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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-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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2026 ACIS-Syntrinsic Webinar
Who: Heads of School, CFOs, Board Members, Development Officers
Title: 2026 Capital Markets Forecast: Opportunities and Risks Impacting your School’s Investment Portfolio
Presenter: Jim Brauer, Managing Director at Syntrinsic
When: Tuesday, February 10th, 2026 from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Where: Virtual on Zoom
Description                            Registration
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2026 ACIS-Mission & Data Webinar Part 2
Who: Heads of School, CFOs, Board Members 
Title:  Tap Dancing on Marbles: Key Concepts, Indicators & Strategies to Move from Viability to  Financial & Organizational Sustainability  
Presenter:  Ari Betof, EdD, MBA, co-founder and partner at Mission & Data and Sadie Albertyn, Mission & Data’s Senior Organizational Effectiveness Strategist
When: Wednesday, February 11, 2026 from 11:00 a.m. to 12:15p.m. MDT via Zoom
Where: Virtual on Zoom
Description                            Registration
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2026 ACIS-Peter Baron Senior Leader Business Strategy Cohort series
Who: Heads of School (primary audience), CFOs/Business Officers, Enrollment Managers, Development Directors, and Board Finance leaders 
Title: Senior School Leaders Business Strategy Cohort: Five Working Sessions to Strengthen the School Model
Presenter: Peter Baron, Founder, MoonshotOS
When: Beginning Thursday, February 12th from 11:00 a.m to 12:00 p.m. Please view description
Where: Virtual on Zoom
Description                            Registration
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2026 ACIS-Toddle Webinar
Who: Division Heads, Deans of Faculty and Teachers
Title: AI and Curriculum: The Dynamic Duo
Presenter: Cindy Blackburn, Director of Learning at Toddle
When: Tuesday, February 17th, 2026 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
Where: Virtual on Zoom
Description                            Registration
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2026 ACIS-Mia Sundstrom National Institute for Play Webinar
Who: Heads of School, Division Heads, Deans of Faculty
Title:  Leveraging the Science of Play for Enhanced Learning
Presenter: Mia Sundstrom, CEO at National Institute for Play
When: Thursday, February 19th, 2026 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
Where: Virtual on Zoom
Description                            Registration
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The Colorado Diversity Network Winter Webinar:
Exploring Moral Injury & Hope in Times of Distress in Education - Cassie Stafford, LCSW
Thursday, February 19, 2026 from 1:00 - 2:30 p.m.
Where: Virtual
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2026 ACIS-Jennifer D. Klein Communicating with Purpose Webinar
Who: Heads of School, Division Heads, Diversity Directors
Title: Communicating With Purpose, On Purpose: Taming the Turbulence in Educational Leadership
Presenter: Jennifer D. Klein, CEO at Principled Learning Strategies
When: Tuesday, March 3rd, 2026 from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
Where: Virtual on Zoom
Description                            Registration
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SAVE-THE-DATE!
The Colorado Diversity Network Spring Workshop:
Social Change - Presenter TBD
Thursday, April 16, 2026
Where: In-Person location TBD
Description & Registration coming soon!
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SAVE-THE-DATE!
Spring Virtual Networking Session with The Colorado Diversity Network
Thursday, April 30, 2026
RSVP information coming later...
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OTHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OFERINGS

Title: Mergers and Acquisitions in Independent Schools
Time to Complete Course: 2 hours
Delivery Mode: asynchronous, self-paced (you can start, and return at any time)
Expiration: none
Cost: $175 per person