.forresterconstruction.com Dennis Uniform Booth 320 Four Corners School Booth 515 www.epson.com of Outdoor Education www.dennisuniform.com ERB Booth 9 Designed for Fun, Inc. Booth 116 www.fourcornersschool.org Booth 1012 www.erblearn.org FrontRow www.designedforfun.com Everbridge Booth 304 Booth 331 www.gofrontrow.com www.everbridge.com George K. Baum & Company Booth 909 www.gkbaum.com
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The Gilder Lehrman Institute HP, Inc Level Up Village of American History Booth 811 Booth 126 Booth 5 www.hp.com www.levelupvillage.com www.gilderlehrman.org Huston and Company Lice Treatment Center Graham-Pelton Booth 625 Booth 404 Booth 123 www.hustonandcompany.com www.licetreatmentcenter.com www.grahampelton.com inRESONANCE Liebert Cassidy Whitmore Grand Canyon University Booth 501 Booth 503 Booth 530 www.inresonance.com www.lcwlegal.com www.gcu.edu Interactive Schools List Industries Inc. Grand Classroom Booth 633 Booth 317 Booth 907 www.interactiveschools.com www.listindustries.com www.grandclassroom.com International Baccalaureate Little Great Minds Booth 220 Booth 925 Booth 3 www.ibo.org www.littleonline.com www.greatminds.org Ivy Bridge Group littleBits Greenwood Associates Booth 1017 Booth 726 West, Inc. www.ivybridgegroup.com www.littlebits.cc/education Booth 226 Ivy International Longhouse Software www.greenwdassoc.com Booth 1111 Booth 523 Hammermill Paper www.usivy.net www.longhousesoftware.com Booth 426 JSTOR/ARTstor Loose Canon LLC www.hammermill.com Booth 13 Booth 120 Handwriting Without Tears/ www.artstor.org www.loosecanon.com Keyboarding Without Tears JT Spencer Magic Hour Communications Booth 219 Booth 631 Booth 233 www.hwtears.com www.jtspencer.com www.magic-hour.com Heifer International KaBOOM! Maplebrook School Booth 204 Booth 102 Booth 1118 www.heifer.org/schools www.kaboom.org/resources/ www.maplebrookschool.org rigamajig HMFH Architects, Inc. Marshall Legacy Booth 410 Kalix Communications Institute/CHAMPS www.hmfh.com Booth 305 Booth 334 HMWOutdoors www.kalixcommunications.com www.marshall-legacy.org Booth 105 Kinderlime Mass Intelligent Technology www.hmwoutdoors.com Booth 1010 Booth 323 Holbrook Global Field www.kinderlime.com www.mit4us.com Expeditions Landmark College Max-R Booth 132 Booth 718 Booth 912 holbrooktravel.com www.landmark.edu www.max-r.net Hord Coplan Macht Lands’ End Maximo Nivel Booth 524 Booth 924 Booth 231 www.hcm2.com www.landsend.com/school www.maximonivel.com HowTheMarketWorks Laurel Springs School MITC Booth 917 Booth 415 Booth 923 www.howthemarketworks.com www.laurelsprings.com www.mitcsoftware.com
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MobileServe Otus Rediker Software, Inc. Booth 1125 Booth 525 Booth 815 www.MobileServe.Com www.otus.com www.rediker.com Music Together LLC Outward Bound Baltimore Reflection Sciences Booth 417 Chesapeake Bay School Booth 303 www.musictogether.com Booth 7 www.reflectionsciences.com National 4-H Youth www.outwardboundbaltimore.org Responsive Classroom Conference Center Paradigm Treatment Centers Booth 915 Booth 2 Booth 1015 www.responsiveclassroom.org www.4hcenter.org www.paradigmmalibu.com RobotLAB National Assessment Parker School Uniforms Booth 121 of Educational Progress Booth 406 www.RobotLAB.com Booth 1119 www.parkersu.com Rubeling & Associates, https://nces.ed.gov/ PCR Educator a JMT Division nationsreportcard/about Booth 412 Booth 430 National Association www.pcreducator.com www.rubeling.com of Episcopal Schools Pear Deck SAGE Dining Services Booth 403 Booth 203 Booth 517 www.episcopalschools.org www.peardeck.com www.sagedining.com National