Welcome to the SAIS virtual bulletin board for events hosted by schools and related organizations.
Austin, TXApril 2-4, 2025
The ERB Connections National Conference brings together independent school educators, administrators and staff who want to explore how data-driven insights and meaningful connections illuminate pathways and eliminate roadblocks in supporting the whole child. The conference connects attendees with thought leaders and peers who can engage in dynamic conversations and exchange ideas. The spring ’25 Conference features two tracks, academic and student well-being.
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Pine Crest School, FLApril 7-8, 2025
Through Pine Crest neXt programing Pine Crest School will host the 2025 Innovation Institute on the Fort Lauderdale and Boca Raton campuses! The theme for the conference is Fueling PK to 12 Curious Minds: Create an Experiential Learning Blueprint Integrating AI, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, VR, and More. This year, the Institute will offer a variety of teacher-as-student, hands-on workshops geared toward educators at all levels. During the workshops, attendees will explore ways to ensure their students are future-ready and prepared for an evolving technologically rich world through hands-on learning linked to project-based learning activities and technology integration. What to expect:
-Engaging keynote session from leaders in virtual reality education. Optima Independent is dedicated to forging partnerships with schools nationwide to catalyze student learning and teacher development in the spatial computing era.-Hands-on workshops to elevate your skills-Networking with like-minded educators and innovators-Cutting edge trends and strategies
Check out the full schedule at pinecrestnext.comIf you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at lisa.ockerman@pinecrest.edu.
Bornblum Jewish Community School, Memphis, TNMay 29, 2025
This program will be conducted as a discussion, utilizing primary source documents as the only readings, and with the Discussion Leader (Eric Pullin) facilitating the conversation, instead of lecturing or presenting. Registrants, therefore, are highly encouraged to read all the documents in advance and come ready with questions. Teachers will receive a Letter of Attendance at the conclusion of the seminar.
Rogers & Westmoreland Activity Center at The Lovett School, Atlanta, GAJune 2-4, 2025
The Executive Function Certificate Training (EFCT) is an in-person professional development course that offers practical and applicable practice strategies for integrating executive functioning work with students. EFCT is not a typical sit-and-get workshop. Participants will engage in an interactive neurolearning model that includes a comprehensive assessment and case study. Educators, administrators, learning specialists, school counselors, and other professionals have found this course to be significantly beneficial for both micro and macro interventions. EFCT is in its fifth year, and past participants have described this training as one of the most empirically based, skill focused, effective, and fun professional development courses offered! Please email Tamara Hamilton at thamiltonlcsw@gmail.com for more information.
Rogers & Westmoreland Activity Center at The Lovett School, Atlanta, GAJune 5-6, 2025
Motivational Interviewing is an evidence-based, best practice in helping people find the drive to make positive changes for success. Participants will learn the foundational components of partnering, acceptance, compassion, and empowerment to strategically guide and foster motivation. Dr. Sebastian Kaplan, co-author of Motivational Interviewing for Schools, will join Tamara Hamilton, LCSW, CMBT for this two day intensive workshop. As we invest in our students, families, and communities through Motivational Interviewing, we can collaborate effectively to promote positive changes and successes. Please email Tamara Hamilton at thamiltonlcsw@gmail.com for more information.
The Mount Vernon School, Atlanta, GAJune 5-6, 2025
Join us on-campus at The Mount Vernon School for Radar: From Signals to Strategy, a Futures Experience for Educators. Enhance your futures literacy, strategic positioning, and scenario planning. Over two days, gain new insights and strengths in leading with futures scenarios planning for your own school’s context and preferable futures. Design a prototype for your school’s strategic positioning in an area of your choice including emerging technology, financial sustainability, people management and leadership, and instructional programming.
Atlanta, GAJune 22-24, 2025
This program provides collaboration opportunities and valuable sessions specifically designed for HR professionals in independent schools. Human resources should be designed to help achieve the goals and business objectives of an organization, and a school is no exception. The independent school HR professional does this through excellent communications and use of efficient processes, while supporting a sustainable information security and privacy strategy. Understanding the fundamentals of human resources in an independent school will be the focus of this year’s Intensive. This will add value, assist in making your school more competitive, and allow you to become a strategic partner.
This program provides collaboration opportunities and valuable sessions designed for independent school business office professionals. Are you new to independent schools or transitioning into a business office role? The brand new Pathway to Leadership: Finance & Operations program is designed especially for you. This program gives you the critical knowledge and tools you need to succeed. Learn the fundamentals of nonprofit accounting, budgeting, and financial planning, while gaining practical experience in school operations, HR, facilities management, and auxiliary services like after-school care and summer camps.
The Masters School, Dobbs Ferry, NYJune 24-25, 2025
We want to change the way that people are talking to each other in schools. So often, in education, you are promoted into leadership because you are good at your current job. “You are a great teacher, why don’t you lead ________ ?” You begin to do this work, and you realize that leading adults is hard – it’s not the same thing you were doing before. You might begin to wonder where the support and training is for this new work. Further, even if you are good at your job, you begin to see that instead of feeling empowered, people are often looking to leaders for instructions, and this works fine when the task is easy, but what about when the challenge is adaptive and you need people to create a solution, not find it. This can be frustrating, and it can feel isolating. You are not alone, and we have created the L+D Leadership Lab for any leader, at any level, who really wants to dig underneath the initiatives and goals of their work to the skills, mindsets and habits that contribute to success as a leader and practice them with other like minded leaders. Come for the work, leave with the learning and a network of like-minded colleagues.
Ransom Everglades School, Miami, FLAugust 7-8, 2025
Elevate your educational impact in just two days! Join us at Ransom Everglades for a conference that transforms ideas into classroom revolutions. Connect, collaborate, and create with fellow educators in a setting that’s as dynamic as it is beautiful.
We’re flipping the script on professional development. Say goodbye to passive learning and hello to active engagement. Our sessions are hands-on, our strategies are proven, and our outcomes are immediate. Leave with resources that will make next year your best yet.
Our ApproachPractical: Learn from experienced educators, then immediately apply concepts to your own lessons with guided work time.
Future-Proof: Harness AI, Project Based Learning, & Socratic Dialogue to reinvigorate your teaching.
Collaborative: Work alongside facilitators, participants, and a dedicated mentor as you build out your year.
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