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IT Strategies for a Successful School Year Start

Aug 5, 2025

Preparing for a new school year can be overwhelming, but with the right tools and strategies, you can set yourself up for success. Join us for our third quarterly IT meetup, sponsored by Meter where we'll cover key topics to help you start the year strong.

Quarterly AI meetup, sponsored by Toddle
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Navigating AI Integration in Independent Schools

Jul 17, 2025

The quarterly AI meetup, sponsored by Toddle, focused on the evolving landscape of AI in independent schools.

IT Meetup: Strategies for Technology Leadership, sponsored by Meter
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The Expanding Scope of IT

Where Do We Draw the Line?

Apr 27, 2025

Join us for a dynamic session dedicated to exploring the transformative potential of AI in education. Learn practical strategies to integrate AI in schools while maintaining a strong focus on ethics, equity, and human connection.

AC25 Pre-con workshop - Sparking Faculty Cybersecurity Engagement
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Sparking Faculty Cybersecurity Engagement

From the ATLIS Annual Conference 2025

Apr 27, 2025

Sunday, April 27, 2025

Training faculty on cybersecurity can be a challenge, but this interactive workshop provides tools and strategies to make it easier. Led by experts, this session combines insights and hands-on resources to foster a culture of digital safety.

School Data Management Best Practices for SIS and LMS Systems - UPDATE
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School Data Management

Best Practices for SIS and LMS Systems

Apr 16, 2025

Lauren and Denise will provide a comprehensive overview of important data and security considerations in managing LMS and SIS systems in schools, from the perspective of two experienced professionals who are operating in different ecosystems.

ATLIS AI Virtual Meet-Up: Beyond Efficiency—Empowering Students with AI
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Beyond Efficiency—Empowering Students with AI

Apr 2, 2025

Join independent school professionals to explore AI's transformative potential in education beyond efficiency. Discover how AI supports diverse learners with assistive tech and innovative strategies. Share insights and best practices.

Webinar: Introducing August Intelligence
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Introducing August Intelligence: The First AI Agent Built for Schools

Mar 20, 2025

Schools generate more data than ever, but making sense of it all is incredibly difficult. That changes today.

Creating Effective Belonging Surveys (CIRIS)
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Creating Effective Belonging Surveys

Best Practices for Independent Schools

Mar 19, 2025

Belonging surveys have become an essential tool for schools striving to build inclusive and supportive communities. However, designing these surveys effectively and interpreting the results can be challenging. Should responses be anonymous or identifiable?

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The Importance of Relationships in IT

Mar 18, 2025

This quarterly IT meetup, sponsored by Meter, provides a casual space for IT professionals to discuss topics like AI implementation, vendor relationships, cybersecurity challenges, and building relationships within their school communities.

Chatbots are so 2022: What’s Next for AI in Schools? (Flint)
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Chatbots Are So 2022: What’s Next for AI in Schools?

Mar 11, 2025

Over the last two years, schools have embraced AI tools like Flint for personalizing learning for students and saving teachers time. But what’s next for AI in schools?

Webinar: Unlocking Potential (sponsored by FACTS)
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Unlocking Potential: Transformative Benefits of Data Interoperability

Mar 6, 2025

In an era where data drives decision-making, the importance of data interoperability in education cannot be overstated.

Vendor Vetting Through a Community Building Lens
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Vendor Vetting Through a Community Building Lens

Feb 12, 2025

In today's diverse educational environments, selecting technology vendors that align with your school's values is crucial. This webinar will provide a comprehensive guide to using the ATLIS Community Building framework for vendor vetting, helping you to ask the critical questions:

Emerging Threat: AI-Driven Image Exploitation and How Schools Can Respond
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Emerging Threat: AI-Driven Image Exploitation and How Schools Can Respond

Feb 5, 2025

Cybercriminals are employing advanced AI tools to exploit schools by transforming publicly available images of children into abusive or obscene content, creating deep fake images, and attempting to blackmail schools.

Productivity Tools for 2025
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Project Management with Asana and Slack

Productivity Tools for 2025

Jan 21, 2025

Join the ATLIS team for a behind-the-scenes look at how we use tools like Asana and Slack to boost project management, productivity, and collaboration.

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Women in Tech: New Year, New View

Jan 8, 2025

January 9, 2025

Ditch New Year's resolutions! Join women in tech for a facilitated discussion. Celebrate past wins and set intentions for a successful second half of the school year.

Talk Nerdy with Toddle, sponsored by Toddle
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Talk Nerdy with Toddle

Dec 12, 2024

As the year comes to a close, we are excited to present an AI year-round recap. Join the AI geniuses behind Toddle AI to get answers to your nerdiest questions. We'll discuss the cool things we've seen happening in AI and share our predictions for the coming year.