Constitution Center Penguin Random House SAGE Global Education/ Booth 818 Booth 1009 No Barriers Youth www.constitutioncenter.org www.randomhouse.com/ Booth 16 NatureBridge highschool www.SAGEglobaled.org Booth 6 PEX SAIS www.naturebridge.org Booth 1110 Booth 1108 NetRef www.pexcard.com http://www.sais.org Booth 826 Picaboo Yearbooks The School at Columbia www.net-ref.com Booth 118 University: Teach21 The New Book Press http://yearbooks.picaboo.com Booth 14 Booth 918 Pinpoint www.teach21.theschool. www.thenewbookpress.com columbia.edu Booth 104 The New York Times www.Pinpoint.us School in the Woods in Education Piper Booth 8 www.schoolinthewoods.org Booth 916 Booth 922 www.nytimes.com/edu www.buildpiper.com The School Planner Company Niche.com Plan A Advisors Booth 217 www.schoolplanner.com Booth 302 Booth 1008 www.niche.com www.planAadvisors.com School Website NobleHour Polar Booth 419 www.schoolwebsite.com Booth 532 Booth 632 www.noblehour.com www.polar.com/education SchoolDoc.com NOLS Professional Examination Booth 910 Booth 26 Service (ProExam) www.schooldoc.com www.nols.edu Booth 431 Schoolhouse Pictures Northeastern University www.proexam.org Booth 908 Booth 37 ProjectEngin LLC www.schoolhousepictures.com www.northeastern.edu/charlotte Booth 124 www.projectengin.com
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Senior Systems Sycamore Learning Company Venable LLP Booth 712 Booth 531 Booth 511 www.senior-systems.com www.prepforthefuture.com www.venable.com Shanghai HD Bilingual School Teton Science Schools Veracross Booth 18 Booth 15 Booth 611 sh.hdschools.org www.tetonscience.org www.veracross.com Shearwater Three W International Vermont Table Company Booth 534 Booth 206 Booth 919 www.shearwaterintl.com www.threew.us www.vermonttablecompany.com Sheldon Laboratory TIAA Virco, Inc. Systems, Inc. Booth 509 Booth 405 Booth 716 www.tiaa.org www.virco.com www.sheldonlabs.com TLC — The Library Corporation VS America, Inc. The S/L/A/M Collaborative Booth 1109 Booth 808 Booth 1016 www.TLCdelivers.com www.vs-network.com www.slamcoll.com Tommy Hilfiger School Uniform Ward, Dreshman & Smith System Booth 101 Reinhardt, Inc. Booth 402 www.globalschoolwear.com Booth 326 www.smithsystem.com U.S. Holocaust www.wdrincorp.com SMU-in-Taos Memorial Museum Well Screening, a Product Booth 1020 Booth 1 of Bolster Learning Systems www.smu.edu/taos www.ushmm.org Booth 526 Sodexo U.S. Institute of Peace www.wellscreening.com Booth 920 Booth 12 Wellspring Camps www.sodexoUSA.com www.usip.org Booth 234 Stanford Pre-Collegiate Studies United States Olympic www.wellspringcamps.com Booth 418 Committee West (SchoolMessenger https://spcs.stanford.edu Booth 22 solutions) STEM Spaces www.teamusa.org Booth 301 www.schoolmessenger.com Booth 1011 University of Delaware Horn www.splusbusa.com Program in Entrepreneurship WildChina Education Travel The Student Conservation Booth 4 Booth 623 Association www.diamondchallenge.org www.wildchinaeducation.com Booth 20 University of Nebraska Woodloch Pines Resort www.thesca.org High School Booth 809 Study in Spain — Embassy of Booth 21 www.woodloch.com Spain, Trade Commission Miami www.highschool.nebraska.edu World Challenge Expeditions Booth 1024 University of Pennsylvania Booth 216 www.spainEDU.org Booth 218 www.wcexpeditions.com SumBlox Group http://www2.gse.upenn.edu/ WorldStrides midcareer Booth 335 Booth 223 www.sumblox.com University Press www.worldstrides.com Sumo Robot League Sales Associates Your Tuition Solution Booth 17 Booth 27 Booth 225 https://mitpress.mit.edu www.sumorobotleague.com www.yourtuitionsolution.com http://press.princeton.edu http://yalebooks.com Youth for Understanding Booth 23 www.yfuusa.org
