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SUMMARY:Accreditation Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Are you a team member responsible for administering your school’s upcoming accreditation process? This workshop includes an overview of the accreditation process and offers the opportunity to ask questions in an informal setting.\n\nPre-registration required. Add this workshop when registering for the annual conference.
CATEGORIES:WORKSHOP
LOCATION:Chattanooga\, TN
SEQUENCE:0
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SUMMARY:Navigating Meridian: SAIS's Regional Benchmarking Tool for Schools
DESCRIPTION:National datasets don't always reflect the realities of our region\, and\, for nearly half of SAIS member schools\, access to truly comparable data has been a persistent gap. Meridian changes that.\n \nDeveloped exclusively for SAIS member schools\, Meridian is a regional benchmarking platform built to give school leaders a shared point of orientation and direction. Explore regional compensation data across teacher and administrator roles. Help your board assess governance organization in a regional context. Learn how to configure comparisons by size\, school type\, operating budget\, and more.\n \nMeridian isn't just a data tool\; it's a resource built on the collective network of SAIS member schools. Whether you're preparing for a compensation review\, a board self-study\, or a strategic planning process\, Meridian gives your school a reliable\, regionally grounded foundation for comparison\, conversation\, and confidence.\n\n
CATEGORIES:WORKSHOP
LOCATION:Chattanooga\, TN
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20261004T191500Z
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SUMMARY:SAIS 101 for New Members & First-Time Attendees
DESCRIPTION:Kick off your experience with a brief overview of SAIS\, a chance to meet other attendees\, and practical tips to make the most of your conference. Content is geared toward those new to SAIS\, but all are welcome.
CATEGORIES:NETWORKING
LOCATION:Chattanooga\, TN
SEQUENCE:0
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SUMMARY:Designing Future-Ready Learning Today
DESCRIPTION:Your students’ learning pathways are not limited to time\, place\, or space. The question for schools is how we intentionally set the conditions today for deep and transferable learning in an evolving educational landscape. Engage with the SAIS Future Ready Teaching & Learning Framework\, centered on the student competencies of creative reasoning\, relational intelligence\, and empowered action and accelerated by the cross-cutting themes of digital literacy and well-being. Examine how a school’s systems and instructional practices can support meaningful learning and walk away with practical examples from SAIS Innovation Fellows.
CATEGORIES:THE EXCHANGE
LOCATION:Chattanooga\, TN
SEQUENCE:0
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SUMMARY:Mapping the Parent Journey
DESCRIPTION:Your parent community remembers less about the beginning or end of their experience and more about the journey in between – the decisions they make\, the emotions they feel\, and the impact your school has along the way. In this interactive session\, work through a journey mapping methodology and process to uncover the key moments that shape how families experience your school. Engaging with other leaders\, utilize these insights to reimagine how your communication strategies\, marketing efforts\, fundraising campaigns\, and volunteer engagement can improve or scale the school’s parent partnership.
CATEGORIES:THE EXCHANGE
LOCATION:Chattanooga\, TN
SEQUENCE:0
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SUMMARY:Sustaining Faculty Motivation & Engagement
DESCRIPTION:Your teachers love the mission and the work and care deeply about students and community. But many are quietly asking\, “Can I keep doing this and have a life?” In this session\, go deeper with the research and data collected from SAIS motivation & engagement surveys and focus groups. Unpack what's driving burnout and attrition in our schools. Bring your toughest challenges into the conversation and learn from colleagues who are finding real solutions around workload\, compensation\, and sustainable career pathways.
CATEGORIES:THE EXCHANGE
LOCATION:Chattanooga\, TN
SEQUENCE:0
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DTEND:20261004T220000Z
SUMMARY:The Heads Forum
DESCRIPTION:Designed exclusively for heads and trustees\, this forum examines SAIS sectorwide data and emerging signals shaping the independent school landscape. Together\, explore what these signals reveal about the pressures\, opportunities\, and choices facing heads and boards today. The session also offers space to step back from daily demands\, connect with peers who understand the work\, reflect on the broader challenges shaping our schools\, and leave with sharper insights to guide governance conversations and strategic priorities.
CATEGORIES:THE EXCHANGE
LOCATION:Chattanooga\, TN
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20261004T220000Z
DTEND:20261004T230000Z
SUMMARY:Reception
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CATEGORIES:NETWORKING
LOCATION:Chattanooga\, TN
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20261005T120000Z
DTEND:20261005T130000Z
SUMMARY:Breakfast
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CATEGORIES:NETWORKING
LOCATION:Chattanooga\, TN
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20261005T130000Z
DTEND:20261005T140000Z
SUMMARY:Keynote: Innovation-ish
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CATEGORIES:KEYNOTE
LOCATION:Chattanooga\, TN
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20261005T140000Z
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SUMMARY:Break
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CATEGORIES:NETWORKING
LOCATION:Chattanooga\, TN
SEQUENCE:0
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SUMMARY:2026-27 National and Regional Financial Aid Trends
DESCRIPTION:Independent schools face a rapidly shifting financial aid landscape. Using data from over 160\,000 Clarity applications and more than 1\,250 schools\, we will analyze trends in family financial profiles and demonstrated-need patterns both nationally and within SAIS boundaries. Together\, we will explore how financial aid methodology adjustments have a direct and measurable impact on awards\, enrollment\, and budget. At the end of the presentation\, attendees will have a better understanding of how school choices impact calculated family contributions.
