Our professional development programs provide a range of opportunities for school personnel, from the TABS Annual Conference, the leading conference for administrators, to workshops and seminars for targeted audiences. Read more below.

• The TABS Annual Conference - this popular event continues to be the leading education conference for boarding school heads, deans of admission, residential life specialists, faculty, and staff. It offers an environment to learn best practices in formal settings through workshops, concurrent sessions, and nationally renowned keynote speakers, and informally through receptions, luncheons, and breaks.
• First Tuesdays Online Professional Development Series
• Summer Session - This annual program now consists of FIVE exciting programs: This is The Life! Boot Camp, Residential Life Academy, The New Teacher Institute, Admission Academy and Our brand new workshop TABS Lab: Admission & Marketing Strategy! This years programing will expand your knowledge base and benefit your campus community as you participate in a myriad of timely topics chosen for their relevance to your schools mission of guiding and shaping young lives. Join TABS at Boston University this summer!
• Managing Risk - From alcohol policy, bullying, and campus security to sexual harassment and Internet (mis)use, boarding schools are confronted with ever more complex risks. Join experts in education, law, crisis management and more as well as consult with your boarding school peers to review possible solutions.
• Winter Residential Life Workshop - this affordable two-day workshop focuses on issues that boarding school deans, dorm faculty and staff members, and other administrators deal with during the winter and spring months. Through a combination of discussions, lectures, and advisee-group sessions, participants will gain insights from a seminar faculty comprised of experienced boarding school administrators. Ample time is allowed for participants to raise issues that they are addressing on their campuses.

Internet Services

• Direct inquiry forms provide valuable contact and demographic information from potential applicants.  The inquiry process is structured to minimize blind multiple submissions, increasing accuracy and efficiency.
• BoardingSchools.com includes a powerful school search engine to help families, consultants, counselors, students, and teachers use a variety of search options (academic, athletic, extracurricular, etc.) to find boarding schools that meet their needs.
• TABS listservs put you in contact with professionals learning from one another, seeking advice and offering solutions.
• Monthly "click through" reports help you monitor the number of visitors from BoardingSchools.com to your school's web site.
• TABS' Boarding School Admission Application streamlines the admission process with downloadable forms for families.

Other Benefits

• Resource on international student enrollment & visa information
• Affiliation with like school
• Internationally recognized resource on boarding school
• Professional development that evolves with the needs of the education industry
• Membership services that evolve with the needs of our members