73 CAREER PLACEMENT FIRMS HILTON, 2ND FLOOR
CHECK THE CONFERENCE APP FOR HOURS. EDUCATIONAL DIRECTIONS Educational Directions is a leading executive Premier career placement firms will conduct search firm with a national and international interviews at the Hilton Baltimore Convention reach. To support leadership, we also facilitate Center. PLEASE NOTE: NAIS does not senior administrative searches, strategic schedule interviews for candidates. Contact planning, board retreats, and customized the firms directly with questions or to institutional consulting. Our clients speak schedule an interview. For a full listing of our ability to discern their school culture of participating placement firms, visit and develop customized strategies and annualconference.nais.org/program. solutions for them. [email protected] CALWEST EDUCATORS PLACEMENT (800) 647-2794, http://edu-directions.com Independent schools trust CalWest Educators Placement to find talented educators and senior EDUCATOR’S ALLY leaders at the elementary, middle, and high Educator’s Ally connects teachers, school levels. Headquartered in California, we administrators, and senior leaders with recruit candidates locally and nationally. Enlist independent schools. Founded in 1975, our expertise on your behalf. Experience our Educator’s Ally has a highly personalized emphasis on quality conversations and referrals. approach to recruiting and is considered [email protected] the preeminent placement agency for (818) 906-2972, www.CalWestEducators.com independent school recruiting. [email protected] CARNEY, SANDOE & ASSOCIATES (914) 666-6323, www.educatorsally.com Founded in 1977, Carney, Sandoe & Associates provides faculty and administrator recruitment, EDUCATORS’ COLLABORATIVE leadership search, and strategic consulting Since 1971, Educators’ Collaborative has services to independent, international, and provided management consulting services like-kind schools. to schools in all aspects of school operations. [email protected] Consistent with our mission of “Positioning (617) 542-0260, carneysandoe.com schools for success through effective leadership,” we have assisted hundreds of EDUCATION GROUP schools with head and senior administrative The Education Group has provided head and searches and with a comprehensive range of administrative search and faculty placement other consulting projects. services since 1988. Today, we are one of John M. Mackenzie, Managing Partner the nation’s premier boutique search and [email protected] placement firms focused solely on independent (614) 207-1006, and non-public schools. http://educatorscollaborative.com [email protected] (210) 260-3020, http://educationgroup.com
74 NEW FOR 2017 VISIT THE NAIS CAREER 2017 THINK TANK CENTER LOUNGE. THIS NEW FEATURE LETS YOU NETWORK WITH OTHER JOB SEEKERS, LEARN TIPS FOR INTERVIEWING, AND EXPLORE THE NAIS CAREER CENTER. Peter Baily executive director, AIMS-MD/DC
INDEPENDENT THINKING Independent Thinking is an executive search Pilar Cabeza de Vaca firm exclusively focused on independent head of school, The Madeira school leadership positions — head of school School (VA) and senior administrators. The IT team brings strong knowledge of independent schools. Our school clients and candidates Karen Cumberbatch appreciate the high quality of our service head of upper school, Sandy and attention to detail. Spring Friends School (MD) [email protected] (617) 332-3131, www.independent-thinking.com Penny Bach Evins head of school, St. Paul’s MANHATTAN PLACEMENTS School for Girls (MD) Manhattan Placements helps independent schools in the greater New York City area and New Jersey recruit quality Johnnie Foreman administrators and teachers (part- and director of community and full-time; leave replacements; substitutes). diversity, Gilman School (MD) Moreover, we offer an academic-year guarantee and no membership fee. [email protected] Nancy Mugele (212) 288-3507, head of school, Kent School (MD) www.manhattanplacements.com
