Morning Pre-Conference Option
9:00am-12:00pm | Lunch and Transportation Included
Cost: $99.00 Members / $199.00 Non-Member
Option #1
Purpose-Driven Academic Leadership: Portraits of a Learner
Join members of Nido’s Teaching and Learning Team in exploring how the Portrait of a Nido Learner comes to life across the campus. Participants will have the option to choose to attend one of the following options:
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Option one: Learning Walks looking for the skills and dispositions of the Nido Learner
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Option two: Inquiry in Action Learning Lab in our Early Years Forest Classroom
After an overview session, participants will have an opportunity to see the campus and break out into Job Alike discussion groups.
Option #2
Purpose-Driven Operational Leadership: Mitigate Risk by Design
Join members of Nido’s Administrative Leadership Team in examining best practices through the lens of building an Ethics, Risk, and Compliance program to mitigate risk by design. After an overview session, participants will break out into Job Alike discussion groups, including HR, Technology, Business Operations and Child Safeguarding.
Afternoon Pre-Conference Option
12:00pm-3:00pm | Lunch (12-1pm) and Transportation Included
Cost: $99.00 Members / $199.00 Non-Member
Leading with Purpose: Elevating Leadership in International Schools
Sponsored by the AMISA Women in Leadership Initiative
This interactive pre-conference workshop invites participants to explore how purpose-driven leadership can elevate individuals, teams, and school communities in international contexts. Open to leaders of all genders and roles, the session focuses on aligning personal values with professional practice, examining barriers that limit leadership pathways—particularly for women—and identifying strategies that foster inclusive, empowering leadership cultures. Through reflection, dialogue, and practical planning, participants will leave with tools and an actionable roadmap to lead with clarity, confidence, and purpose in their schools.