In a changing educational landscape, your school can stand out by cultivating and declaring what makes you unique—your Episcopal identity. NAES has the experience, resources, and best practices to help you fully articulate and live into this identity—as well as meet the unique challenges that arise as a part of being an Episcopal school.
Be part of the Episcopal school difference.
Shape and promote a shared vision of Episcopal schools.
Join NAES and say “yes” to living fully into the mission and values of Episcopal schools—authentic, transformative, and distinctive.
The world needs Episcopal schools. Now more than ever.
NAES will help you build on your strengths as an Episcopal institution while navigating the challenges of operating a school. NAES are the experts—and the only organization of national scope—that can assist you with issues such as Episcopal identity, church-school relations, Parish day-school governance, or building a chapel program.
Join the Online Community
Powered by Higher Logic, the NAES Online Community is the place to connect with like-minded colleagues to share challenges and triumphs, or to seek advice and peer-to-peer resources. This community is exclusively for NAES members.
Access Free Webinars & Recordings
One of NAES’ most popular member benefits is the access to free webinars on a wide range of topics. Free to members ($85 for non-members) these webinars are a great way to improve your knowledge of specific subject areas, learn best practices from our numerous collaborative partners, or orient new staff or trustees to Episcopal school life.
Resource Library
Access a members-only resources library containing best practices and articles on topics such as Episcopal identity, leadership & governance, church-school relations, chapel & worship, or the teaching of religion. Don’t forget, there are also numerous publications available in the NAES store with special pricing for members.
Member Pricing on All Events
NAES members have access to special rates to all NAES events—and some events are exclusively for NAES members only. For many members, the cost difference for attending even a handful of events is greater than the cost of membership.
Are you trying to fill an important position at your school? Post your opening to the NAES job board and reach thousands of prospective employees a month. Are you looking for a new chaplain? The NAES Career Center is the best way to reach those interested in Episcopal schools.
Full List of All NAES Member Services
Membership extends to your entire school staff. If applicable, membership also extends to your school’s sponsoring organization—in most cases a parish—which means your church, its staff, and vestry are also members. Please contact us if you have any questions.
NAES membership includes, but is not limited to, the following:
Enroll your chaplain in the NAES mentoring program for new chaplains, in addition to monthly virtual gatherings to explore various aspects of chaplaincy.
Participate in NAES research and data reporting, specifically through NAIS/DASL and tailored NAES surveys for early childhood education programs.
Benefit from nearly 60 years of experience creating opportunities through Episcopal identity, governance, and church–school relations.
Receive specialized support and resources for Heads of School, Rectors, Chaplains, Early Childhood Educators, Diversity Practitioners, Trustees/Vestry Members, and more!
Excellence depends upon association. No important enterprise can flourish without the strength that comes from moral support, from the exchange of ideas, from mutual encouragement and criticism.
The Rev. Canon Preston B. Hannibal
Canon for Academic Ministries The Episcopal Diocese of Washington
Who We Are
The National Association of Episcopal Schools (NAES) is an independent, 501(c)(3), voluntary membership organization that supports, serves, and advocates for the vital work and ministry of nearly 1,200 Episcopal schools, early childhood education programs, and school establishment efforts throughout The Episcopal Church. Chartered in 1965, with historic roots dating to the 1930s, NAES is the only pre-collegiate educational association that is both national in scope and Episcopal in character.
NAES advances Episcopal education and strengthens Episcopal schools through essential services, resources, conferences, and networking opportunities on Episcopal school identity, leadership, and governance, and on the spiritual and professional development of school leaders.