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Access Points: Fall 2024

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TLIS Domains and Objectives
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Building Your School’s Data Dream Team: A Strategic Approach

Oct 2, 2024
by Josh Berberian

Have you ever tried to answer a question with the support of data but found yourself baffled and befuddled by where your school stores various pieces of information?

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Embracing the Intersection of AI and Student Growth

Oct 2, 2024
by Jennifer Parnell

In early winter 2022, more than 150 students filed into the venerable Abbott Hall at The Lawrenceville School in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, and took their places at long tables surrounded by white oak paneling and terrazzo flooring. As a final assessment for a U.S.

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Harnessing AI to Prevent Teacher Burnout

Using the right AI tools – and introducing them the right way – can help make educators’ jobs easier

Oct 2, 2024
by Linda Formicelli

Teachers are the most burned-out professionals in the United States. In a 2024 Rand report, based on results from the 2024 State of the American Teacher survey, 60% of teachers in the U.S. feel burned out at work versus 33% of comparable working adults.

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Leader Profile: Erika Eason

Director of Academic Technology | Maret School | Washington, D.C.

Oct 2, 2024
by Erika Eason

From Spanish and Latino studies grad to teacher and now director of academic technology, Erika Eason has emerged as a dynamic leader in her various roles over the years at Maret School in Washington, D.C.

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Real-World Uses for AI

Oct 2, 2024

We can talk all day about how AI will make teachers’ jobs easier, but they need solid ideas for exactly what it can do for them. Here are examples of concrete tasks and projects AI can handle for educators.

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TLIS Trailblazers

Learn about the experiences of four of your peers in their pursuit to join inaugural class of ATLIS’s new TLIS certification earners

Oct 2, 2024
by Karen Huang, Kevin Warenda, MBA;CISM;TLIS, Afandie Winter, and Lane Worrall

ATLIS created the Technology Leaders in Independent Schools (TLIS) certification to ensure that people serving in such roles are fully equipped to fulfill all aspects of the job and to provide independent schools with a reliable way to identify and hire qualified technology leaders who have the n

Latest Podcasts

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Cultivating Leadership and AI Literacy with David Boxer, TLIS

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4
Episode
84
Aug 26, 2025

This week, we're joined by David Boxer, TLIS, CIO of The Blake School. David shares his intentional approach to building leadership capacity within his technology team and fostering a culture of collaboration.

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Access Points

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A Shifting State of Pay

ATLIS’s annual benchmarking report reveals insights into evolving independent school technology roles

Mar 25, 2025

To help technology leaders understand where they fit in the broad and ever-evolving independent school landscape, it remains essential that tech leaders have what they need to start the necessary conversations surrounding compensation and growth.

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Downloadable Resources

Cybersecurity Recommendations for Independent Schools
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Cybersecurity Recommendations for Independent Schools

This guide empowers independent school leaders to protect their communities by providing clear, actionable cybersecurity strategies tailored to their unique environments, ensuring the safety of sensitive data and safeguarding their educational mission for the future. 

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