Julia Rubin is the Upper School Director of Teaching and Learning at Crystal Springs Uplands School and serves as the school’s founding leader for the Center for Transformative Teaching. She leads faculty professional growth, instructional coaching, AI strategy, and strategic academic initiatives, and co-leads Crystal’s annual Transformative Teaching Conference, which brings together educators from across the Bay Area and beyond. Drawing on more than a decade of experience as an educator and learning designer, Julia specializes in building mission-aligned professional learning systems that help schools navigate change while staying grounded in their core values. Her work focuses on organizational learning, faculty growth, instructional innovation, AI literacy, and the design of human-centered professional development ecosystems that foster experimentation, collaboration, and continuous improvement. Trained in human-centered design and educational technology, Julia works at the intersection of learning science, leadership, and emerging technologies, helping educators and school leaders create adaptive, future-ready cultures where both teachers and students can thrive.