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Collaborations and Partnerships

International Coalition of Girls' Schools

ICGS Collaboration

Beginning in 2025, Authentic Connections (AC) collaborated with the International Coalition of Girls’ Schools (ICGS), the leading advocate for girls' education globally, representing over 560 girls’ schools in more than 25 countries. The collaboration advanced our shared mission to support the well-being of girls and young women in schools around the world.

ICGS and AC worked together to provide ICGS member schools with findings and guidance about trends in student and faculty / staff well-being in girls’ schools, and AC discussed girls’ well-being on the ICGS On Educating Girls podcast. In support of this work, member schools were also encouraged to work directly with Authentic Connections to gain a better understanding of their communities.

SAIS Partnership

Southern Association of Independent Schools

Starting in Fall 2019, AC partnered with the Southern Association of Independent Schools (SAIS) on a two-year collaboration to advance student health and wellness work across SAIS schools.

All SAIS member schools serving middle or high school students were able to use AC’s Well-Being Index (WBI; now the Student Resilience Survey) for free once during the two-year period. Smaller schools (with an enrollment of 400 or fewer students) were also able to use the WBI for half the original price during the second year.

As part of the partnership, the AC team led a series of webinars for member schools focused on student well-being in high-achieving schools, trends across SAIS schools, and how to prioritize focus areas.

National Association of Independent Schools

NAIS Collaboration

In Spring 2019, AC launched a pilot study with the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) to work with eight NAIS member schools. NAIS covered half the cost for participating schools that used the High Achieving Schools Survey (HASS).

In Summer 2026, NAIS published the Parent Perceptions of School Climate report, drawing on data from AC’s Parent Resilience Survey (PRS). The report examined how parents’ views of school climate and culture shape both their satisfaction with the school and their sense of their child’s well-being.

One Gilbert Initiative

In 2019, AC partnered with the Town of Gilbert, AZ on the One Gilbert Initiative to help address teen suicides and provide guidance and next steps for supporting student well-being.