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Most sessions will include a recorded presentation available to all Conference attendees throughout the Conference until the end of December 2020
| Time | Monday, December 7 | Tuesday, December 8 | Wednesday, December 9 | Thursday, December 10 |
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| 11:00am ET | Conference Kickoff 11:30am ET |
Sponsorship Networking | Sponsorship Networking | Sponsorship Networking |
| Expo Hall Open | Expo Hall Open | Expo Hall Open | Expo Hall Open | |
| 12:00pm ET | Spotlight Speaker Rodney Glasgow |
Spotlight Speaker Rosetta Lee |
Spotlight Speaker Lawrence Alexander Spotlight Speaker Duke Greenhill |
Heads Forum The State of the Boarding School Headship: Designing for Sustainable Headship in a Time of Crisis |
| 1:00pm ET | Deep Dive 1:30–3:30pm ET Implicit and Unconscious Bias: Bridging the Distance Between Professed Values and Daily Behaviors Rosetta Lee |
Featured Session: Marts & Lundy When a Wing and a Prayer Isn’t Enough: A Case Study on Shifting Advancement Strategy During Challenging Times —————— Concurrent Sessions & Discussions —————— Roundtable Discussions |
Featured Session: Community Brands Trends in Admission and Enrollment for 21-22 —————— Concurrent Sessions & Discussions —————— Roundtable Discussions |
Concurrent Sessions & Discussions |
| 2:00pm ET | Deep Dive 1:30–3:30pm ET Protecting Students from Educator and Peer Sexual Misconduct – An Interactive Workshop David Wolowitz Megan Mann Constance Neary |
Concurrent Sessions & Discussions |
Concurrent Sessions & Discussions |
Concurrent Sessions & Discussions |
| 3:00pm ET | Deep Dive 1:30–3:30pm ET Trust, not Trouble: Nurturing Healthy Bonds with Students Christopher Thurber Brooklyn Raney |
Concurrent Sessions & Discussions |
Concurrent Sessions & Discussions |
Concurrent Sessions & Discussions —————— Roundtable Discussions |
| 4:00pm ET | Summer Session Reunions TABS Connect Office Hours |
Spotlight Speaker Dr. Lisa Damour Featured Session International Perspectives on COVID |
Unconference Discussion Groups |
Conclusion & Preview of TABS Spring Opportunities |
| Time | Event | Speaker |
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| 11:00am ET | Expo Hall Open – Engage with Sponsors to Win Big Prizes in TABS Giveaway! | |
| 11:30am ET | Conference Kickoff | |
| 12:00pm ET | Spotlight Speaker #BlackAtBoarding: The Journey Toward Racial Justice in Boarding School | Dr. Rodney Glasgow |
| 1:30pm ET | Deep Dive: Implicit and Unconscious Bias: Bridging the Distance Between Professed Values and Daily Behaviors |
Rosetta Lee |
| Deep Dive: Trust, Not Trouble: Nurturing Healthy Bonds with Students | Chris Thurber | |
| Deep Dive: Protecting Students from Educator and Peer Sexual Misconduct – An Interactive Workshop | David Walowitz, Megan Mann, Constance Neary | |
| 4:00pm ET | TABS Connect Office Hours | |
| Summer Session Reunions |
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| Time | Track | Session Name | Speaker |
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| 11:00am ET | Expo Hall Open – Engage with Sponsors to Win Big Prizes in TABS Giveaway! | ||
| Sponsorship Networking | |||
| 12:00pm ET | Spotlight Speaker | Cultural Competency in Boarding Schools: What Leaders Need to Know |
Rosetta Lee, Seattle Girls' School |
| 1:00pm ET | Featured Session | When a Wing and a Prayer Isn't Enough: A Case Study on Shifting Advancement Strategy During Challenging Times |
Karen Callahan, Senior Consultant & Managing Principal, Marts & Lundy Jennifer Zaccara, Head of School, Vermont Academy |
| Health & Wellness | Roundtable Discussion Lessons Learned and Innovations that Will Endure Beyond 2020 |
Chris Button, Associate Head of School, Virginia Episcopal School Nolan LaVoie, Dean of Students, Woodberry Forest Caroline Baum, Associate Head of School, Oldfields School Amy Kolman, Dean of Students, Virginia Episcopal School Ryan Pagotto, Associate Head of School, Blair Academy |
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| Academic Administration | Learning for the Long Term from COVID-19 | Gwyneth Connell, Director of the Grauer Institute, Pomfret School, CT Donald Gibbs, Assistant Head of School, Pomfret School, CT Tie Watkins, Director of Technology, Pomfret School, CT |
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| Residential & Student Life | Connecting Across Distance | Amber Goupil, Director of Student Life Programs, Perkiomen School, PA Shaun Yorgey, Director of Strategic Innovation, Perkiomen School, PA |
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| Admission, Fin. Aid & Enrollment Management |
How to get the most out of your interviews- learning and best practices |
Cerise Santoro, VP of US & Global Partnerships, Vericant, CA | |
| Heads & Senior Mgmt | Head to Head Partnership | David Perfield, Head of School, Oldfields School, MD Peter Curran, Associate Head of School, Blair Academy, NJ Andrew Menke, Head of School, Waterford School, UT Jeff Leahy, Head of School, Colorado Rocky Mountain School, CO |