Navigating Diverse Gender Identity in Schools: Plans for Students from the Tech Perspective
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Navigating Diverse Gender Identity in Schools

Plans for Students from the Tech Perspective

Dec 11, 2024

In this webinar, participants will learn how we have systematized and institutionalized supporting the identities of gender-diverse students in the classrooms through the creation of gender-support plans; the considerations of the process included a full vetting of the capabilities of the various

AI Meetup: Sharing Successes and Overcoming Challenges
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Sharing Successes and Overcoming Challenges

Nov 22, 2024

Join ATLIS for a community-driven discussion on AI in independent schools, hosted by Maggie Renken, PhD, Director of Modern Learning at Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School.

Developing Internal Leadership Capacity (sponsored by 12M & Ed Tech Recruiting)
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Developing Internal Leadership Capacity, Restructuring Teams, and Creating New Departmental Roles 

Nov 19, 2024

For schools, and particularly for technology departments within schools, hiring is harder than ever.  In this session, we'll discuss ways to develop leaders from within, best practices around restructuring team units, and how and when to create new departmental roles.

Info Session: Budgeting with ATLIS
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Budgeting with ATLIS

Nov 14, 2024

Join us for an info session on effective budgeting for school technology leaders, guided by ATLIS resources. We'll explore how to build strategic partnerships between business officers and tech directors, navigate budgeting challenges, and optimize resources.

Empowering School Leadership Through Technology (Sponsored by Educational Collaborators)
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Empowering School Leadership Through Technology

Nov 13, 2024
Future proofing your school's IT infrastructure
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Future Proofing Your School's IT Infrastructure

Nov 7, 2024
Info Session: Cybersecurity with ATLIS
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Cybersecurity with ATLIS

Oct 30, 2024

Join us for an informational session on ATLIS cybersecurity resources, including the ATLIS Cybersecurity Assessment designed to support independent schools. Alex Inman from Educational Collaborators will explain the assessment he developed based on ATLIS’s cybersecurity recommendations.

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Women in Tech - Negotiate with Confidence

Oct 29, 2024
Cybersecurity for Independent Schools:  Trends and Tactics
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Cybersecurity for Independent Schools: Trends and Tactics

Oct 9, 2024
Student Innovations to Address Local Community Problems
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Student Innovations to Address Local Community Problems

Sep 25, 2024

Learn how Beaver Country Day School is addressing local community challenges through student projects, from adaptive playgrounds to affordable housing, and envisioning the future of urban environments.

Women in Tech: Connection Building
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Women in Tech: Connection Building

Sep 24, 2024

Tuesday, September 24

IT Meet-up with Andrew Teets
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Talking IT with Andrew Teets

Sep 18, 2024

Join us for a laid-back virtual gathering to talk IT this September! This informal meetup is a great opportunity to connect with fellow technologists, share insights, and discuss the latest challenges and innovations in the K-12 tech landscape.

Info Session: 9ine Tech Academy & 9ine Privacy Academy
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9ine Tech Academy & 9ine Privacy Academy

Sep 18, 2024

Curious about how you can strengthen your school's IT systems and data protection strategies? Join us for an exclusive informational session where we'll introduce our two comprehensive training programs designed specifically for independent schools:

Make the most out of your ATLIS membership
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Getting the Most out of Your ATLIS Membership

Jul 30, 2024

Join us for an informative session on how to maximize the benefits of your ATLIS membership! Whether you're a new member or looking to deepen your engagement, this session will provide you with valuable insights into the essential resources and tools ATLIS offers.

ATLIS Webinar: From Blueprint to Reality
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A Guide to Tech-Savvy Capital Improvements and Technology's Role

From blueprint to reality

Jul 25, 2024

Explore the vital role of technology in educational capital projects. Participants will be introduced to design decisions based on the National Education Technology Plan.

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Let’s Talk Tech Policies

Jul 18, 2024

Join ATLIS for an engaging discussion on technology policies in schools. In this information meeting, participants will have the opportunity to ask questions and share what is working well at their school. We’ll be discussing all tech policies.

