2026 SAIS Annual Conference
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Sunday
, October 4
Ballroom
4:30pm •
The Heads Forum: 4 Questions Shaping Independent School Education
Plaza A
4:30pm •
Designing Future-Ready Learning Today
Plaza C
2:00pm •
Accreditation Workshop
Prefunction
11:00am •
Sponsor Set-Up
1:45pm •
Sponsor Booths Open
1:45pm •
Registration Open
4:00pm •
Break
6:00pm •
Reception
Room 2
1:45pm •
Connections Lounge
Room 3
4:30pm •
Mapping the Parent Journey
Room 4
2:00pm •
Roundtable: PreK-8 Heads
Room 6
4:30pm •
Sustaining Faculty Motivation & Engagement
Room 7-8
3:15pm •
SAIS 101
Room 9-10
2:00pm •
Navigating Meridian
Monday
, October 5
Ballroom
8:00am •
Breakfast
9:00am •
Keynote: Innovation-ish
11:45am •
Community & Conversation Lunch
4:00pm •
Keynote: Prosper, Prepare, Protect
Plaza A
10:30am •
Student-Centered Schedule Design: Aligning Time With Learning
2:30pm •
Rigor, Regulation, and the Science of Engagement
Plaza B
8:00am •
Quiet Room
Plaza C
10:30am •
Teaching Well as AI Reshapes Classrooms
1:00pm •
HR Compliance in Action: Master the Tricky Situations
2:30pm •
Leading Through the Metacrisis
Prefunction
7:45am •
Registration Open
8:00am •
Sponsor Booths Open
10:00am •
Break
2:00pm •
Break
3:30pm •
Break
5:00pm •
Reception
6:00pm •
Booth Tear-Down | Friend Sponsors
Room 2
8:00am •
Connections Lounge
10:00am •
AIMS Sponsor Spotlight: Redirecting Federal Taxes Into Scholarships
2:00pm •
Toddle Sponsor Spotlight: Does Your Curriculum Plan Actually Make it to The Classroom?
Room 3
10:30am •
2026-27 National and Regional Financial Aid Trends
1:00pm •
Mentoring: Build a Sense of Belonging and Purpose
2:30pm •
The Invisible Handbook: Decoding the Unwritten Rules of School Culture
Room 4
10:30am •
Growing Leaders From Within: Cultivating Leadership Through Intentionality
1:00pm •
I Have This Data; Now What?
2:30pm •
Relationships First: Aligning Leadership, Faculty, and Families
Room 5
10:30am •
Leading Campaigns and Construction Successfully: Avoiding the Risks and Reaping the Rewards of Campus Development
1:00pm •
Actionable Data: Prioritizing Student and Educator Well-Being
2:30pm •
Data Fluency in the Age of AI
Room 6
10:30am •
From Avoidance to Action: A Practical Framework for Leading Difficult Conversations
1:00pm •
When AI Acts: Redesigning Learning and Assessment
2:30pm •
Independent Schools Legal Update: What's New and What's Next
Room 7-8
10:30am •
Strategic Plans Don't Fund Themselves
1:00pm •
Symbols, Strategy, and School Spirit: Durham Academy's Rebrand
2:30pm •
What a Capital Campaign Is Really Asking of Your School
Room 9-10
10:30am •
The Resistance Paradox: Approaches to Growth, Evaluation, and Feedback
1:00pm •
World & Work Ready: Diploma Distinctions
2:30pm •
Why Trustees Serve and How Leaders Should Respond
Upper Rotunda
8:30pm •
Karaoke
Tuesday
, October 6
Ballroom
8:00am •
Breakfast
9:00am •
Keynote: Leadership Unblocked
Plaza A
10:30am •
Cultivating Belonging in the Era of AI
Plaza B
8:00am •
Quiet Room
Plaza C
10:30am •
Building Culture and Retention Through Employee Wellness Programming
Prefunction
7:45am •
Registration Open
8:00am •
Sponsor Booths Open | Silver, Gold, Platinum
10:00am •
Break
10:30am •
Booth Tear Down | Silver, Gold, and Platinum Sponsors
11:30am •
Adjourn | See you in Atlanta next year, Oct 24-26, 2027!
Room 2
8:00am •
Connections Lounge
Room 3
10:30am •
Leading Schoolwide AI Through Strategic Task Force Design
Room 4
10:30am •
Leverage Your Professional Growth System to Drive Retention
Room 5
10:30am •
Tying Outcomes to the Independent School Value Proposition
Room 6
10:30am •
Building High-Performance Leadership Metabolism
Room 7-8
10:30am •
Using Operational AI to Strengthen Institutional Advancement
Room 9-10
10:30am •
Thinking About Thinking: Unlocking Student Autonomy Through SRL
12:00pm •
Accreditation Chair Training
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