2019 CAIS Heads & Chairs Conference

Pre-Conference Workshop: Media Relations Training 9:00am - 5:00pm

Pre-Registration: CAIS Board, New Heads & New Chairs 4:00pm - 6:00pm

Registration: Pre-Conference Attendees 8:00am - 9:00am

Reception and Dinner for new Heads and their Mentors, new Board Chairs, Conference Planning Committee and CAIS Board [Invitation Only] 6:00pm - 9:00pm

CAIS Board Meeting 1:00pm - 5:00pm

New Heads Session 10:00am - 1:00pm

New Heads & New Board Chairs Session 8:30am - 10:00am

New Board Chairs Session 10:00am - 1:00pm

Conference welcome

Keynote: Nurturing Resilience Through a Strong Community 1:45pm - 3:00pm

Trends / Standards / Accreditation Update and Working Session 3:15pm - 4:30pm

Registration: CAIS Board, New Heads & New Chairs 7:30am - 8:30am

Conference registration 10:00am - 6:00pm

Networking break

Welcome Networking Event 5:45pm - 9:30pm

Hospitality Suite 9:30pm - 11:00pm

CAIS Board Meeting 8:30am - 12:30pm

Crisis Communications (For Heads & Chairs) 10:15am - 11:15am

The Keys to Positive Leadership (For Heads & Chairs) 11:30am - 12:30pm

Working Lunch - Accreditation Se... 12:45pm - 1:15pm

International School Market Development - Past, Current and Futu... 10:15am - 11:15am

Through the Looking Glass: K-12 International Education (For Hea... 11:30am - 12:30pm

Launch of the Lead...

Keynote: Building the HERO Generation: A happier, healthier, higher-performing e... 8:45am - 10:00am

Panel: Setting the Global Independent School Context 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Speed Innovation Sessions 2:45pm - 3:45pm

Keynote Session: Illness, Wellness, Resilience and Survival 3:45pm - 4:45pm

Networking Dinner 7:00pm - 9:30pm

Networking breakfast 7:00am - 8:30am

Networking break

Networking break

Networking lunch + Marketplace Showcase 12:30pm - 1:30pm

Networking break +...

Marketplace Showcase & Networking Reception 5:00pm - 7:00pm

Better Board Orientation and Ongoing Education: Strategies for S... 10:15am - 11:15am

Better Board Orientation and Ongoing Education: Strategies for S... 11:30am - 12:30pm

National Coalition of Girls’ Schools Working Breakfast Meeting 7:00am - 8:30am

Succession Planning in Education, Myths, Facts and Best Practice... 10:15am - 11:15am

NAIS's research on why parents enroll their children in Independ... 11:30am - 12:30pm

Informational Lunch for Positive... 12:45pm - 1:15pm

Conference registration 7:00am - 5:00pm

Development of the Board - Keeping Boards Healthy (For Heads & C... 10:15am - 11:15am

Head Compensation: Assessing the Marketplace, the Facts and the... 11:30am - 12:30pm

Hospitality Suite 9:30pm - 11:00pm

Optimizing Board Meetings (For Heads & Chairs) 10:15am - 11:15am

Optimizing Board Meetings (For Heads & Chairs) 11:30am - 12:30pm

Chair-only Keynote: Building a generative Board 9:00am - 10:15am

Governance Culture (Relationships) 10:30am - 11:30am

Relationships Matter: A framework to Support Multiple Pathways t... 10:30am - 11:30am

Breakfast and AGM 7:45am - 8:30am

Launch of CAIS Con...

Heads-only Keynote: Leading Change in Our Schools 9:00am - 10:15am

Closing Keynote: The structure of Team Engagement 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Closing Remarks

Conference Registration 7:30am - 1:30pm

AGM Check-in

Networking Break

Networking Break

Lunch 11:30am - 12:00pm

Canadian Boarding Collective (CBC) Dinner 5:30pm - 9:00pm

Legal Issues Impacting Leadership Culture 10:30am - 11:30am

Leadership Team Culture 10:30am - 11:30am

Canadian Boarding Collective (CBC) Meeting 2:00pm - 5:00pm

Economic Sustainability Culture: An Integrated Approach to Progr... 10:30am - 11:30am

Points to Ponder: Regarding the History of Indian Residential Sc... 10:30am - 11:30am

CBC Networking Breakfast 7:00am - 8:30am

Canadian Boarding Collective (CBC) Meeting 9:00am - 2:00pm