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LOCATION:Chattanooga\, TN
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SUMMARY:From Avoidance to Action: A Practical Framework for Leading Difficult Conversations in Independent Schools
DESCRIPTION:School leaders and educators often face challenging conversations but may struggle with avoidance or uncertainty. This interactive session presents a practical\, three-step framework for approaching difficult dialogues with confidence and clarity. Participants will engage in guided practice using real-world scenarios common in independent schools\, developing strategies for preparation\, communication\, and follow-up. Attendees will leave with actionable tools to foster constructive conversations\, strengthen community trust\, and address sensitive issues effectively\, including sentence starters for each step.
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LOCATION:Chattanooga\, TN
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SUMMARY:Growing Leaders From Within: Cultivating Leadership Through Intentionality
DESCRIPTION:Strong schools are built on strong leadership\, and that starts with the people already in your building. Explore how school leaders can intentionally develop their teachers' leadership capacity through three key strategies: building authentic relationships\, valuing teachers' time\, and truly knowing your people. Gain practical ideas to spark leadership interest\, create safe spaces for growth\, and elevate teacher voice in meaningful ways. Walk away with actionable steps to foster a culture where leadership is nurtured\, shared\, and celebrated.
CATEGORIES:BREAKOUT SESSION
LOCATION:Chattanooga\, TN
SEQUENCE:0
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SUMMARY:Leading Campaigns and Construction Successfully: Avoiding the Risks and Reaping the Rewards of Campus Development
DESCRIPTION:Independent schools that undertake campus capital improvements face both opportunities and risks. A capital campaign and resulting construction can elevate your mission or compromise your future. This session will offer an integrated\, sequenced framework designed to reduce risk and strengthen decision-making while ensuring that a campus improvement initiative builds brand equity\, financial sustainability\, and donor and community confidence.
CATEGORIES:BREAKOUT SESSION
LOCATION:Chattanooga\, TN
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20261005T143000Z
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SUMMARY:Strategic Plans Don't Fund Themselves
DESCRIPTION:Independent schools regularly adopt ambitious strategic plans that include new programs\, facilities\, initiatives\, and expanded financial aid. But many schools discover too late that the plan didn’t include a realistic strategy for funding those priorities.\n\n\nThis session explores the gap between strategic ambition and financial sustainability. Designed for heads of school\, trustees\, and senior leaders\, the conversation examines how a school's philanthropic capacity\, annual fund performance\, and major gift strategy intersect with their institutional priorities. You'll will learn why many strategic plans struggle to gain philanthropic traction\, how to evaluate whether your fundraising model can support your ambitions\, and how heads\, boards\, and school leaders can structure priorities in ways that resonate with donors.\n\n
CATEGORIES:BREAKOUT SESSION
LOCATION:Chattanooga\, TN
SEQUENCE:0
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SUMMARY:Student-Centered Schedule Design: Aligning Time With Learning
DESCRIPTION:Reframe schedule design as a strategic and pedagogical decision rather than a logistical one. Examine how time structures influence attention\, cognitive load\, memory\, transitions\, and student well-being and whether your current schedule supports coverage or durable learning. Explore research-informed principles for student-centered scheduling: lesson length\, distribution of cognitive demand\, fragmentation versus flow\, transition load\, and the balance between academic intensity and recovery. Evaluate your own schedule against these criteria using a practical diagnostic framework to identify hidden stress points\, inefficiencies\, and missed learning opportunities. Understand how to lead schedule change without creating operational instability or change fatigue. Leave with a principled\, actionable approach to evaluate and redesign schedules as a driver of improved student outcomes\, teacher sustainability\, and school distinctiveness.
