Principles of Good Practice for Admissions in Episcopal Schools
Approved by the NAES Governing Board in 2024, this document offers best practices and guidelines for the Episcopal school admissions office. Read More »
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Episcopal Schools Chaplaincy: Sample Job Descriptions
A compilation of chaplains' job descriptions from a variety of Episcopal school settings and grade ranges.
Episcopal Identity and Leadership Transitions: The Head of School Search
In an Episcopal school, articulating the school's particular Episcopal identity, ethos, and traditions, as well as its relationship to any Episcopal Church entity such as a parish or diocese, are critical to a successful search for a new head of school. Here are some key questions that boards, search committees, and candidates can ask and answer as they embark upon the search process.
Principles of Good Practice for Furthering Episcopal Identity in Episcopal Schools
Approved by the NAES Governing Board in 2005, this document offers best practices for the support and nurture of Episcopal school identity. Read More »
Principles of Good Practice for Leadership Transitions in Episcopal Schools
Approved by the NAES Governing Board in September 2009, this document offers best practices for all Episcopal schools when the search for a new head of school ensues, and for parishes and cathedrals that sponsor a school when the search for a new rector or dean ensues. Read More »
Principles of Good Practice for Governance in Episcopal Parish Day Schools
Approved by the NAES Governing Board in September 2008, this document offers best governance practices for parish school leaders: heads, rectors, vestry and board members. Read More »
Bylaws: The Foundation of Effective Governance
Whether a parish, cathedral, diocesan, or independent school, every Episcopal school should have a set of up-to-date bylaws that outline the structure, responsibilities, and authority of the school’s board which, in a parish or cathedral school, includes its relationship to a vestry or similar governing body. Here are three important questions to ask about your school’s bylaws.
Understanding the “Independence” of Episcopal Schools
When it comes to Episcopal schools, it is easy for language to become muddied and misunderstood. Because of the variety of governance structures within Episcopal schools, the word “independent” can mean different things to different people.
Transgender People in Episcopal Schools: An Invitation to Discernment
NAES’ initial effort to assist our schools in undertaking careful and compassionate responses to both the challenge and the opportunity of welcoming transgender people in Episcopal schools. Offers a short list of steps schools should consider as they thoughtfully respond to transgender people in a manner that reflects the best of what it means to be an Episcopal school.
Episcopal Schools and Accreditation
This article offers a basic overview of accreditation along with six simple ways to strengthen the accreditation process in an Episcopal school.