New Directors Workshop

The New Directors Workshop runs every other year and will be held in summer 2025!

Horace Mann School
Bronx/New York, NY
July 22-24, 2025

Register HERE!

Registration fee is $450, which includes the full workshop and most meals; attendees will also reserve a room at the discounted rate of $269/night + taxes at our host hotel, the Hotel Belleclaire on the Upper West Side of Manhattan; transportation will be provided to/from the hotel to Horace Mann's campus. The hotel link will be shared in the registration confirmation email. 

In order to support new college counseling office directors within our member schools, ACCIS offers the New Directors Workshop, an intentional gathering to assist our organization’s directors of college counseling (or equivalent titles) who will start the next academic year with 0-3 years of experience in that role. This program is geared toward those with prior college counseling experience in schools; for directors brand new to college counseling in independent schools, the New Counselor Workshop may be the preferred choice but is not a prerequisite for this program. View the schedule outline here.  

Led by our ACCIS-member faculty team, the workshop balances presentations and content sharing with group discussion and community-building. Sessions will include topics such as:

  • Aligning Philosophy, Mission, and Culture
  • Internal and External Communication
  • Budgeting and Other Office Protocols
  • Accountability re: Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging
  • Office Systems and Structures
  • Hiring
  • Using Data for Board Reports and Different Audiences

Need to add a new counselor to your school's account? Click here.

For further information, contact New Directors coordinator Constance Lumumba-Perez