CATEGORIES:BREAKOUT SESSION
LOCATION:Chattanooga\, TN
SEQUENCE:0
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SUMMARY:Teaching Well as AI Reshapes Classrooms
DESCRIPTION:Name how everyday classroom practice is already changing as AI becomes a routine part of student work. Center the real questions educators are wrestling with now: how to design assignments that still demand thinking\, how to read and respond to student work when AI support is present\, and how to hold onto clarity and rigor as familiar classroom routines begin to shift.\nAnchor the conversation in current research on AI\, cognition\, and judgment\, while sharing instructional approaches currently in use at Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School. Treat AI not as something to manage or police\, but as a condition that changes how teaching decisions have to be made.\nLeave having seen a clear instructional framework and concrete evidence of its impact in classrooms\, along with shared language to guide faculty conversations\, align expectations around learning and assessment\, and support school-wide responses to changes that feel significant\, disruptive\, and increasingly unavoidable.\n\n
CATEGORIES:BREAKOUT SESSION
LOCATION:Chattanooga\, TN
SEQUENCE:0
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SUMMARY:The Resistance Paradox: Approaches to Growth\, Evaluation\, and Feedback
DESCRIPTION:In schools\, we often talk about resistance as if it lives in someone else or other people are getting in the way. In our experience\, resistance reveals something deeper about own our fears\, assumptions\, and relationship to control as leaders. \nIn this session\, we will explore resistance not as a problem to overcome\, but as information about trust\, culture\, and alignment. Together we will consider how school leaders can approach feedback\, growth\, and change with more honesty and shared responsibility.&nbsp\;\n\n
CATEGORIES:BREAKOUT SESSION
LOCATION:Chattanooga\, TN
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20261005T154500Z
DTEND:20261005T170000Z
SUMMARY:Community & Conversation Lunch
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CATEGORIES:NETWORKING
LOCATION:Chattanooga\, TN
SEQUENCE:0
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DTSTART:20261005T170000Z
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SUMMARY:Actionable Data: Prioritizing Student and Educator Well-Being
DESCRIPTION:While schools recognize that creating supportive relationships is paramount to student success\, they often struggle to identify and prioritize the most effective interventions to bolster well-being. In this workshop\, Nina Kumar\, co-founder and CEO of Authentic Connections\, will be joined by Meredith Miller\, upper school coordinator of student support at The Westminster Schools\, to discuss using data to inform and prioritize well-being initiatives. Nina will explore findings from surveys administered to over 250\,000 students and 28\,000 educators to highlight the modifiable aspects of school climate and culture that have emerged as most linked with well-being. Additionally\, Meredith will share how Westminster has used data collected from students to guide programming\, inform strategic priorities\, and target interventions for the groups needing additional attention. Attendees will leave with an expanded knowledge of the current state of mental health across schools and methods for engaging their communities to support well-being.
CATEGORIES:BREAKOUT SESSION
LOCATION:Chattanooga\, TN
SEQUENCE:0
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SUMMARY:HR Compliance in Action: Master the Tricky Situations
DESCRIPTION:HR compliance/employee relations does not have to be tricky. This interactive workshop takes you beyond theory and into the real world of workplace compliance challenges. Through engaging scenarios and group discussions\, you'll tackle the kinds of situations that keep HR professionals up at night\, from performance management gone wrong to accommodation requests that aren't quite what they seem.\n\n\nWhether you're navigating FMLA vs. ADA\, handling difficult terminations\, or addressing workplace investigations\, this session gives you a safe space to explore solutions\, debate approaches\, and learn from your peers. We'll break down frequently encountered scenarios using a mix of case studies\, role-play elements\, and collaborative problem-solving that makes compliance training actually enjoyable.\n\n\nWalk away with practical frameworks\, confidence in your decision-making\, and a toolkit of strategies you can implement immediately. No boring lectures\, just real talk about real situations\, with actionable insights you'll use long after the session ends. Bring your questions\, your war stories\, and your best judgment!\n\n
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LOCATION:Chattanooga\, TN
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SUMMARY:I Have This Data; Now What?
DESCRIPTION:How do you use the data and tools that you already have access to in order to positively affect enrollment? In this session\, learn new ways to consider your enrollment data\, think differently about the partnership between admission and marketing\, and leave with tactical ideas you can implement as soon as you return to your school.
CATEGORIES:BREAKOUT SESSION
LOCATION:Chattanooga\, TN
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SUMMARY:Mentoring: Build a Sense of Belonging and Purpose
DESCRIPTION:Mentoring programs should seek to establish a sense of belonging for new faculty\, explore the culture of an independent school\, and encourage professional growth.&nbsp\;\nMentoring program components to be discussed include the following:\n-Create an onboarding process during orientation which provides the necessary information for a successful start to school.\n-Select and train mentors to ensure a positive\, individualized experience and establish a common set of expectations for support.\n-Design cohort gatherings throughout the first year to deliver relevant information and provide opportunities for conversations among the new faculty which serve to strengthen relationships.\n-Facilitate guided classroom visits which allow new faculty to see a variety of teaching and learning environments\, while follow-up conversations build connections and emphasize the school’s core values.\n-Initiate an intentional second year program to provide additional individualized and ongoing support as faculty discover their role in the school and begin their journey of professional growth.\n\n
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LOCATION:Chattanooga\, TN
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SUMMARY:Strengthening Your Financial Foundation: Endowments as Engines of Growth & Sustainability
DESCRIPTION:Endowments and long-term reserves are critical to the financial resilience of independent schools. This session will explore how schools incorporate these tools into their broader financial strategy. Combining the perspectives of a seasoned investment professional\, an independent school trustee\, and a former head of school\, we will walk through endowment fundamentals\, best practices in financial stewardship\, and practical strategies for strengthening long-term sustainability. The discussion will also address financial governance\, independent school trends\, and fundraising considerations\, equipping schools to build stability while continuing to advance their mission.