SOUTHERN TEACHERS Founded in 1902, Southern Teachers is the Dan Paradis premier placement agency for independent head of school, The Park schools in the South. School of Baltimore (MD) [email protected] (434) 295-9122, www.southernteachers.com Stacey Roshan upper school technology coordinator, Bullis School (MD)
Mike Saxenian head of school, McLean School of Maryland (MD)
75 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS NAIS gratefully acknowledges the following companies, schools, and foundations for their support of our programs in 2015–16: Blackbaud K–12 CalWest Educators Placement Canamac Productions Carney, Sandoe & Associates The Center for Transformative Teaching & Learning Diversity Hiring Fair EduBoston Educator’s Ally The Edward E. Ford Foundation eDynamic Learning The Esther A. & Joseph Klingenstein Fund, Inc. Gene Batiste Consulting Google for Education Harvard Graduate School of Education Houghton Mifflin Harcourt KL Webster & Associates Nemnet Minority Recruitment StrateGenius Three W International TIAA United Educators
The NAIS Annual Conference is the result of in-depth collaboration, advice, and commitment of resources by hundreds of individuals and numerous organizations in the independent school community. NAIS wishes especially to recognize the significant contributions of the following: All individuals who proposed workshops for the 2017 NAIS Annual Conference The 300+ workshop presenters The 200+ exhibitors All conference sponsors The Association of Independent Maryland & DC Schools (AIMS) Baltimore-area hotels hosting attendees Baltimore Convention Center and Visitors’ Bureau Centerplate Core-Apps, LLC Event Producers Event Staffing Services Experient Global Experience Specialists (GES) Imperial Events Security Services KINETIK NAIS Innovation Tack Force Playback Now Production Resource Group, LLC (PRG) Steve Schneider ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
FAMILIES FIRST 2018 NAIS ANNUAL Gilman School’s The Traveling FACILITATORS CONFERENCE THINK TANK Men A Cappella Group Shauna Betof, Boston University Bo Adams, Mount Vernon Robert Ford, director Academy (MA) Presbyterian School (GA) Henry Smyth, head of school John Suitor, Boulder Country Jennifer Betts, The Howard Holy Trinity Jazz Band Day School (CO) School (GA) Brian Hollar and Gene Esposito, directors Marifred Cilella, The Howard MAKERSPACE Mike Mullin, head of school School (GA) FACILITATOR Ayanna Hill-Gill, Atlanta Girls’ McDonogh School Singers Chris Bigenho, Greenhill School (GA) Suzanne Eldridge, director School (TX) Charlie Britton, head of school Jeff Jackson, Georgia PECHAKUCHA COACH Independent School Association Norwood School Paganini AND FACILITATOR Brett Jacobsen, Mount Vernon Vivaldi String Players Ken Giles, Devon Oviedo, and Eddie Selover, PechaKucha Presbyterian School (GA) Moyna Daley, directors Orlando Marsha Little, The Lovett School Matthew Gould, head of school (GA) SPEED INNOVATING The Park School of Baltimore Nishant Mehta, The Children’s PLANNING COMMITTEE Jazz Ensembles School (GA) Chris Bigenho, Greenhill Adele Dinerstein, director Kyle Pietrantonio, Holy Spirit School (TX) Dan Paradis, head of school Preparatory School (GA) Jill