Info Session - ATLIS Compensation Benchmark Dashboard
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Meet the ATLIS Compensation Benchmark Dashboard

May 9, 2024
Veracross Webinar -Measuring ROI, Developing a Business Case, and Obtaining Buy-in for a One-Record SIS
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Measuring ROI, Developing a Business Case, and Obtaining Buy-in for a One-Record SIS

May 3, 2024
Webinar- Systematizing the Onboarding Process
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Systematizing the Onboarding Process

May 3, 2024
Webinar: Technology-Enabled Safety Practices, Sponsored by Ruvna
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Technology-Enabled Safety Practices

Apr 24, 2024
Community in the Moments that Matter

Just as the safety challenges facing schools have evolved, so have the tools and strategies available to them to keep their communities safe. A technology-enabled approach allows your staff and admin to react to situations as they see them developing.

ATLIS 2024 Preconference Workshop: Build A Data Warehouse
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Build A Data Warehouse

From the ATLIS Annual Conference 2024

Apr 15, 2024
Webinar - Strategies to Webinar - Improve the Wi-Fi Experience in Classrooms_sponsored by Meter
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Improve the Wi-Fi Experience in Classrooms

Mar 27, 2024
Webinar - Learn About Toddle's AI-first Approach to Teaching and Learning
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Learn About Toddle's AI-first Approach to Teaching and Learning

Mar 20, 2024

Toddle was created by teachers, for teachers. Our platform includes curriculum planning and mapping, student assessment and feedback, progress reports, student portfolios, and family communication.

Webinar - Build a Data Strategy for Your School
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Build a Data Strategy for Your School

Mar 13, 2024
Webinar - Using Design Thinking to Craft a Technology Strategic Plan
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Using Design Thinking to Craft a Technology Strategic Plan

Feb 29, 2024

This webinar will provide a framework for technology leaders of all experience levels and expertise to help them develop a strategic plan with end-users in mind.

Webinar - Applying Organizational Leadership to Tech Departments
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Applying Organizational Leadership to Tech Departments

Dec 7, 2023
ATLIS Webinar - Getting Started with the ATLIS Community-Building Framework
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Getting Started with the ATLIS Community-Building Framework

Nov 8, 2023
 
When Universes Overlap - The Synergy between Security and Technology
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When Universes Overlap - The Synergy between Security and Technology

Oct 26, 2023
ATLIS Webinar - Preparing for Erate FY2024
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Preparing for E-Rate & EANs Funding FY2024

Deadlines, Tips, and Tricks

Oct 3, 2023

Are you curious about what’s needed for your E-Rate FY2024 application?

ATLIS Webinar - AI: Research Superpower to Level Up Learning
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AI: Research Superpower to Level Up Learning

Sep 26, 2023

The integration of AI in education has greatly changed the way students conduct research and gather information. Our world is increasingly influenced by artificial intelligence from Grammarly to Waze and facial recognition to predictive text. Let’s hone in on the Super P.O.W.E.R.

Long-term planning: Aligning Technology with Strategic Goals in Independent Schools (Blackbaud sponsored webinar)
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Long-term Planning for Independent Schools

Aligning technology with strategic goals

Sep 22, 2023

Technology is an essential part of the educational landscape, but it can be challenging to align technology initiatives with strategic goals. In this webinar, we will explore the concept of tech master planning and how it can help independent schools develop a strategic vision for technology.

AI policy: working session for members
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AI policy: working session for members

Aug 9, 2023

This member-exclusive virtual working session is designed for attendees to refine their academic integrity statement and AI policy documents for the new school year. Please bring a draft version of your policies.

ATLIS Webinar - Measuring Inclusion and Equity - A Case for Data Quality and Governance
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Measuring Inclusion and Equity - A Case for Data Quality and Governance

Aug 2, 2023

This session will demonstrate how a question from the Chair of the Board of Trustees developed into a multi-year project aimed at measuring the entire student experience through a lens of inclusion and equity.

ATLIS Webinar - AR and VR for Independent Schools
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AR and VR for Independent Schools

Feb 1, 2023

Discover the latest innovations in augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) as we explore how AR and VR projects are integrated into nearly any curriculum and subject topic. Independent schools provide a rigorous curriculum that prepares students to be successful in future endeavors.

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Latest Podcasts

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International Tech Leadership with Nate Doelling

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Aug 19, 2025

Join us for a conversation with Nate Doelling, Director of Technology at Seoul Foreign School. Nate shares his extensive experience leading technology in international schools across several continents, offering a unique perspective on the challenges and rewards of his global career.

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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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About ATLIS

The Association of Technology Leaders in Independent Schools (ATLIS) is a growing association dedicated to empowering schools to thrive through technology leadership. Founded in 2014 to address the unique challenges of independent school technology directors, the organization has now expanded to support all aspects of technology at schools, ensuring that they are equipped for the future. Across all dimensions of its practice, ATLIS is also dedicated to creating a diverse and inclusive association.

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