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| 2:00pm ET | Heads & Senior Mgmt | Crisis Prevention & Response | Morgan Paul Rueckert, Attorney, Shipman & Goodwin LLP, CT Chris Tennyson, Communications Consultant/Author, Tennyson Communications, NY |
| Admission, Fin. Aid & Enrollment Mgmt |
Is it Time to Rethink the Independent School “Business” Model? |
Peter Baron, Chief Member Relations Officer, The Enrollment Management Association, NJ Derek Krein, Dean of Professional and Programmatic Growth, Tabor Academy |
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| Diversity/Multiculturalism | The Boarding School Reality for Black and Brown Faculty |
Edward Carson, Dean of Multicultural Education, The Governor's Academy, MA Dr. James Greenwood, Dean of DEI, Western Reserve Academy, OH Faith Kagwa, Associate Dean of Students, The Governor's Academy MA |
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| Residential & Student Life | Integrated Student Responses: How Asheville School seeks to identify and support students of concern |
Ben Williamson, Asst Head of School for Student Life, The Asheville School, NC; Megan Grant, Director of Residential Life, The Asheville School, NC |
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| Academic Administration | Creating Curriculum That Creates Character | Sam Silver, Upper School Head, Delphian School, OR | |
| Financial Mgmt & Sustainability |
Resetting Tuition | Christopher Brueningsen, Headmaster, The Kiski School, PA Adam Schapiro, Associate Headmaster, The Kiski School, PA |
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| 3:00pm ET | Marketing & Communication | Authentic Storytelling: How Video Can Promote Connection and Reflection |
Jacob Geiger, Dir. of Strategic Communications, Woodberry Forest School, VA Tyler Campbell, Asst. Dir. of Communications, Woodberry Forest School, VA |
| Development & Advancement | Long-term Disruption: Making Plans for a Bright Future through Smart, Strategic Advancement |
Ann Snyder, Director, Independent Schools, CASE (Council for the Advancement and Support of Educaiton), DC |
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| Diversity/Multiculturalism | The CORE of Community: Restorative Justice in Boarding Schools |
Rachael Jennings, Director of Equity, Justice, and Belonging, Assistant Dean of Students, English Instructor, Dublin School, NH Brooks Johnson, Dean of Students, Dublin School, NH |
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| Residential & Student Life | Pre-Arrival Learning for International Students | Thomas Christensen, Executive Director, Vital English, BC Lauren Johanson, Int'l Program Coordinator, Walnut Hill School for the Arts, MA |
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| Academic Administration | Partnership for Professional Learning | Jessica Catoggio, Dir. of Educator Dev., World Leadership School, CO Dr. Sarah Morrison, Director, Learning, Teaching, and Research, Appleby College ON |
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| Heads & Senior Mgmt Health & Wellness |
Viruses, Vaccines, Pandemics & Mold: Stopping the Spread and Managing Legal Risk |
James Keller, Chair, K-12 Schools, Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP, PA Kathryn Beaumont Murphy, Counsel, K-12 Schools, Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP, PA |
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| 4:00pmET | Spotlight Speaker | Moving from Coping to Adaptation: Helping Adolescents (and Adults!) Manage the Anxiety and Stress of 2020 |
Dr. Lisa Damour, Psychologist |
| Heads & Senior Mgmt | The International Boarding Landscape: Responses to Covid and Market Opportunity Abroad |
Robin Fletcher, CEO of the Boarding Schools’ Association (UK) Dee Guillemot-Rodgerson, Nat'l Coord. of the NZ Board Schools’ Association Richard Stokes, CEO of the Australian Boarding Schools Association |
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| 11:00am ET | Expo Hall Open – Engage with Sponsors to Win Big Prizes in TABS Giveaway! | ||||||
| Sponsorship Networking | Diversity/Multiculturalism | Navigating Difficult Conversations as a School Community: Deepening the Discussion About Race |
Holly Hinderlie, Director of Wellness, Choate Rosemary Hall, CT Eliza Alexander, Interim Executive Director, Independent School Association of Northern New England, ME |
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| 12:00pm ET | Spotlight Speaker 1 | Racial Justice and Inclusion in Boarding Schools: Engaging the Conversations We're Not Having |
Lawrence Alexander, Carney Sandoe & Associates | ||||
| Spotlight Speaker 2 | Cultivating Creativity in Critical Moments | Duke Greenhill, Savannah College of Art & Design | |||||
| Residential Life | Roundtable Discussion Lessons Learned and Innovations that Will Endure Beyond 2020 | Jennifer Rundles, Associate Director of Upper School, Darlington School Paul Organ, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Boardingware Mandy Griffin, Director of Residential Life, Indian Springs School Tim Healy, Dean of Students, Saint Mary's School |