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LOCATION:Chattanooga\, TN
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SUMMARY:Symbols\, Strategy\, and School Spirit: Durham Academy's Rebrand
DESCRIPTION:In fall 2025\, Durham Academy launched an award-winning institutional and athletics rebrand designed to satisfy the desire for a deeper experience of community and connection. But that wasn't the original goal. What began as a simple logo refresh turned into an extensive\, long-term plan to reinvigorate an entire institution. Rooted in an extensive listening tour with students\, alumni\, faculty\, parents\, and staff\, the new branding honors longstanding traditions and creates opportunity for new ones\, while introducing a modern visual storytelling system and unifying mascot. DA's new symbols incorporate new iconography that also give a nod to its iconic roots. This session explores the strategy\, research\, design process\, and rollout behind a unified brand system that connects academics\, athletics\, and community culture\, and a mascot that provides a rallying point for school spirit across school constituencies. Learn insights about stakeholder engagement\, honoring legacy while modernizing identity\, and launching a rebrand that resonates authentically with students\, parents\, teachers\, and alumni.
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LOCATION:Chattanooga\, TN
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SUMMARY:When AI Acts: Redesigning Learning and Assessment
DESCRIPTION:Agentic AI – tools that plan\, execute\, and iterate autonomously – is arriving in schools now. When AI can complete a project\, conduct research\, and revise its own work\, product-based assessment collapses. What remains is&nbsp\;process: how students think\, what decisions they make\, where they intervene\, and what they understand about their own cognition along the way.\nThis session examines what agentic AI demands of curriculum and assessment design and why it requires doing something most schools have not yet done: defining competencies with enough clarity and shared language that every teacher can articulate what they are developing\, teach toward it deliberately\, and assess it with confidence.\nTwo senior administrators from leading independent schools move beyond theory to practice\, sharing their institutions' progress\, honest challenges\, and emerging frameworks for shifting faculty culture from measuring outputs to documenting and assessing learning processes. Participants will leave with concrete tools and a clear next step for their own schools.\n\n
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LOCATION:Chattanooga\, TN
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SUMMARY:World & Work Ready: Diploma Distinctions
DESCRIPTION:Situating this work within higher-education models emphasizing applied learning and leadership\, including the civic engagement focus of the Davidson College Deliberate Citizenship Initiative and the life-skills development framework at High Point University\, the session highlights practical strategies for fostering world- and work-ready graduates through mission-aligned academic innovation.\n\n\n-Recognizing that the central challenge facing schools today is not simply preparing students for college admission\, but preparing them for leadership in a complex and rapidly evolving world.\n-Acknowledging research from the World Economic Forum identifying analytical thinking\, creativity\, resilience\, curiosity\, and leadership as essential competencies for the future workforce.\n-Exploring how Davidson Day School designed its Diploma Distinctions initiative to extend learning beyond traditional coursework and transcripts. Structuring pathways that integrate immersive practicums\, interdisciplinary research\, original inquiry\, and sustained ethical reflection\, students develop the habits of mind\, intellectual confidence\, and real-world skills that prepare them for college\, careers\, and civic leadership.\n\n\n\n
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LOCATION:Chattanooga\, TN
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LOCATION:Chattanooga\, TN
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DTSTART:20261005T183000Z
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SUMMARY:Data Fluency in the Age of AI
DESCRIPTION:As schools collect more data than ever\, the real challenge is not access\, but interpretation. In this session\, Cindy Blackburn will explore what it truly means to build data fluency among educators and leaders and why this skill is becoming essential in AI-enabled schools. Drawing on real school examples and Toddle’s AI Insights\, participants will leave with practical ways to use data to inform curriculum\, assessment\, and student support without losing sight of context\, equity\, or purpose.
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LOCATION:Chattanooga\, TN
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DTSTART:20261005T183000Z
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SUMMARY:Independent Schools Legal Update: What's New and What's Next
DESCRIPTION:Independent schools are facing a rapidly evolving legal landscape affecting employees\, students\, and school operations. This session will highlight the most important recent legal developments impacting independent schools\, including employment law updates\, accommodation issues\, discrimination claims\, faculty management\, and emerging areas of risk.\nAttendees will gain practical insights into how these developments are affecting schools today and what steps leaders should consider to ensure their policies\, practices\, and decision-making remain compliant and proactive.\n\n
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LOCATION:Chattanooga\, TN
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DTEND:20261005T193000Z
SUMMARY:Leading Through the Metacrisis
DESCRIPTION:Independent schools are operating within a widening web of interconnected crises – educational\, cultural\, economic\, technological\, and ecological – that increasingly shape what schools can do and who they can become. In response\, many institutions adopt an “abundance” strategy: adding programs\, initiatives\, and innovations in an effort to remain competitive. Yet this expansion often produces the opposite of what leaders intend: &nbsp\;greater fragmentation\, mission drift\, and institutional incoherence.\nThis session invites participants to explore how systemic dynamics such as Goodhart’s Law (when metrics become targets)\, Jevons’ Paradox (efficiency driving greater consumption)\, and multipolar traps – situations where individually rational choices lead to collectively destructive outcomes – shape decision-making in independent schools.\nParticipants will examine how well-intentioned initiatives can become absorbed into existing institutional incentives rather than transforming them and consider how schools might restore coherence between mission\, culture\, incentives\, and practice. Attendees will leave with conceptual frameworks and practical questions for navigating complexity while preserving the deeper purposes of education.\n\n
