Vision and Strategy is a virtual workshop series designed to support schools in reaffirming their purpose, clarifying their future vision, and setting action priorities.
This workshop series offers schools an opportunity to explore new frameworks and approaches that break away from traditional strategic planning processes. It is especially well-suited for schools early in their strategic thinking or those that believe they could manage the planning process internally—without hiring an outside consultant—if they had a clear structure and a guiding process for their team. The sessions provide time to build shared understanding, shape key choices, and align around an articulated vision. Leave with a strategic story deck designed to clearly communicate a possible future direction and build momentum and buy-in among stakeholders.
New this year—pre- and post-sessions: Registered schools can attend the pre-workshop session to learn how to pull critical elements of data from NAIS Data and Analysis for School Leadership (DASL) and other sources to guide your strategic work. Registered schools can attend the post-workshop session to discuss implementation progress, next steps, and strategies for tracking metrics both in the near and long term to maintain momentum around your strategic plan. Make sure at least two members of your school team attend the pre- and post-sessions.
The deadline to register is Tuesday, September 9, 2025 due to the pre-workshop session and the prework required to complete prior to the session start date.
Schools select up to six participants to make up their workshop team. The ideal team includes three to six participants. The minimum number of school participants is three people. Individuals or pairs are not recommended due to the significant amount of teamwork time built into the agenda. You need to know the number of participants at the time of registration. You can make updates to the attendee names that fill your spots until two weeks before the event.
Cancellations must be received in writing at strategylab@nais.org. Cancellations received up to 30 days before the program’s start date (August 11) will be fully refunded, less a $75 administration fee. Cancellations received fewer than 30 days prior to the program will not be refunded.
Please contact strategylab@nais.org or (202) 973-9700 with any questions.
Pre-Session: September 10, 2025, 1:00 – 2:30 PM ET
Main Session: September 24 – 25, 2025, 12:00 – 3:00 PM ET each day
Post-Session: November 20, 2025, 1:00 – 2:30 PM ET
Schools should send teams of up to six people to this virtual workshop from diverse roles at school, including the head of school, academic leads, business and operations leads, faculty, and board members.
