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2025-26 ACIS Professional Development Series (Subscription or A la Carte options)
Description (Speaker Series Menu)
Heads of School: Click here to register your school
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2025 ACIS Leadership Conference
October 9-10, 2025
REGISTRATOIN IS NOW CLOSED.
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2025 ACIS-Bill Wolf-Tinsman Division Heads Master Class Workshops
Who: ACIS Division Heads, Assistant Principals
Title: Get The Most From Your Team: Strategies and Tactics for Leading Teachers
Presenter: Bill Wolf-Tinsman, Executive Director of Think Like a Principal Consulting 
When: Please view "Description" below
Where: Virtual on Zoom
Description                            Registration
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2025 ACIS Fall Admissions Webinar
Title: Navigating Demographic Shifts: Enrollment Tools for Today
Presenter: Dana Nelson-Isaacs; Founder and Principal; DNI Consulting
When: Friday, October 17th, 2025 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Where: Virtual on Zoom
Description                            Registration
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2025 ACIS-Atlis Cybersecurity 101 Workshops for Independent Schools
Who:  Technology Director and Officers
Title: Build a Schoolwide Culture of Cyber Awareness and Safe Practices 
When: Tuesday, October 21st and Tuesday, October 28th, 2025 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Where: Virtual  
                             Description and Registration                             
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CDN Fall Workshop: Beyond Inclusion: Supporting Queer & Trans Mental Health and Safer Spaces for ALL Our Youth
Presenter: Leaders from Queer Asterisk
When: Wednesday, October 22, 2025 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Where: Denver Academy
Description                            Registration
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2025 ACIS-JL Visions Teacher Mentoring and Coaching Webinar
Who: Division Heads, Heads of School, Deans of Faculty, Faculty, Teaching Mentors
Title: Observation Strategies, Coaching Techniques, Feedback Cycle
Presenter: Julie Eber, JL Visions Consulting
When: Thursday, October 23rd, 2025 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Where: Virtual on Zoom
Description                            Registration
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2025 ACIS-ERB Webinar
Who: Division Heads, Heads of School, Deans of Students, Faculty, Leaning Specialists, Counselors, Admissions Directors
Title: Beyond the Headlines: Student Learning Growth and Well-Being in Independent Schools
Presenter: Kelly Bornmann: Senior Director of Educational Services at the Educational Records Bureau (ERB)
When: Thursday, November 6th, 2025 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
Where: Virtual on Zoom
Description                            Registration
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2025 ACIS-Atlis 9ine Academies
Who:  Technology Director and Officers
Title: Advance your team’s skills with deep dives in IT operations, AI, and school data strategy
When: 9ine Tech Academy (January-May, 2026); 9ine AI and Privacy Academy (November, 2025-July, 2026)
Where: Virtual  
                             Description and Registration                             
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2025 CDN Student Summit (open to all 9-12 grade ACIS member school students)
Unity & Pride: Empowering Youth, Strengthening Allyship
When: Friday, December 5, 2025 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Where: Colorado Academy
Description              Registration begins October 15