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Access Points: Spring 2025

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TLIS Domains and Objectives
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Article

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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Article

Building Connections and Expanding Your Growth Potential

Mar 25, 2025

In independent schools, leaders face the critical challenge of navigating constant change while shaping how technology serves students, faculty, and the broader community.

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Article

Designing Tech-Ready Spaces for Tomorrow’s Learning

Updating your infrastructure now means thinking long term – and further than you might think

Mar 25, 2025

In a previous job, Afandie Winter, TLIS, once learned that planning was underway for a construction project. He started asking simple questions: Where will phones plug in? How will Wi-Fi be delivered? Where will the printers go? Will the spaces have displays or projectors? How about audio?

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Article

Doing Your Homework

When vetting potential vendors, community building has ascended the list of considerations for independent schools

Oct 2, 2024
by M Diane McCormick

The vendor-vetting checklist for tech leaders of independent schools is well established: cybersecurity, interoperability, educational impact, and home connectivity.

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Article

Fostering Wellness Through Digital Citizenship

Mar 25, 2025

It has been more than a decade since digital citizenship curriculums started making their way into our schools, the broader educational technology spaces, and conversations.

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Article

Help Desk Harmony: Balancing Productivity and Autonomy in Schools

Mar 25, 2025

Managing a help desk team in an independent school is like orchestrating a symphony. Each player has a critical role, but the magic happens when everyone works together.

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Article

Leader Profile: David Boxer, TLIS

Chief Information Officer | The Blake School | Minneapolis, Minnesota

Mar 25, 2025

David Boxer, TLIS, knows that he doesn’t know what he doesn’t know, so to fill the gaps, he leans on his dynamic team at The Blake School in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Article

Navigating Transitions

Technology leaders offer thoughts on what makes succession planning successful

Mar 25, 2025

As seasoned technology leaders approach retirement and the industry continues its rapid evolution, succession planning in independent schools has emerged as a critical priority.

Latest Podcasts

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Cultivating Leadership and AI Literacy with David Boxer, TLIS

Season
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

Illustration: Financial cycle with gears and business people.
Article

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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About ATLIS

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