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Serve, Learn, and Connect Through the SAIS Accreditation Process

It goes without saying that time is a precious commodity for independent school leaders. When we do get involved beyond our respective schools, we want to make the most of what little “spare” time we have. Serving on an SAIS […]

Saving/Exporting Google Contacts or Outlook Contacts

When changing employers, it’s often handy to save (export) a copy of contacts that you have accumulated during your time at a current employer. If you export a copy of your contacts, it’s usually possible to import those into your […]

Justify Your Attendance

Craft the perfect proposal to attend an SAIS professional development opportunity using these key points. Reasons to Attend Before You Go While You’re There After You Return

2023 Chair Update

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Sample Board Meeting Calendar

K-12 SCHOOL SECURITY GUIDE

From the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency, the K-12 School Security Guide (3rd ed., 2022) provides a comprehensive doctrine and systems-based methodology to support schools in conducting vulnerability assessments and planning to implement layered physical security elements across K–12 districts and campuses. The […]

Governance Resources

SAIS provides several resources for board guidance, training, self assessment, and head evaluation. Guidance SAIS schools should bear in mind that good governance is a part of accreditation. The relevant standards and indicators can be found here and the governance […]

Education Privacy Handbook

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Helping Students—and Schools—Cope With Tragic Death

Robert Evans, Ed.D. | www.robevans.org When a school suffers a suicide or a sudden tragic death, whether of a student, a faculty or staff member, or a parent, people feel shock, disbelief, and immediate concern for students. They want to […]

Required Skills and Responsibilities

As we create job descriptions and prepare interview questions, what skills are most important to the mission and vision of the school? SAIS is developing responsibility and skills lists for a number of positions. These lists offer sample language from […]