A Conversation with Lawrence Alexander Lead Search Consultant for CS&A’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion practice Tell us about your new role at Carney, Sandoe & Associates. I am the full time and Founding Director of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion…
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)
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A Conversation with Lawrence Alexander
Posted in Academics, Administration, Admissions, Athletics, Boarding schools, Boards, College Admissions, College Advising, Communications, Counseling, Curriculum, Dispelling Myths, Diversity, Financial Aid, General/Misc, Heads, Independent Schools, Marketing, Parents, Professional Development, Student Culture, Student Life, Students, Students of Color, TABS, Teaching & Learning, Trustees, Uncategorized
Success Mindsets for Boarding School – Part 2
Success Mindsets for Boarding School – Part 2: Five Elements of a Success Mindset Dr. Chris Thurber & Dr. Szu-Hui Lee Phillips Exeter Academy As psychologists who provide therapy at boarding school, we have learned a lot from our students, especially…
Posted in Academics, Administration, Admissions, Athletics, Boarding schools, College Admissions, College Advising, Communications, Counseling, Curriculum, Dispelling Myths, Diversity, Heads, Independent Schools, Marketing, Parents, Student Culture, Student Life, Students, Students of Color, Teaching & Learning, Uncategorized
Success Mindsets for Boarding School – Part 1
Success Mindsets for Boarding School – Part 1: Why Mindset Matters Dr. Chris Thurber & Dr. Szu-Hui Lee Phillips Exeter Academy From the moment we are born, life is a series of adjustments. Infants first adjust to light, louder sounds, and…
25 Factors Great Boarding Schools Have in Common
Editor’s Note: In June of 2013, Pat Bassett retired as president of NAIS, the National Association of Independent Schools, and now consults with schools. Pete Upham is executive director of TABS, The Association of Boarding Schools.1 This blog was originally…
Courage: a boarding school graduate reflects on life skills
By Eliza Stroh The day my mom dropped me off at boarding school was memorable, if only for its lack of drama. In the weeks leading up to the day when I would leave home and move into the dorm,…
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…
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Kindness is Difficult.
By Brad Bates, Head of School, Dublin School. Originally posted on 2 Brads Blog. The recent presidential election brought about an unprecedented level of vitriol, hate and anger in our country. As a history teacher I had to go back…
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…
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WONDERING #3
We continue to live in an era of rapid cultural evolution. Reasonable people navigate these turbulent waters with humility, curiosity, and openness, yet even reasonable people can feel the passionate, loud, and often uncompromising voices of extreme perspectives – extreme…
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…
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