Videos

Over 50 schools completed the ATLIS/Orah State of Independent School Safety survey. Now see how your school compares!

School-year reality:

This is the final window to plan intentionally before summer work begins and teams disperse.

Discussion Focus

Identifying the 3 to 5 initiatives that truly need summer time

Balancing maintenance, upgrades, and strategic projects

Many schools invest time and energy into technology assessments, yet struggle to translate findings into clear priorities and meaningful action.

The Large School Leadership Network is an exclusive benefit for ATLIS member schools, bringing together technology leaders from our largest institutions for focused, high-touch collaboration on issues unique to operating at scale.

The impact of Artificial Intelligence on education demands that our professional practices adapt. Join Kelsey Means and Christopher Esposito to explore the profound implications of AI for school libraries and learning.

Leadership development and modernizing school networks may seem like separate challenges, but they’re deeply connected.

Scheduling has always been an annual stressor for schools. In this webinar, we will show you how to turn it into a strategic asset. Schools can achieve 95–100% course fulfillment, complete scheduling in days (not months), and walk away with multiple data-driven schedule options.

This session features a collaborative discussion led by Jimmy Cudzilo (CIO, Miami Country Day School) regarding the evolving landscape of IT staffing, departmental organization, and talent retention within independent schools.

A structured review of where time, energy, and attention are currently being spent. This process helps identify work that delivers the highest value, spot areas of overload, and reallocate resources to maintain momentum without sacrificing well-being.

Institutions bear the critical responsibility of ensuring the safety, communication, and well-being of their students and staff.

Learn how Westmark School built a complete digital tool vetting system from scratch—organizing 260+ apps into a searchable database, streamlining teacher requests, ensuring privacy compliance, and bringing a $70K budget overrun back on track.

School and tech leaders often struggle to guide parents beyond anxiety-driven debates about screen time. This session provides a balanced approach based on positive psychology to help you communicate effectively with parents about technology use.

A technology roadmap is more than a list of projects; it’s a strategic tool for guiding decision-making and investments over time. This session will help independent school technology leaders move from reactive planning to a proactive, multi-year roadmap.

Rolling out new technology in schools is never just about tools—it’s about people, culture, and values.

When schools undergo major construction or renovation, technology leaders play a vital role in ensuring that infrastructure, security, and instructional needs are thoughtfully integrated into the process.

In this session, I’ll share how I designed and used IGNITE (Innovative Governance for Networks, Infrastructure, and Technology in Education), a custom GPT built to support my transition from industry to independent school operations planning, roadmapping and Management.

Is your school’s Responsible Use Policy (RUP) a document that is signed once in September and then forgotten?

Join us for a first look at Student Surveys, a new SIS-integrated survey and assessment tool within August Schools. Student Surveys brings student, faculty, and parent feedback together in one secure, centralized system, eliminating the need for disconnected tools.

The Large School Leadership Network is an exclusive benefit for ATLIS member schools, bringing together technology leaders from our largest institutions for focused, high-touch collaboration on issues unique to operating at scale.

Influence Without a Title: Expanding Your Impact

As independent schools face rising complexity in IT and cybersecurity, Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) offers a path to more resilient, scalable, and secure operations.

Join us for an inspiring and practical webinar exploring how Columbus Academy integrates technology and makerspace skills into the classroom across all disciplines at a K-12 school.

Education presents a powerful opportunity to teach about social justice and empathy. But how can we foster problem-solving mindsets without truly understanding the lived experience of those experiencing problems?

Lots of people want to become a CIO, but not everyone crosses the finish line. Why? In this behind-the-scenes webinar, learn what it takes to become a CIO from the perspective of the hiring process.

Challenges in independent schools are rarely isolated; they are interconnected patterns within a complex, living system. This powerful webinar, led by Dr. Marquis Scott, introduces school technology leaders to the transformative framework of Systems Thinking.

K–12 schools are increasingly targeted by sophisticated AI-based cyberattacks. Attackers are using artificial intelligence to generate highly convincing phishing campaigns, adaptive malware, and automated exploits at a scale never seen before.

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.

Schools are facing a new wave of challenges: rapidly evolving AI tools in classrooms, tightening privacy regulations, and ever-present cybersecurity threats.

This session invites participants to reimagine AI integration through the habits of mind that make learning deeply human: curiosity, empathy, ethical discernment, and reflective practice. Building on Dr.

Cybersecurity isn’t just an IT issue—it’s a leadership priority. As cyber threats targeting independent schools continue to rise, school leaders must take an active role in protecting sensitive data and maintaining their institution’s reputation.

Beyond your official job description lies the invisible work that keeps teams and projects moving forward, from relationship-building to crisis smoothing. We will explore how to name, value, and set healthy boundaries around this work while sustaining your energy and focus.

As schools explore AI, many tech leaders notice a tension between institutional priorities and classroom realities. This informal meet-up will be a chance to share candid experiences and ideas, not a formal presentation.

In our previous webinar, we explored how to build connected safety ecosystems. Now, let's dive deeper into the critical question: how do you choose the right vendor partners to make integration actually work?

Start the series by connecting with peers who understand the unique opportunities and challenges of leading technology in independent schools. Share wins, identify priorities for the year ahead, and set the tone for a supportive, empowering network that lasts beyond the session.

As students and educators return to school this fall, one thing that is affecting everyone are tariffs. The rising cost of goods and services across the technology department in addition to departments across the school has everyone feeling the pinch.

Is your school’s tech skills approach aligned, intentional, and future-focused?

To meet the growing need for AI literacy, ATLIS has partnered with Ed3 DAO—a nonprofit that has already upskilled nearly 20,000 educators—to offer three self-paced online courses on Artificial Intelligence.

As independent schools prepare for the new academic year, technology leaders face a critical challenge: how to create a seamless safety infrastructure when various systems don't naturally communicate with each other.

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.

Women in Tech: Spring Forward: Mitigating Overwhelm and BurnoutSmart strategies to manage workload, stress and ways to prioritize tasks and streamline processes to cultivate improved professional and personal life alignment.