About the Women’s (Re)Institute
It began in 2017.
CS&A's Women's Institute supports women and their allies in the education community by creating a trusted space for personal and professional advancement and mentorship.
In June 2017, Carney Sandoe held the inaugural Women's Institute. Seeing a need to increase the number of women in traditionally underrepresented role at schools, the event was created to empower women by providing skills, tools, and networking opportunities for career growth, as well as to provide a safe space for women to discuss the challenges and triumphs of the workplace and in life.
While women are especially underrepresented in school leadership roles, the goal of our Women's Institute is to contribute to the overall development and empowerment of women in all stages of their professional journeys, whether that's serving as a teacher, head of school, friend, mentor, or classroom leader.
The Institute welcomes any person in the education community—both women and their allies.
Because we could not gather in person in 2020, Carney Sandoe (re)shaped the event into the monthlong virtual Women’s (Re)Institute, and we are excited to continue this format in 2021.
Read recaps of the virtual event in 2020 and our 2019 in-person event, and learn more about Carney Sandoe on our website.
Founded in 1977, Carney, Sandoe & Associates is a faculty and staff recruitment, leadership search, and consulting firm for educational organizations and job seekers worldwide. We are a team of dedicated professionals and former school leaders who have worked at some of the most prestigious K-12 schools in the world.
Our Placement Group helps educators, administrators, and coaches find their best-fit jobs at K-12 independent schools, for free.
Our Search and Consulting Group helps to identify, recruit, and hire the best school leaders and offers consulting services in diversity, equity, and inclusion; board governance; and other areas.
CS&A's Statement on Women in Leadership
As a leader in placement and search services for independent schools, Carney, Sandoe & Associates pledges itself to increasing the number of women in leadership roles as part of our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
We believe in the importance of this work because our schools and their students benefit when leadership teams represent a balance in terms of gender. Historically, the percentage of women represented in those teams—especially at the head of school level—has remained at an unacceptably low level (with the exception of schools for girls).
As we work with candidates, trustees, search committees, school leaders, and partner organizations, we will strive to find new ways to increase the number of women candidates and placements in traditionally underrepresented roles.