WEBINARS, WORKSHOPS + VIRTUAL EVENTS
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Thursday, April 30th | 8 PM ET: Built by Founders: How Microschool Leaders Solve Real Challenges
Tuesday, May 12th | 12 PM ET: Governance Mastery - Aligning on Change at the Board Level
“No Playbook. No Problem." How Microschool Founders Solve What Nobody Prepared Them For
Date: Thursday 30th April 2026
Time: 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM (EST)
Format: Join Us Virtually
Nobody hands you a playbook when you start a microschool. You figure out parent onboarding on the fly. You build systems while running them. You make high-stakes decisions with a small team, a tight budget, and no room for error.
Three microschool founders have been exactly where you are, and they're ready to get real about how they solved it.
Join us for an unfiltered webinar + Q&A with Adam Nadeau (Flourish Schools), Jill Haskins (Kainos School), and Candice Hilton (Hilton Horizons Academy) moderated by Dr. Adam Lavalle of MSA.
No theory. No polished case studies. Just honest stories and lessons you can use.
Governance Mastery: Aligning on Change at the Board Level
Date: Tuesday, May 12, 2026
Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (EDT)
Format: Join Us Virtually
What does it take for boards and school leaders
to truly align on change?
Strong schools are built on strong alignment between the head of school and the board. Join Christian Talbot, President & CEO of the Middle States Association (MSA) as ADVIS and MSA introduce a key tool from Governance Mastery: the Shared Point of View on Change. Learn how high functioning leadership teams clarify priorities, set the pace for change, and stay focused on what matters most.
Participants will engage in hands-on prototyping using AI supported prompts, gain practical strategies they can immediately apply, and explore how this work can strengthen board effectiveness and mission alignment.
This session also offers a preview of upcoming ADVIS and MSA governance programming, with opportunities to continue building your board’s capacity in the year ahead.
About the Presenter
Christian Talbot is the President & CEO of the Middle States Association Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools, the world’s second oldest education accreditor. He is also the co-founder of Juno, a strategy + design consultancy. He was previously President of Regis High School (NY) and Head of School at Malvern Preparatory School (PA).
He incubated the Center for Social Impact at Malvern, and later founded Expeditionaries, a social entrepreneurship bootcamp for middle school and high school students.
Christian continues to teach through his work in the Nonprofit Leadership Program at the University of Pennsylvania, and has previously served as a judge for the Milken-Penn GSE Competition and as a mentor in Penn GSE’s Education Entrepreneurship Program. He has served on the board of trustees of several independent schools.
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2026 VIRTUAL EVENTS
2025 LIVE CHATS + WEBINARS
Wise Change in Action: How Egyptian Schools Leverage MSA Accreditation
MSA’s Director of Membership, Jake Galloway joins special guests Dr. Salma El Bakry (Chairperson, New Generation International Schools ), Dr. Ahmed Fayed, ( CEO of Modern Schools of Egypt 2000 Education Group), and Dr. Lina Lewis (Associate Vice President of International Accreditation, MSA) to discuss the benefits of accreditation for Egyptian schools.
AI in Education: Practical Steps for Powerful Learning in Indian Schools
MSA’s Director of Membership Jake Galloway joins special guests Naveen Mahesh (Co-Founder, Beyond 8), Vinay Vijay Singh (CEO of Velocity Group Solutions), Dr. Lina Lewis (Associate Vice President of International Accreditation, MSA) & Amber Berry, VP of AI & Strategy, MSA to talk about all things AI in Saudi schools.
AI in Education: Practical Steps for Powerful Learning in Saudi Schools
MSA’s Director of Membership Jake Galloway joins special guests Dr. Steffan Sommer (Director General, Misk Schools), Donavan Hall (Educational Technology Director, KAUST School), Dr. Lina Lewis (Associate Vice President of International Accreditation, MSA) & Amber Berry (VP of AI & Strategy, MSA) to talk about all things AI in Saudi schools.
AI in Education: Opportunities & Challenges for Egyptian Schools
MSA’s Director of Membership Jake Galloway joins special guests to talk about all things AI in Egyptian schools.
Implications of the U.S. Executive Order on AI in K-12 Schools
MSA Vice President of AI & Strategy Amber Berry speaks about decision-making on the ground as it pertains to AI in K12 schools in the U.S. and abroad with Gretchen Shipley - F3 Law, Joel Thompson - Mt. Lebanon School District & Peter Nilsson - Athena Lab & Educator’s Notebook .
Courage in Changing Times - An Interview/Q&A with Dr. Jose Vilson
MSA President Christian Talbot speaks with Dr. Jose Vilson about his early beginnings as an NYC Math teacher and his road to scholarship, being a published author and the Founder of EDUColor.
MORE LIVE CHATS + WEBINAR REPLAYS
A New Model: Paying Students to Attend School - An Interview/Q&A With Ren Parik
The AI Classroom is Here Now: A Q&A with Sohan Choudhury & Justin Cerenzia
Global Women Leaders In Education In a Time Of Massive Change: An interview/Q&A with Dr. Renee Rattray & Dr. Peggy Pelonis
Interview and Q&A With Author & Educator Chris Emdin
School Transformation, Learning a Path Forward, RAIL & AI: A Conversation with Tom Vander Ark
Leap To Leader - A Conversation with Adam Bryant
“The test of a good teacher is not how many questions he can ask his pupils that they will answer readily, but how many questions he inspires them to ask him which he finds it hard to answer.”