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LOCATION:Chattanooga\, TN
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://26ac.sched.com/event/fb0aed86d67a759a6e783aa383ab975e
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DTSTAMP:20260603T020120Z
DTSTART:20261005T183000Z
DTEND:20261005T193000Z
SUMMARY:Relationships First: Aligning Leadership\, Faculty\, and Families
DESCRIPTION:Independent schools across the country are seeing rising levels of student anxiety\, academic pressure\, and complex peer dynamics. Schools often respond by adding new programs or policies. Yet the most effective student support systems grow from something deeper: intentional relationships.\nAt Calvary Day School in Savannah\, GA\, relationships are intentionally woven into the structure of the school through leadership collaboration\, faculty rhythms\, student advisement systems\, small groups\, and a comprehensive college counseling program.\nIn this session\, Dr. Hunter Chadwick\, head of school\, and Erin Chadwick\, director of college counseling\, will share how their school has developed a relationship ecosystem that supports students academically\, socially\, and emotionally.&nbsp\;The system begins with strong relational alignment among leadership and faculty and extends into structured student mentorship through weekly advisement groups\, weekly small groups focused on relationships and personal development\, and a college counseling model centered on long-term mentorship.&nbsp\;Students are supported through a structured college preparation pathway that includes a Junior Seminar course\, a Senior Seminar course\, and year-long parent programming designed to help families navigate the college process while supporting student well-being.\nParticipants will explore how relational alignment among adults creates the conditions for meaningful student support and how schools can build systems that strengthen belonging\; reduce student stress\; and foster healthy communication among students\, families\, and faculty.\n\n
CATEGORIES:BREAKOUT SESSION
LOCATION:Chattanooga\, TN
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URL:http://26ac.sched.com/event/6fb176a77c2731321f969da54d6e40a8
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DTSTAMP:20260603T020120Z
DTSTART:20261005T183000Z
DTEND:20261005T193000Z
SUMMARY:Rigor\, Regulation\, and the Science of Engagement
DESCRIPTION:Teaching environments often oscillate between high-control rigor and high-flexibility relational models\, while students internalize fragmented messages: Work harder. Manage your stress. Be more organized. This session reframes those narratives through Applied Educational Neuroscience\, exploring how productive struggle functions as an optimal learning state and how nervous system regulation determines whether students can remain there. Participants will examine how classroom design influences working memory\, retention\, metacognition\, and intrinsic motivation. We will explore a Teaching Style & Environment framework that integrates high expectations with felt safety\, showing how regulation and rigor are mutually reinforcing\, not opposing\, forces.\nGrounded in universal neurodivergent design\, this lecture offers practical language and classroom strategies that normalize executive skill development and self-advocacy. Educators will leave with a shared vocabulary and ready-to-use tools for designing learning environments where engagement\, attention\, and deep learning thrive.\n\n
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LOCATION:Chattanooga\, TN
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://26ac.sched.com/event/1f6875a4a8256e723ddb68d6fc66a9b5
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DTSTAMP:20260603T020120Z
DTSTART:20261005T183000Z
DTEND:20261005T193000Z
SUMMARY:The Invisible Handbook: Decoding the Unwritten Rules of School Culture
DESCRIPTION:Independent schools pride themselves on strong culture and tradition\, yet the deeper a school’s culture runs\, the more its most important rules are unwritten. Leadership success often depends not only on formal authority or strategic skill\, but on the ability to read an organization’s “invisible handbook” – the informal norms\, historical narratives\, and influence networks that shape how decisions actually happen.\nLong-standing members of a school community understand these dynamics intuitively. New leaders\, however\, must learn them quickly in order to build trust\, advance initiatives\, and avoid missteps they did not know were possible. At their worst\, hidden rules can even be weaponized against talented\, well-intentioned newcomers who may not acclimate as quickly as others. Identifying and addressing the hidden handbook of an institution can enable longer\, more stable tenures for heads and other senior&nbsp\;leadership roles\, laying a stronger foundation for long-term success.\nThis session explores how unwritten cultural rules influence leadership effectiveness in independent schools. Participants will examine how invisible norms form\, how they shape institutional behavior\, and why they often complicate leadership transitions. Through discussion and case analysis\, participants will learn practical strategies for more meaningful leadership onboarding\, identifying organizational subtext\, mapping informal influence networks\, and accelerating cultural understanding when entering new leadership roles.\n\n
CATEGORIES:BREAKOUT SESSION
LOCATION:Chattanooga\, TN
SEQUENCE:0
UID:477576e03ccef06a930724b99c48f9cb
URL:http://26ac.sched.com/event/477576e03ccef06a930724b99c48f9cb
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DTSTAMP:20260603T020120Z
DTSTART:20261005T183000Z
DTEND:20261005T193000Z
SUMMARY:What a Capital Campaign Is Really Asking of Your School
DESCRIPTION:You can write a case for support. What's harder is saying what it actually means for the future your school is stepping into. Capital campaigns are vision moments\, and the school's brand is one of the most important tools for getting campaign messaging and donor communication right. When development\, marketing\, communications\, and executive leadership aren't in the same room early enough\, the campaign feels it. This session makes the case for getting clear around the leadership table first\, so your community can be inspired to give to something bigger than the immediate need. We'll explore what happens when a school treats its campaign as a brand strategy moment and what it costs when it doesn't.
