In October 2019, we were excited to share the document, Building the Future: The Importance of Leadership Development & Succession Planning in Our Schools at the Heads and Chairs Conference. This document outlines the current state of leadership succession in CAIS schools and describes a plan to enhance our current leadership development programs.

For new participants, we had planned to offer the new Introduction to Leadership at the 2020 Summer Institute. It was designed to provide a comprehensive look at school leadership and provide the opportunity for participants to build strong positive relationships. Because the face to face experience is critical to launch this program, we have decided to postpone this program to the summer of 2021.

For current Leadership Institute participants, we will continue to offer options for required and elective modules on a virtual platform. We will schedule 3 sessions over the course of the summer to optimize facilitator and participant flexibility. We are currently reviewing our offerings in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and will select programs that reflect the needs of our schools based upon feedback from all our Heads’ and network group calls. Also, we will ask facilitators to revise their modules to reflect the demands on school leaders during these rapidly changing times.

For those who have already registered – thank you! We will be reaching out to you first when plans are firm to discuss adjusting your choices. Our future communications will outline which modules will still be offered and additional timely new options. We are doing our best to ensure that our revised offerings will meet everyone’s needs during this difficult time.