Brown, Albuquerque St. Andrew’s Episcopal Marcia Prewitt Spiller, Woodward Academy (NM) School Jazz Band Academy (GA) Liz Davis, Synapse School (CA) Amy Wooley, director Jay Underwood, High Meadows Robert Kosasky, head of school Wendy Drexler, Johns Hopkins School (GA) University St. Anne’s School of Annapolis Connie White, Woodward Middle School Chorus Sally Garza, Lawrence Academy (GA) Jeanne McDermott, director School (OH) Lisa Nagel, head of school Sophie Halliday, Saint Andrew’s These school groups have Priory School (HI) enlivened the conference St. Paul’s School Concert Chorale through their performances: John Smedstad, director Alex Inman, Educational David Faus, head of school Collaborators AIMS Schools Reading Larry Kahn, Trinity Valley Kaliq Simms, coordinator St. Paul’s School for Girls School (TX) Peter Baily, executive director of Inertia Dance Company AIMS John Hendricks, director Jenni Swanson Voorhees (Chair), Penny Bach Evins, head of school Sidwell Friends School (DC) The Boys’ Latin School of Maryland Latin Jazz Ensemble Roland Park Country School Linda Swarlis, Columbus School Matt Pisarcik, director Upper School Chorus for Girls (OH) Christopher Post, head of school Lisa Anne Diver, director Caroline Blatti, head of school Flint Hill School Percussion Ensemble Sidwell Friends Upper School Greg Holloway and Chamber Chorus Tim Mitchell, directors John Touchton, director John Thomas, head of school Bryan Garman, head of school Friends School of Baltimore The Siena School Film: Possibility Jazz Ensemble Steve Jeter, director John Gifford, director Clay Kaufman and Jilly Darefsky, Matt Micciche, head of school heads of school
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NAIS BOARD OF TRUSTEES NAIS STAFF Zoe Sherlick Katherine Dinh, Prospect Sierra Efrem Abate Whitney Silverman School (CA), chair Emilia Ayon Floyd F. Smith Bernie Noe, Lakeside School (WA), Caroline G. Blackwell Danielle Solomon vice chair Joy Bodycomb Lu Ann Steele Cornman Fran M. Bisselle, Hathaway Brown Wanell Boone Cheryl Thibideau School (OH), treasurer Janyce Bryant Amada Torres Bryan Garman, Sidwell Friends School (DC), secretary Jefferson Burnett William Umanzor David Allyn, Oliver Scholars Joseph Corbett Kelsey Vrooman Program Scott Donaldson Ioana Wheeler Robin Susan Appleby Tim Fish Debra P. Wilson Pilar Cabeza de Vaca, Netty Ford Tina Wood The Madeira School (VA) Andi Gabrick Nadia Woods Carolyn Chandler, Metairie Park Jessica Holt Country Day School (LA) SSS STAFF Francois B. Innocent Elizabeth Coleman Alisa Evans Arlene Kidwell Mark C. Davis, St. Luke’s Zachary Field Amelia Kurtz School (CT) Mike Flanagan Mark Kurtzrock John DeGioia, Georgetown Derek Hansen University Kawai Lai Anita Harper Randall C. Dunn, Latin School Hilary LaMonte of Chicago (IL) Patricia M. Hayden Michelle Lyde Joan Buchanan Hill, Rachel Henry Isabel Mahoney The Lamplighter School (TX) Kyla Longe David Marsters Michael Horn Mark Mitchell Myra McGovern Siri Akal Singh Khalsa, Northwest Daniel Mollen Corey McIntyre Association of Independent Schools Tammy Pearson George B. Mendel Jim McManus, California Kristen Power Association of Independent Schools Sunya Musawwir Melvin Rhoden Marguerite Roza, Donna Orem Nick Snyder Georgetown University Ari Pinkus Aicha Thomas Michael Saxenian, McLean Cheryl Pruce School of Maryland (MD) Jay Rapp James K. Scott, Punahou Miranda Selover School (HI) Kathleen Shea-Porter Eric Temple, Lick-Wilmerding High School (CA) Albert L. Throckmorton, St. Mary’s Episcopal School (TN) Andrew T. Watson, Albuquerque Academy (NM)
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