Administrators of Color Conference
12/1/2025 to 12/2/2025,
1:00p-6:30p Monday, 8:00-3:30p Tuesday
Overall, the research is clear: connecting with those who share similar experiences is not only comforting but also essential for building lasting resilience and thriving communities.
Join us for a transformative...
Overall, the research is clear: connecting with those who share similar experiences is not only comforting but also essential for building lasting resilience and thriving communities.
Join us for a transformative event of learning, creativity, and connection at the third annual Administrators of Color Conference — a gathering designed to uplift, empower, and celebrate leaders of color across education.
🎨 Brushstrokes of Balance: Art & Joy for Leaders
Kick off the day with creativity and reflection as Kiana D. Davis guides a hands-on art experience that celebrates identity, joy, and leadership.
Then dive into dynamic breakout sessions exploring:
Resilient leadership with Estelle Stokes Bowden and Malcolm Boone
Wellness & balance with Justin Perry
Courageous operations & financial freedom with Kenneth Gatson and Brian Li
AI for equity in school policy with Raketa Ouedraogo-Thomas & Ayesha Coleman Swinton
Authentic leadership & belonging with Carol Santos and Myque Harris Rodriguez
And more!
End the day with our Mix & Mingle Reception — featuring art from participants, local PoC-owned restaurant tastings, and a Fireside Chat with Carol Santos and Kenneth Gatson celebrating joy, authenticity, and representation in leadership.
✨ This isn’t just a conference — it’s a celebration of who we are and the communities we build.
Registration Details:https://www.ncais.org/events/2025-administrators-of-color-conference
Cost: $375 Member Schools, $425 Guests
Web link: https://www.ncais.org/events/2025-administrators-of-color-conference
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2nd Annual Belonging, Affirmation, and Motivation (B.A.M.) Virtual Conference
12/3/2025 to 12/5/2025,
Multiple
Conference Overview
Our 2nd Annual B.A.M. Virtual Conference has been expanded this year to not only include people of color in Independent Schools, but those who work in any other environment where they...
Conference Overview
Our 2nd Annual B.A.M. Virtual Conference has been expanded this year to not only include people of color in Independent Schools, but those who work in any other environment where they are marginalized. This conference offers an opportunity to be in community and provides a safe space for us to learn, grow, and exist. The theme this year is: When "The Well" has run dry… The emphasis will be on finding and creating spaces of belonging, affirmation, and motivation when it may not exist the way that we want it to in your workspace. In other words, how can we provide what we need for ourselves and others instead of waiting for someone else to give it to us? Our virtual conference will include: workshops, smaller group time, music, and more. All of our work is rooted in resilience, inspiration and joy to help ourselves and others rise to higher heights! Our goal is to ensure every attendee leaves rejuvenated and encouraged. This general conference will be two days and have an optional full-day pre-conference institute.
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2025 Innovative Schools Summit: San Antonio
12/3/2025 to 12/6/2025,
Multiple
BE INSPIRED
Connect with fellow educators. Get re-energized. Learn from the best in education. Discover new strategies to support all students. Take home ideas to implement immediately at your school....
BE INSPIRED
Connect with fellow educators. Get re-energized. Learn from the best in education. Discover new strategies to support all students. Take home ideas to implement immediately at your school. Have fun.
Create your own learning experience at the San Antonio Summit. Choose the sessions that are most relevant to you from 4 co-located education conferences:
At-Risk Students Conference
Innovative Teaching Strategies Conference
Innovative School Leadership Forum
School Discipline Conference
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AISNE BIPOC Symposium
12/4/2025 to 12/5/2025,
Multiple
Join fellow BIPOC educators, administrators, and staff from independent schools across New England for this 1.5-day gathering. The AISNE BIPOC Symposium is a space to recharge while learning, connect with...
Join fellow BIPOC educators, administrators, and staff from independent schools across New England for this 1.5-day gathering. The AISNE BIPOC Symposium is a space to recharge while learning, connect with colleagues who share your lived experience, and engage in honest, uplifting conversations about what it means to lead, teach, and thrive in predominantly white institutions.
This is more than a professional development event—it’s a celebration of community.
Whether you are looking for affinity space, career guidance, shared strategy, or simply a chance to exhale and laugh with people who get it, this experience will center your needs, your voice, and your joy.
What to Expect:
Affirming Community: Dedicated time to be in affinity with other BIPOC professionals navigating the unique challenges—and opportunities—of independent schools.
Inspiring Conversations: Dynamic facilitators Jason Craige Harris and Martha Haakmat will guide a series of sessions that explore how we sustain ourselves, reclaim rest, build solidarity, and rise together in this work.
The Leadership Lounge: One-on-one coaching with a phenomenal group of BIPOC consultants and mentors—offering personalized support on your journey.
Networking: From welcome receptions and cocktail hours to intentional lunch conversations and casual connections, you’ll find plenty of space to build lasting relationships.
Affinity + Strategy Sessions: Gather with colleagues across shared racial, ethnic, and professional identities to exchange ideas, share best practices, and lift each other up.
Restorative Offerings: Begin your day with yoga or mindfulness, and leave with tools for sustainable self-care, grounded leadership, and community-rooted action.