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| Finance and Operations | Roundtable Discussion Lessons Learned and Innovations that Will Endure Beyond 2020 | Peter Curran, Incoming Head of School, Blair Academy Jed Wartman, Dean of Students, Governor’s Academy Katie Titus, Head of School, Mercersburg Academy Wendy Skinner, Dean of Student Life, Western Reserve Academy Dominique Green, Quality Assurance and Training Coordinator, National Management Resources Corporation |
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| 1:00pm ET | Featured Session | Trends in Admission and Enrollment for 21-22 | Community Brands | ||||
| Admission, Fin. Aid & Enrollment Mgmt |
When Virtual is the Norm: Five Ways to Humanize Relationships with Prospective Families |
Ryan Bowse, Executive Vice President, Major & Independent School Markets Jess Creach, Customer Success Manager, Ravenna Solutions |
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| Academic Administration | Welcome to Our World: Creating a Mission-Aligned Teacher Orientation | Marianne van Brummelen, Math Teacher and Pedagogical Coach, The Masters School, NY Jason Hult, Director of Learning Initiatives, The Masters School, NY |
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| Development & Advancement | Design Thinking for Philanthropy | Felicity Meu, Director, Partner Success, GiveCampus, DC | |||||
| Sponsorship Networking | Diversity/Multiculturalism | Navigating Difficult Conversations as a School Community: Deepening the Discussion About Race |
Holly Hinderlie, Director of Wellness, Choate Rosemary Hall, CT Eliza Alexander, Interim Executive Director, Independent School Association of Northern New England, ME |
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| Health & Wellness | What Can We Do? Pathways to Understanding Youth Suicide | Hannah Mariotti, Educational Consultant, BEACON Coaching & Consulting, NH |
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| 2:00pm ET | Academic Administration | Proficiency Ed Update: The Death of Measuring Seat-Time | Mark Siegel, Asst Headmaster, Delphian School, OR | ||||
| Admission, Fin. Aid & Enrollment Mgmt |
A Student in the Hand is Worth Two in the Bush: Retention Initiatives that Deliver |
Elyn Roberts, VP of Strategy and Innovation, SchoolAdmin, TX | |||||
| Development & Advancement | Passing the Baton: Fundraising Success During Transition | Andy Hamlin, Former Assistant Headmaster of Advancement, The Hun School of Princeton, NJ Alexis Alcantara Brock, Director of Advancement, The Hun School of Princeton, NJ Jackie Sullivan, Senior VP, Graham-Pelton, NY |
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| Financial Mgmt & Sustainability |
Updating Your Enrollment Contract In The Time Of Coronavirus | Brian Garrett, Partner, Schwartz Hannum PC, MA Sarah Fay, Attorney, Schwartz Hannum PC, MA |
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| Residential & Student Life | Curbing HR Headaches in Residential Life | Amber Stockham, SPHR, Director, Human Resources Programs, National Business Officers Association, DC Grace Lee, Esq., Partner, Venable LLP, DC |
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| 3:00pm ET | Admission, Fin. Aid & Enrollment Mgmt |
Pay No Attention to the Man Behind the Curtain! | Kathy LaBranche, Director of Admissions, Trinity College School, Ontario | ||||
| Diversity/Multiculturalism | Being White In An Age of Color | Sam Osherson, Faculty, Stanley King Counseling Institute, MA | |||||
| Heads & Senior Mgmt | Managing Risk In Employee Separations | Matthew Batastini, Managing Partner, Schwartz Hannum PC, MA Chuck McCullagh, CFO, The Williston Northampton School, MA |
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| Health & Wellness | When It Comes to Our International Students Well Being Where Do We Begin? |
Jacqueline Yamada, Consultant, Educator, ISM, DE | |||||
| Marketing & Communications | How Do You Deliver an Immersive Marketing Experience? | Simon Noakes, Founder & CEO, Interactive Schools, Bucks Lauren Castagnola, Director of Communications & Community | |||||
| Residential & Student Life | Engaging Residential Students When You Have No Residents: Programming in the Midst of COVID-19 |
Max Taylor, Residence Director, Bard Academy at Simon's Rock, MA Mafalda Gueta, Residence Director, Bard Academy at Simon's Rock, MA |
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| Development & Advancement; Heads and Senior Leadership |
People First: Tending the Most Critical Internal Relationships in the Time of COVID |
Taylor Stockdale, Head of Schools, The Webb Schools Alison Holt, Senior Consultant, Marts & Lundy and Managing Director, Offord Group Jim Zimmerman, Senior Consultant & Principal, Marts&Lundy |
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| 4:00pm ET | Unconference Discussion Groups | ||||||
