How to be Your Best on Video Chat By Courtney Williams Well, here we are in the midst of COVID-19 chaos, catapulted into what seems like a digital-only world. You might be reminded of Harry Potter, The Jetsons, or The…
About Sponsorship
TABS sponsorships come in all shapes and sizes to better serve you, our sponsors, regardless of your target market or budget. View our current Signature and Red Level sponsors.
Signature Sponsors
- Beijing Kentrexs Enterprise Ltd.
- Boardingware
- Bullrock Deutsche-Eco Solar
- Educational Testing Service (ETS)
- EF, Education First
- ERB
- Flik Independent School Dining
- Flywire
- Follett Virtual Campus
- Gems Education
- Global Rescue
- Holsag Canada
- Ivy Bridge Group
- Max-R
- REACH Boarding School Software
- Shang Learning
- Shanghai OvEdu Consulting Co., Ltd
- TIAA-CREF
- Vericant
Red Level Sponsors
FRIENDS IN EDUCATION
Peruse a list of professional organizations, networks and advocates all engaged in the support and advancement of the boarding school community.
BOARDING SCHOOL NETWORKS
- Association of Military Colleges and Schools of the United States (AMCSUS)
- Catholic Boarding Schools Association (CBSA)
- Junior Boarding School Association (JBSA)
- New York Boarding Schools (NYBS)
- Small Boarding School Association (SBSA)
- Southeastern Association of Boarding Schools (SABS)
- Ten Schools Admission Organization (TSAO)
- Western Boarding Schools Association (WBSA)
SISTER ASSOCIATIONS
- Australian Boarding School Association (ABSA)
- Boarding Schools' Association (BSA)
- Canadian Accredited Independent Schools (CAIS)
- Green Schools Alliance (GSA)
- International Boys' Schools Coalition (IBSC)
- National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS)
- The National Coalition of Girls Schools (NCGS)
PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS
- ASSIST
- Association of College Counselors in Independent Schools (ACCIS)
- Association of Independent School Admission Professionals (AISAP)
- Campus Outreach Services (COS)
- Educational Records Bureau (ERB)
- Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA)
- National Business Officers Association (NBOA)
- Secondary School Admission Test Board (SSATB)
On the Violence at the U.S. Capitol
From the Desk of Pete Upham, TABS Executive Director
OUT OF A MOUNTAIN OF DESPAIR, A STONE OF HOPE
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Beyond Synchronous and Asynchronous: Elastic Proximity
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Blog Archives
6 Things Every Boarding School Senior Should Consider When Picking a College
Senior year I was sitting in an interdisciplinary class on the history and literature of Great Britain. I was supposed to be paying attention to something about Henry VIII’s sixth wife, but in my lap I held a tattered scrap…
Above all, Mission. Observations from the 2016 TABS Conference
I think of David Lee Roth, Boy George and Madonna, and how defiantly outrageous the 1980s seemed when I went to boarding school, like we couldn’t push it any further. But the kinds of changes we are seeing these days…
You Say Place. I Say Person. Sorting information in the classroom and guidance office.
“I’m so glad to be home in Sausalito. Did you talk with the woman who lives in Brooklyn and teaches in Paris and Morocco, when we were in SoHo last night?” “I don’t know who you’re talking about. How are…
Posted in Academics, Counseling, Curriculum, Diversity, Parents, Students, Teaching & Learning, Uncategorized
This is hard! Stereotype Threat Part 2
In a previous TABS blog, Stereotype Threat & the Unique Advantage of Community, I discussed an in-depth conversation I had with Andrew Watson of TranslateTheBrain, about Stereotype Threat and the problems it causes for Working Memory. One of the primary…
Posted in Academics, Counseling, Dispelling Myths, Diversity, Students, Students of Color, Teaching & Learning
Alumni Reflect on Lifelong Friendships from Boarding School
Green. Green. Green. Clustering, rolling, expanding. Cresting up and gliding down little hills, dancing criss-cross with a quiet river. Up where history gives way to leafy-fingered growth, the Taconic State Parkway is a beautiful drive that seems to be leading…
WHAT TO PACK! Your first year at boarding school
If you’re starting boarding school this fall – Congratulations! – you’re probably really excited and already packing or wondering what to take. Your school is likely to provide you a comprehensive list of what will be in your room, what…
Stereotype Threat & The Unique Advantage of Community
Remember SchoolHouse Rock? “Conjunction – Junction, what’s your function?” If you are too young, it’s worth a Google. I loved it and learned plenty about “Hooking up words, and phrases and clauses…” But another thing that always stuck in my…
Blown Out of Proportion
In the spring of 1984, my parents received a letter giving me the opportunity to opt out of attending Choate Rosemary Hall and receive help getting admitted to another boarding school for my freshman year. The events that precipitated this…
Expanding Perspectives at TABS/NAIS Global Symposium
“Cheddar, Swiss, American – I never knew Americans ate so many dairy products – so many kinds of cheese! I didn’t know what was what!” laughs an East Asian student talking about her first year at boarding school in the…
Posted in Boarding schools, Curriculum, Diversity, Independent Schools, Professional Development, Student Culture, Student Life, TABS Programs Tagged with: Global Symposium, globalization
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