Who Should Attend:
This event is designed for BIPOC-identifying faculty, staff, administrators, and school leaders working in independent schools. You’ll find space here to connect, grow, and recharge.
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Gathering Ground | A Day of Connection and Collective Power
12/5/2025,
9:30AM - 3PM ET
People of Color in Independent Schools New York (PoCIS New York) invites you to a powerful day of connection reflection and community. In a time when our cherished spaces for gathering and growth face...
People of Color in Independent Schools New York (PoCIS New York) invites you to a powerful day of connection reflection and community. In a time when our cherished spaces for gathering and growth face increasing challenges The Gathering Ground emerges as a vital new space—one where we can root ourselves support one another and strengthen the foundation of our collective community.
Together we will explore the theme of Collective Power through dynamic keynote speakers restorative wellness experiences interactive workshops and more. Join us as we reconnect recharge and reimagine what’s possible together.
Our esteemed keynote speakers are...Anu Gupta author of the best-selling book Breaking Bias.
Anu Gupta is an award-winning author human rights lawyer scientist scholar of bias mindfulness teacher and the founder and CEO of BE MORE with Anu an edtech company that trains individuals and organizations bridge divides and build trust using mindfulness-based tools. He is the author of Breaking Bias: Where Stereotypes and Prejudices Come From and the Science-Backed Method to Unravel them (2024) with a foreword from His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
Camille S. Edwards Director of Students Affairs Principal Consultant DEI Practitioner.In her work Camille Simone Edwards empowers mission-driven leaders and organizations to cultivate courageous leadership inclusive culture and sustainable change through coaching strategy and transformative programming.
Each speaker will guide us in exploring our own minds bodies and communities to strengthen our connection with ourselves and our village.
Registration includes:
Event Admission
Catered Lunch
Reflection & Networking
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United in Purpose: an Evening of Community, Justice and Joy
12/5/2025,
5:30 pm - 10:00 pm PST
Our mission is to promote dialogue among people of color, provide expertise and resources to educational professionals, develop cultural competence in adults, and foster leadership in adults of color....
Our mission is to promote dialogue among people of color, provide expertise and resources to educational professionals, develop cultural competence in adults, and foster leadership in adults of color. We are excited to have developed a strong community, a sound footing in multiple schools and a dedicated board that are able to realize a vision of providing experiences for BIPoC independent school educators that extend and enhance their feelings of belongingness.
Leading from a place of strength, we are hosting United in Purpose: an Evening of Community, Justice and Joy on Friday, December 5, at Sacred Heart School in Atherton, CA. We are excited to invite independent school educators of color for an evening of learning, connection, and rejuvenation. To do so, and to minimize the financial impact on individual educators and to ensure that the event is accessible to as many individuals as possible, we are asking organizations in our community for support. Therefore, we would like to ask you to consider becoming a financial sponsor of this NoCA PoCIS event. Your tax-deductible monetary contribution would help pay for our keynote speaker, Charles Vogl, and lower ticket prices to make sure all educators in our independent school community can attend. As a token of our appreciation, we are excited to recognize your contributions through the levels of sponsorship for the event, attached. We would also feature your organization in the promotional materials for the event, and on our website.
The purpose of this event–and of NoCA PoCIS–is to build connection, community, and cultural competency among people of color from Bay Area Independent Schools.
Levels of Sponsorship
$5000 (one available)
Meet and greet with Charles Vogel and signed copies of his books: The Art of Community and Creating Meaningful Rites of Passage in Modern Communities
Introduce Charels Vogel, speaker at opening of the Gala
1 gala table reserved for 10 guests+ 10 registrations
Half page company logo on back of NO CA PoCIS program
$2500
1 gala table reserved for 10 guests + 10 registrations
10 signed copies of Charles Vogel book: Creating Meaningful Rites of Passage in Modern Communities
Half page logo of your company logo on back of NO CA PoCIS program
$1000
5 copies of Charles Vogel book: Creating Meaningful Rites of Passage in Modern Communities
5 registrations for the Gala
1/4 logo of your company logo on back of NO CA PoCIS program
$500
2 copies of Charles Vogel book: Creating Meaningful Rites of Passage in Modern Communities
2 registrations for the Gala
1/4 logo of your company logo on back of NO CA PoCIS program
Sponsorships can be made by check or money order. If you prefer, we can accept electronic payment via Paypal or Zelle (preferred) by November 1, 2025.
All checks should be made out to PoCIS of Northern California and mailed to:
People of Color in Independent Schools - Northern California
248 3rd Street, #732 Oakland, CA 94607
To pay via Zelle, send money to finance@nocapocis.org(cell last 4 digits 8363)
To pay via paypal, you can use this email: finance@nocapocis.org
Our EIN is 470896616. Please find a link to a W9 form for your convenience.
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NABSE 53rd Annual Conference
12/10/2025 to 12/14/2025,
Multiple
This is for everyone who cares about the education of our nation's children, including NABSE members, supporters, superintendents, principals, school board members, education human resource professionals,...
This is for everyone who cares about the education of our nation's children, including NABSE members, supporters, superintendents, principals, school board members, education human resource professionals, deans, professors, education department heads, administrative/educational support staff, teachers, parents, retirees, curriculum specialists, students, clergy, employers, and job seekers.
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