| Time | Track | Session Name | Speaker |
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| 11:00am ET | Expo Hall Open – Engage with Sponsors to Win Big Prizes in TABS Giveaway! | ||
| Sponsorship Networking | |||
| 12:00pm ET | Heads Forum | The State of the Boarding School Headship: Designing for Sustainable Headship in a Time of Crisis | |
| 1:00pm ET | Heads & Senior Mgmt | Heads & Chairs Panel On Market Position, Student Population And Financial Sustainability (Or Why Net Tuition Revenue Is Not “The Only Number That Matters”) |
William Kummel, Principal, Rational Partners, NY Randy Bertin, Head of School, Cushing Academy, MA Bart Griffith, Head of School, Shady Side Academy, PA |
| Academic Administration | Change Management in the Competency Movement | Mike Peller, Asst Head for Teaching & Learning, The White Mountain School, NH Matthew Williams, The White Mountain School, NH Sam Talcott, The White Mountain School, NH |
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| Financial Mgmt & Sustainability |
Better Together – Building an Effective Partnership between Admissions and the Business Office |
Amy Graham, Director of Enrollment Management, Pomfret School, CT Ed Griffin, Chief Financial Officer, Pomfret School, CT |
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| Residential & Student Life | Social and Emotional Learning and the Chaplain: An Underutilized Asset | William Whitmore, School Minister, Mercersburg Academy, PA | |
| Development & Advancement |
Advancing the Mission Through Turbulent Times | Karyn Vella, Assistant Head for Development, Peddie School, NJ | |
| 2:00pm ET | Heads & Senior Mgmt | The New Talent Profile: Hiring for Boarding Schools in a Post-2020 World | Suzanne Buck, Head of School, Western Reserve Academy, OH |
| Financial Mgmt & Sustainability |
Storytelling: The Power of Data Visualization | Tanner Baker, Research & Analytics, Rational Partners, NY | |
| Marketing & Communications |
Test Your Crisis Readiness with Case Studies | Jim Hulbert, Esq., Partner, The Jane Group, IL Karen Joostema, Dir. of Communications, The Madeira School, VA |
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| Diversity/Multiculturalism | Transgender Athletes: "What is the right way to set the rules so everybody has a fighting chance?" |
Christopher Brigham, Shareholder, Updike, Kelly & Spellacy, P.C., CT Meera Viswanathan, Head of School, The Ethel Walker School, CT Kati Eggert, Director of Athletics, The Ethel Walker School, CT |
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| Health & Wellness | The Student Mental Health–Nutrition Link. How Boarding Schools Can Help | Sherry Ephraim, National Director of Business Development Jane Segale, Chief Financial Officer, Walnut Hill School for the Arts, MA Peter Walker, General Manager, Walnut Hill School, Master Trainer, AllerU, Sodexo, GA Quintina Reddington, National Manager of Nutrition, Sodexo |
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| Development & Advancement |
Assessing Impact: The Value of the Alumni Perspective | Byron Hulsey, Headmaster, Woodberry Forest School, VA Craig Goebel, Principal, Art & Science Group, MD |
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| 3:00pm ET | Diversity/Multiculturalism | Past Meets Present: Indigenous Land Acknowledgements | Susanna Waters, Academic Dean, Brooks School, MA Amanda Nasser, History Faculty, Brooks School, MA |
| Admissions, Marketing & Communications |
Roundtable Discussion Lessons Learned and Innovations that Will Endure Beyond 2020 |
Dan Thompson, Director of Strategic Communications and Marketing, Fork Union Military Academy |
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| Academic Administration | Roundtable Discussion Lessons Learned and Innovations that Will Endure Beyond 2020 |
Mark Seigel, Assistant Headmaster, Delphian School | |
| Residential & Student Life | Re-Centering Residential Life At a Small Boarding School | Stacey Jones Lee, Associate Dean of Students/Director of Residential Life, St. Mark's School, MA |
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| Development & Advancement |
Building a Strong Parent Giving Program | Newell Grant, Dir. of Advancement, Westminster School, CT Shannon O'Shaughnessy, Dir. of Advancement Operations, Westminster School, CT |
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| 3:15pm ET | Heads & Senior Mgmt | Futurecast: On the Next Ten Years | Sue Cunningham, President and CEO, Counsel for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) Heather Hoerle, Executive Director and CEO, Enrollment Management Association (EMA) Donna Orem, President, National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) Jeff Shields, President and CEO, National Business Officers Association (NBOA) Peter Upham, Executive Director, The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS) |
| 4:00pm ET | Conclusion of Conference & Preview of TABS Spring Opportunities | ||