CATEGORIES:BREAKOUT SESSION
LOCATION:Chattanooga\, TN
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://26ac.sched.com/event/0027f3f1734a7506c668cc019cf1e779
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DTSTAMP:20260603T020120Z
DTSTART:20261005T183000Z
DTEND:20261005T193000Z
SUMMARY:Why Trustees Serve and How Leaders Should Respond
DESCRIPTION:Independent school boards rarely destabilize heads because trustees are difficult. Boards destabilize heads because leaders respond to trustee anxiety with their own anxiety. This session explores what trustees are really trying to accomplish when they join boards and how those motivations show up in meetings\, questions\, and moments of tension. Participants will be introduced to five common trustee types (the Protector\, Architect\, Interpreter\, Insider\, and Credential-Seeker) and the “jobs” each is trying to get done through board service. Drawing on governance research\, whole-brain thinking\, and real-world board dynamics\, the session will help leaders recognize patterns that are often misread as problems. Attention will be given to practical leadership responses that reduce anxiety\, preserve role clarity\, and keep boards focused on governance rather than management. Participants can expect a candid\, accessible look at board behavior and concrete tools for leading boards with greater confidence and steadiness.
CATEGORIES:BREAKOUT SESSION
LOCATION:Chattanooga\, TN
SEQUENCE:0
UID:63e2f4a2a1ba095f83cff543a457f642
URL:http://26ac.sched.com/event/63e2f4a2a1ba095f83cff543a457f642
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DTSTAMP:20260603T020120Z
DTSTART:20261005T193000Z
DTEND:20261005T200000Z
SUMMARY:Break
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CATEGORIES:NETWORKING
LOCATION:Chattanooga\, TN
SEQUENCE:0
UID:0e0104718080f1362e78e859c174faa7
URL:http://26ac.sched.com/event/0e0104718080f1362e78e859c174faa7
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DTSTAMP:20260603T020120Z
DTSTART:20261005T200000Z
DTEND:20261005T210000Z
SUMMARY:Keynote: Prosper\, Prepare\, Protect
DESCRIPTION:\n
CATEGORIES:KEYNOTE
LOCATION:Chattanooga\, TN
SEQUENCE:0
UID:88c204bb5bca958a679b0e3d9b8bcefe
URL:http://26ac.sched.com/event/88c204bb5bca958a679b0e3d9b8bcefe
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DTSTAMP:20260603T020120Z
DTSTART:20261005T210000Z
DTEND:20261005T220000Z
SUMMARY:Reception
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CATEGORIES:NETWORKING
LOCATION:Chattanooga\, TN
SEQUENCE:0
UID:eebe9d3b272bc47583fd479d8775801c
URL:http://26ac.sched.com/event/eebe9d3b272bc47583fd479d8775801c
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DTSTAMP:20260603T020120Z
DTSTART:20261006T003000Z
DTEND:20261006T020000Z
SUMMARY:Karaoke
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CATEGORIES:NETWORKING
LOCATION:Chattanooga\, TN
SEQUENCE:0
UID:7860b45d7169ca1fcf4b52d47ffa90c5
URL:http://26ac.sched.com/event/7860b45d7169ca1fcf4b52d47ffa90c5
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DTSTAMP:20260603T020120Z
DTSTART:20261006T120000Z
DTEND:20261006T130000Z
SUMMARY:Breakfast
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CATEGORIES:NETWORKING
LOCATION:Chattanooga\, TN
SEQUENCE:0
UID:909b1cece956588431f3b03e982620a0
URL:http://26ac.sched.com/event/909b1cece956588431f3b03e982620a0
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DTSTAMP:20260603T020120Z
DTSTART:20261006T130000Z
DTEND:20261006T140000Z
SUMMARY:Keynote: Leadership Unblocked
DESCRIPTION:\n
CATEGORIES:KEYNOTE
LOCATION:Chattanooga\, TN
SEQUENCE:0
UID:17c7c6c7b8dfbeac4a3ac858ed8c52cd
URL:http://26ac.sched.com/event/17c7c6c7b8dfbeac4a3ac858ed8c52cd
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DTSTAMP:20260603T020120Z
DTSTART:20261006T140000Z
DTEND:20261006T143000Z
SUMMARY:Break
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CATEGORIES:NETWORKING
LOCATION:Chattanooga\, TN
SEQUENCE:0
UID:a5b39407df408aa6b4bac9a267793403
URL:http://26ac.sched.com/event/a5b39407df408aa6b4bac9a267793403
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DTSTAMP:20260603T020120Z
DTSTART:20261006T143000Z
DTEND:20261006T153000Z
SUMMARY:Building Culture and Retention Through Employee Wellness Programming
DESCRIPTION:In an era of rising costs and intense talent competition\, a standard benefits package is no longer enough to sustain a thriving school culture. This session empowers leaders to move beyond "surface-level perks" and build a systemic Employee Wellness Program that anchors faculty retention. Using a holistic framework\, participants will analyze how to support the educator experience through the four dimensions of wellness: Mind (mindfulness and creativity)\, Body (nutrition and physical/mental health)\, Relationships (connection and belonging)\, and Purpose (professional development).\nAttendees will identify strategies to\nAudit and activate underutilized resources within existing insurance plans.\nCultivate high-impact partnerships with local organizations for community-based support.\nDesign a sustainable roadmap that transforms wellness from an individual burden into a shared institutional priority.\nLeave this session with a practical toolkit to reimagine hiring and school culture through the lens of comprehensive well-being.\n\n
CATEGORIES:BREAKOUT SESSION
LOCATION:Chattanooga\, TN
SEQUENCE:0
UID:472eceb5fcc20a343f9be5cb69506681
URL:http://26ac.sched.com/event/472eceb5fcc20a343f9be5cb69506681
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DTSTAMP:20260603T020120Z
DTSTART:20261006T143000Z
DTEND:20261006T153000Z
SUMMARY:Building High Performance Leadership Metabolism
