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Article

Amplifying Your School’s Community Building Work

Feb 5, 2025
by Christina Lewellen, MBA;CAE;FASAE

The newly introduced Community Building Framework for Technology Leaders in Independent Schools has been years in the making.

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20 Years in Ed Tech, 20 Lessons Learned

Sep 27, 2024

Curt Lieneck is legendary among independent school technology leaders. When he began posting tweets gleaned from his decades of experience in the field, we paid attention. Happily, Lieneck has allowed ATLIS to collect his wisdom into this blog post. It's actually 21 tips, but who's counting.

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The Direct Approach

Technology Leaders Need the Structural Capacity to Make Strategic Decisions for Their Schools

Mar 11, 2024

In a powerful career moment, Oren Marcktell heard a head of school at an ATLIS meeting cite his director of IT as his most trusted employee. No one else works with every person in the school, including students, the head said. 

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The Department of Modern Learning

The next evolution of the technology department?

Mar 11, 2024
by Ashley Cross CAE, CAE;Ed.D

In recent months, I have come across many people who have an unusual phrase in their title: the department of modern learning. For some, it’s not a new title, but there is a shift in how technology is viewed at those schools.

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Managing Workload in Trying Times

Mar 11, 2024

Tech leaders’ workloads are always heavy, but they often rise to stratospheric levels.

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Guiding IR in the Right Direction

Mar 11, 2024

Throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, schools all over the world were learning to adapt to the rise of the internet and the migration of many school processes from physical to electronic formats.

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Quiz: Discover Your Leadership Style

Mar 6, 2024

Instructions: Answer the following questions by selecting the option that best represents your typical behavior or preference in these leadership situations.

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Team Work Makes the Dream Work: How Generational Diversity Can Spell Success

Nov 16, 2023

Minister Thomas Barnes of St. Margaret’s Church observed, “Youth were never more sawcie, ...the ancient are scorned, the honorable are contemned, the magistrate is not dreaded.” Even if he originally penned it in 1624, it’s a sentiment that would not be out of place on social media in 2023.

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EANS Funding

Nov 16, 2023

The Department released the requirements for EANS II and updated FAQs.

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The Blind Spot: Hidden Biases of Good People

Sep 19, 2023

A father and his son are in a car accident. The father dies at the scene, and the son, badly injured, is rushed to the hospital. In the operating room, the surgeon looks at the boy and says, “I can’t operate on this boy. He is my son."

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Through the Portal: The Future of School

Jun 13, 2025

As we emerge from the shadows of the pandemic, it is tempting to believe that the challenges faced by schools are behind us.

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