ISACS Workshop Emerging in Your Leadership with Emotional Intelligence: Strengths & Styles with Carrie Grimes, Vanderbilt University Friday, April 17, 2026

Emerging in Your Leadership with Emotional Intelligence: Strengths & Styles 

Friday, April 17, 2026 • 9 a.m.–3 p.m. CT

Discover your own leadership strengths and styles to promote growth and empowerment.

Participants will have the opportunity to explore how their own style of engaging with stakeholders at work both in and out of the classroom impacts team dynamics and can be leveraged to promote self-awareness, enhance emotional intelligence, and grow one's leadership capacity. 

Audience

This workshop is for ISACS Lead Learners and other current & aspiring teacher leaders.

Location

ISACS Classroom • 55 West Wacker Dr #702, Chicago, IL
Travel Tips, Directions & Parking

Carrie Grimes Vanderbilt University

Carrie Grimes currently serves as a professor at Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College, in the department of leadership, policy and organizations where she teaches at the master’s and doctoral level and directs Peabody’s MEd in Independent School Leadership. Her expertise includes leadership theory/practice, online instruction, strategic planning, institutional advancement, instructional design, and program evaluation/management. Her current research agenda focuses on leadership persistence, faculty retention, and strategies for building community in adult online learning environments. Prior to her role in academia, Grimes served for 15 years as a teacher, school counselor, and administrative leader in independent schools in Maryland and California.

Carrie Grimes

Virgin Hotels Chicago

203 N Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL

Reserve Your Room
$189/night*

*plus tax for single or double occupancy.

 Reserve by phone:
Call (312) 940-4400 and mention the ISACS Room Block to receive the discounted rate.

Rate is valid for the night of Thursday, April 16 & includes guest Wi-Fi, access to the hotel's gym, and one complimentary drink voucher per room.

Rooms must be booked before midnight, March 24. Room Block availability is limited and may be reached prior to deadline. We recommend booking as soon as possible. If you need a room with two beds or want to extend your stay, contact programinfo@isacs.org for assistance.

Virgin Hotels Chicago

School Credit Cards
 If your school plans to pay directly for your hotel with the school credit card, please contact karen@isacs.org several weeks before you arrival so your school representative can complete the hotel’s credit card authorization form to have charges billed to directly to the school’s credit card. 
Parking
Overnight Valet at the Virgin Hotel Chicago: $79/night (inclusive of tax).
Rates are subject to change. 

Other Parking: Parking is available at several area garages. We recommend using a parking app prior to your arrival such as spothero or parkwhiz for lower rates. 
Cancellation Policy Hotel cancellations must be made 48 hours prior to arrival to avoid one night room and tax charge.
Hotel Scam Alert ISACS does not reach out to attendees and sponsors directly to book hotel rooms. If you receive calls or emails from third-party companies, we recommend you do not provide these solicitors with any personal information including, but not limited to, making new or changing existing reservations and do not provide your credit card. If you have any doubt about the information that you are receiving regarding any ISACS room blocks, please contact programinfo@isacs.org.

Learn about the Virgin Hotel's complimentary Loyalty Program "The Know."

Registration Fee FAQs

$225 per person for ISACS members
$325 per person for non-members

  • Each attendee must enroll separately.
  • There is no group discount for this workshop.

Registration includes:

  Coffee & tea
  Continental Breakfast
  Lunch
  Refreshments

 Log in to enroll

ISACS Lead Learners

Questions? Contact programinfo@isacs.org
ISACS may remove a registrant from an event if they do not follow the ISACS Policies & Disclaimers for Professional Learning Events.