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We Need to Talk: Preparing for Difficult Conversations

The day is etched into my memory forever. I had recently been promoted to director of admission and financial aid – a career move I had been aspiring to for years. As an internal hire, I was no stranger to the […]

Welcome New SAIS Board Members

SAIS is pleased to introduce four new members joining its board of trustees. Coming from diverse member schools across various geographic locations, the new board members bring years of experience to guide, oversee, and direct the association. The SAIS board includes […]

Campaign Readiness: Is Your School Prepared?

Wondering what to prepare as you embark on a campaign? From volunteer leadership to data analytics, this article offers key considerations and advice from four former CCS client partners on how to get started. Your board has determined the need […]

Traveling Our Pathways of Diversity: A Reason, a Season, or a Lifetime

Yolanda Abel, associate professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Education, will deliver the closing keynote during the 2024 SAIS Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Institute in Atlanta. She will speak on how everyone’s journey is unique, but ideally we cross […]

Lessons for Women in Leadership: Stop Saying These Two Phrases

As a leadership coach, my priority is to help women leaders build self-awareness. I’ve witnessed the transformation that occurs when I listen to my clients’ concerns and echo their words back to them. I pay special attention to the words […]

2023 Annual Conference Review

Thank you for learning with us at the 2023 SAIS Annual Conference. We hope the conference helped you expand your perspective, clarify goals and priorities, and sharpen your leadership skills. Top Five Takeaways from our Keynote Speakers Lee Rubin: Building […]

FastStats: A Comparison of Teacher Salaries In SAIS States

Introduction By all accounts it’s a lean market for schools looking to hire new teachers. I am certainly feeling it at Currey Ingram, and I am not sure I have been in a professional meeting in the past two years […]

The Intersection of Learning Differences and Artificial Intelligence

In February of 2020, reports of Chinese schools employing unheard of mitigation strategies to combat a mysterious and growing virus caught my attention. I watched video clips of teachers clad in medical armor taking students’ temperatures before spraying the bottoms […]

SAIS Member Services Manager

This summer, SAIS welcomed Jill McKenzie to the newly established role of member services manager. With over two decades of experience in the non-profit sector, Jill brings a passion for helping members and connecting them with resources and tools to […]

Reinventing School

As the pandemic has passed, COVID remains, as do the unmet learning needs of millions of America’s students. With the unprecedented federal investment in our nation’s public schools waning at the end of the academic year, the opportunities—and need—for independent […]