Interested in attending Summer Institute 2026?
July 13–17, 2026 | Salt Lake City, UT
If you’re new to your role, hoping to excel in a recent promotion, or interested in further exploring leadership within your school or department, our Summer Institute workshops are for you! Sign up for our interest list to be notified when registration opens for our 2026 workshops.
Empowered to Excel
Participants joined us to develop effective strategies, take home tangible resources, and network with their peers and colleagues. There was an offering for everyone from Board members to School Heads, Business and Advancement Officers divisions, and academic leaders. Summer Institute, unlike larger conferences, is designed for a maximum of 24 participants in each workshop, providing hands-on learning experiences on each specific topic.
Here's a quick recap of Summer Institute 2025. You can also see photos from the event on our Facebook page.
Attendee Snapshot
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Curious about the workshops we offer?
These were 2025’s Summer Institute workshops. Stay tuned for next year’s lineup!
Learn how to bolster your leadership capabilities, sharpen your communications skills, manage your team with confidence, and support your school’s long-term goals.
Learn how you can become an even better leader in your school as you assist your School Head.
Join us to reexamine your learning support offerings and explore what’s new in recommended success strategies.
Turn your lower school division into an exceptional environment that provides a stable, student-centered learning community through ISM’s research-based strategies.
Create an experiential and practical middle school roadmap to support your school’s mission and culture, engage faculty and staff, and enrich the student experience.
Explore your personal leadership style while analyzing and reflecting on strategies for evaluating upper school faculty, navigating school change, promoting a healthy school culture, and designing an up-to-date schedule.
Discover how to build an effective admission process that attracts and enrolls mission-appropriate students and supports applicants.
Understanding the components of an effective development operation—and how those components interface with your school’s strategic priorities—is critical to your success as a Development Officer.
Become a great middle school leader. Support your school’s mission and culture, engage your faculty and staff, and enrich the student experience.
Manage every aspect of your ever-growing role as an upper school Dean of Students. Fulfill your responsibilities with confidence, keeping students first in everything you do.
Excel as a strategic business leader, whether you’re new to the profession, starting in independent schools for the first time, or a seasoned professional.
Discover how to manage the nuances and demands of school headship.
Learn how to excel as a Marketing Communications Director by combining foundational, practical topics with efficient marketing communications procedures.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR PRIVATE SCHOOL LEADERS
Explore ISM’s professional development events.
Develop new skills, gain confidence in your role, and lead with clarity. Be mentored by leaders who are experts in their field, many currently working in private schools today. Get hands-on experience, network with fellow school leaders, and walk away with an action plan you can use the minute you return to campus.
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Early Bird
Evolve Your Support Program for Students With Learning Differences
Date(s): 7/13/2026 — 7/15/2026 ● Status: Open
Discover how to strengthen your school’s learning support program so it truly serves every learner.
$2,495.00
General & Silver
$2,220.00 Gold
$2,020.00 3+ Person
Early Bird
Leading the Effective Middle School
Date(s): 7/13/2026 — 7/17/2026 ● Status: Open
Learn how to uphold your school’s mission and culture, engage faculty and staff, and enhance the student experience.
$4,495.00
General & Silver
$3,995.00 Gold
$3,795.00 3+ Person
Early Bird
The New Admission Director
Date(s): 7/13/2026 — 7/16/2026 ● Status: Open
Gain the skills, strategies, and best practices you need to thrive as a new or aspiring Admission and Enrollment Management Director.
$3,995.00
General & Silver
$3,550.00 Gold
$3,350.00 3+ Person
Early Bird
The New Independent School Development Officer
Date(s): 7/13/2026 — 7/16/2026 ● Status: Open
Learn practical strategies and proven tactics to thrive as a new or aspiring Development Director.
$3,995.00
General & Silver
$3,550.00 Gold
$3,350.00 3+ Person
Early Bird
Chairing Your Department: The First Five Years
Date(s): 7/13/2026 — 7/17/2026 ● Status: Open
Strengthen your leadership presence, communicate with greater clarity, manage your team with confidence, and align your department’s work with your school’s mission and long-term goals.
$4,495.00
General & Silver
$3,995.00 Gold
$3,795.00 3+ Person
Early Bird
Creating a Roadmap for Auxiliary Program Success
Date(s): 7/13/2026 — 7/15/2026 ● Status: Open
Build an auxiliary program operation that is strategically designed, financially disciplined, mission-aligned, and scalable and sustainable.
$2,495.00
General & Silver
$2,220.00 Gold
$2,020.00 3+ Person
Early Bird
Leading the Effective Upper School
Date(s): 7/13/2026 — 7/17/2026 ● Status: Open
Discover and refine your leadership style as you deepen your approach to faculty evaluation, change management, culture-building, and schedule design.
$4,495.00
General & Silver
$3,995.00 Gold
$3,795.00 3+ Person
Early Bird
Mastering Your Role as Middle School Dean of Students
Date(s): 7/13/2026 — 7/16/2026 ● Status: Open
Explore practical ways to support your school’s mission and culture, engage faculty and staff, and enrich the student experience.
$3,495.00
General & Silver
$3,550.00 Gold
$2,910.00 3+ Person
Early Bird
Leading the Effective Lower School
Date(s): 7/13/2026 — 7/17/2026 ● Status: Open
Gain the skills and strategies to build a cohesive team, strengthen faculty culture, and lead a student-centered lower school with clarity and confidence.
$4,495.00
General & Silver
$3,995.00 Gold
$3,795.00 3+ Person
Early Bird
The Independent School Business Officer
Date(s): 7/13/2026 — 7/15/2026 ● Status: Open
Excel as a systems-minded business thinker, whether you’re new to the role, transitioning into independent schools, or looking to elevate your impact as an experienced professional.
$2,495.00
General & Silver
$2,220.00 Gold
$2,020.00 3+ Person
Early Bird
Balance Your Roles as Upper School Dean of Students
Date(s): 7/13/2026 — 7/17/2026 ● Status: Open
Gain the clarity, skills, and confidence to lead a mission-driven, student-centered upper school culture that supports adolescent growth and well-being.
$4,495.00
General & Silver
$3,995.00 Gold
$3,795.00 3+ Person
Early Bird
Teaching and Learning for Flourishing
Date(s): 7/13/2026 — 7/15/2026 ● Status: Open
Gain the tool necessary to engage faculty and administrators in redesigning teaching, learning, and assessment for human flourishing to respond to the pressures of emerging technologies, faculty and student wellbeing, and increasing academic complexity.
$3,000.00
General & Silver
$2,700.00 Gold
$2,500.00 3+ Person
Early Bird
Rebuild, Refine, Reinvent: Creating a Modern Advisory Program
Date(s): 7/15/2026 — 7/17/2026 ● Status: Open
Create and implement a thriving advisory program that truly supports your middle and upper school students.
$2,495.00
General & Silver
$2,220.00 Gold
$2,020.00 3+ Person
Early Bird
Finance Without Fear: A Head’s Guide to Mission-Driven Financial Leadership
Date(s): 7/15/2026 — 7/17/2026 ● Status: Open
Build a fiscal success framework that sets your school on a strong path and enables you to speak confidently about core principles of financial responsibility and accountability.
$1,998.00
General & Silver
$1,798.00 Gold
$1,598.00 3+ Person