DESCRIPTION:Two schools. Same challenges. Same resources. One pivots in 18 months\; the other is still stuck three years later. The difference? Leadership metabolism.\nIn this session\, we'll explore why some leadership teams efficiently convert challenges into action while others stall in committee cycles\, initiative overload\, and energy crashes. You'll learn to diagnose the health of your school's leadership system\, identify the "metabolic killers" that slow even talented teams to a crawl\, and apply practical frameworks for accelerating decision-making\, sustaining momentum\, and building rhythms of execution and reflection.\nWhether you lead a team now or aspire to\, you'll leave with concrete tools for building a senior leadership culture that moves with purpose\, recovers quickly\, and adapts.\n\n\n\n
CATEGORIES:BREAKOUT SESSION
LOCATION:Chattanooga\, TN
SEQUENCE:0
UID:42fa8860a73cbd54e38f50c64b92ae19
URL:http://26ac.sched.com/event/42fa8860a73cbd54e38f50c64b92ae19
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DTSTAMP:20260603T020120Z
DTSTART:20261006T143000Z
DTEND:20261006T153000Z
SUMMARY:Cultivating Belonging in the Era of AI
DESCRIPTION:This interactive workshop helps educational leaders navigate the integration of emerging technologies like AI while preserving the human connections that make learning communities thrive. Drawing on Global Online Academy's 15-year history as a global nonprofit consortium\, participants will explore two complementary frameworks that guide values-aligned technology adoption and support students' sense of belonging.\n\n\nParticipants will reflect on their school's current strengths and growth areas and explore how small shifts in educator practice can either reinforce or undermine belonging in the classroom. The session draws on practical examples from GOA's work as an innovative hub connecting students and teachers worldwide.\n\nThe workshop culminates in collaborative empathy mapping\, giving leaders a structured way to center the experiences of students and teachers in technology decision making and to leave with actionable tools for supporting faculty through thoughtful\, community-centered technology adoption.\n\n
CATEGORIES:BREAKOUT SESSION
LOCATION:Chattanooga\, TN
SEQUENCE:0
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URL:http://26ac.sched.com/event/44819b144bd7227acd916344443ba800
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DTSTAMP:20260603T020120Z
DTSTART:20261006T143000Z
DTEND:20261006T153000Z
SUMMARY:Leading Schoolwide AI Through Strategic Task Force Design
DESCRIPTION:Explore tangible ways to build an Artificial Intelligence Task Force that transforms early conversations into cohesive\, schoolwide direction across academics and operations. The session outlines the intentional steps used to launch and sustain a schoolwide task force\; define its scope\; and engage subcommittees representing academics\, technology\, human resources\, communications\, student support\, governance\, and more. Examine how this collaborative structure informed the development of a mission-aligned AI Position Statement designed to provide clarity and consistency for students\, faculty\, and families. Explore how leadership sequencing\, shared ownership\, and ongoing communication supported trust\, alignment\, and adaptability across the school community. Attendees will leave with a practical framework for structuring AI leadership\, engaging stakeholders across departments\, and developing guiding documentation that can evolve alongside emerging research and practice.\n\n
CATEGORIES:BREAKOUT SESSION
LOCATION:Chattanooga\, TN
SEQUENCE:0
UID:4fcf01e5e63974b4ff663b62320491b1
URL:http://26ac.sched.com/event/4fcf01e5e63974b4ff663b62320491b1
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DTSTAMP:20260603T020120Z
DTSTART:20261006T143000Z
DTEND:20261006T153000Z
SUMMARY:Leverage Your Professional Growth System to Drive Retention
DESCRIPTION:The adult community is the foundation of a successful school. Building an intentional professional growth system ensures you spend more time supporting\, growing\, and deepening engagement with the teachers and staff you want to keep at your school\, instead of spending time\, money\, and effort on constantly recruiting and onboarding.&nbsp\;\n\n\nMove beyond outdated\, "check-the-box" professional development to drive retention and the success of your entire school. Join this interactive case study session to explore how two forward-thinking schools (St. Mary’s Episcopal School and Porter-Gaud School) have built dynamic\, scaffolded professional growth systems. Learn how they foster feedback-rich communities where educators feel valued and supported\, using intentional goal-setting processes that align teacher professional growth with strategic goals and thoughtfully onboarding new faculty members. This session will demonstrate that a culture of continuous learning\, supported by personalized growth systems\, is the most powerful retention tool for schools.\n\n
CATEGORIES:BREAKOUT SESSION
LOCATION:Chattanooga\, TN
SEQUENCE:0
UID:c29550b304e004fca67e90fb812b4318
URL:http://26ac.sched.com/event/c29550b304e004fca67e90fb812b4318
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DTSTAMP:20260603T020120Z
DTSTART:20261006T143000Z
DTEND:20261006T153000Z
SUMMARY:Thinking About Thinking: Unlocking Student Autonomy Through SRL
DESCRIPTION:This interactive workshop will dive deep into the “how” of self-regulated learning in students\, equipping educators with research-backed strategies and practical tools to empower learners for lifelong success. We will delve into recognizing our own abilities to understand\, process\, and regulate our learning as educators and\, most importantly\, how to transfer these abilities to our students so that they may be better equipped to navigate the ever-changing landscape of education. The strategies discussed will be applicable to learning at any level\, in any subject matter. Together we’ll explore tangible techniques to make metacognition\, goal-setting\, and self-evaluation cornerstones of your classroom practice.
