Admission officers from Phillips Academy Andover and the Fay School will share the steps they took and continue to take to become more gender-inclusive in their admission processes. With an increase in transgender and non-binary students applying to schools, admission offices need to take a hard look at their processes with respect to gender inclusivity. Inspired by their community's transgender and gender non-conforming students, both schools have made changes to their communication sequences and student admission experiences. Participants in this workshop will come away from this workshop with concrete actionable items to help make their own admission practices more inclusive. The presenters hope to create an honest, open discussion about how to better serve these students.

Jill Thompson, Phillips Academy Andover, MA

Holly McGlennon Treat, The Bertram Group, LLC

Vivien Valenzuela Mallick, Bishop's School, CA

Beth Whitney, Fay School, MA