CATEGORIES:BREAKOUT SESSION
LOCATION:Chattanooga\, TN
SEQUENCE:0
UID:06a8a051c7c08f269bfc73e893979a56
URL:http://26ac.sched.com/event/06a8a051c7c08f269bfc73e893979a56
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DTSTAMP:20260603T020120Z
DTSTART:20261006T143000Z
DTEND:20261006T153000Z
SUMMARY:Tying Outcomes to the Independent School Value Proposition
DESCRIPTION:In today’s competitive\, value-driven educational landscape\, independent schools must not only provide exceptional learning experiences\, they must also clearly demonstrate their impact. One powerful way to do this is by connecting measurable student outcomes in academic growth and well-being to the school’s value proposition.\nThis session explores how to use academic and well-being data to illuminate student progress and tell a compelling school story. Drawing on findings from ERB’s Learning Growth Among Students in SAIS Schools and our new Student Well-Being in School Report\, we’ll examine how national data sets can contextualize local school performance across academic\, social-emotional\, and broader well-being dimensions.\nParticipants will also hear from an SAIS school leader who will share how they have learned &nbsp\;to layer school-level data with national trends to create mission-aligned\, meaningful narratives\, reinforcing what makes their school distinct and valuable to families\, trustees\, and the wider community. This is data with purpose: insight-driven\, strategic\, and deeply connected to what matters most.\n\n
CATEGORIES:BREAKOUT SESSION
LOCATION:Chattanooga\, TN
SEQUENCE:0
UID:261c52359e343813f93bf87bfa3196cc
URL:http://26ac.sched.com/event/261c52359e343813f93bf87bfa3196cc
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DTSTAMP:20260603T020120Z
DTSTART:20261006T143000Z
DTEND:20261006T153000Z
SUMMARY:Using Operational AI to Strengthen Institutional Advancement
DESCRIPTION:Independent schools are being asked to make faster\, higher-stakes institutional advancement decisions with limited time and scattered information. This session offers a practical Enroll–Support–Advance playbook for using AI to turn your school’s data into insight and action. Participants will learn how AI can help combine admissions\, financial aid\, and community data to spot under-reached local markets and better align enrollment outcomes with demographic and socioeconomic goals. We will also show how AI can help schools build a more complete picture of student success and improve student support by analyzing patterns across multiple academic and well-being indicators. Finally\, we will share workflow designs for AI-assisted admissions application reading and AI-supported donor prospecting and next steps\, freeing institutional advancement professionals from tedious legwork and empowering them to deliver on the human value proposition of their schools.
CATEGORIES:BREAKOUT SESSION
LOCATION:Chattanooga\, TN
SEQUENCE:0
UID:dc346985b8b3752890b312cb13dd8c4d
URL:http://26ac.sched.com/event/dc346985b8b3752890b312cb13dd8c4d
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DTSTAMP:20260603T020120Z
DTSTART:20261006T153000Z
DTEND:20261006T153000Z
SUMMARY:Adjourn
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LOCATION:Chattanooga\, TN
SEQUENCE:0
UID:3a8ba321a557ccb22c99679a08a886a5
URL:http://26ac.sched.com/event/3a8ba321a557ccb22c99679a08a886a5
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DTSTAMP:20260603T020120Z
DTSTART:20261006T160000Z
DTEND:20261006T160000Z
SUMMARY:Accreditation Chair Training
DESCRIPTION:SAIS relies on the expertise of heads of school and senior administrators to serve as accreditation visiting team chairs. Typically\, those who attend chair training have served on several teams and been recommended by a visiting team chair.\n\nBox lunches provided.\n\n*Pre-approval and separate registration required. Please contact Pat Cuneo\, SAIS Director of Accreditation\, at pat@sais.org with any questions.
CATEGORIES:WORKSHOP
LOCATION:Chattanooga\, TN
SEQUENCE:0
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