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Sustaining and Evolving Anti-Racist Practices: An Affinity Space for White Educators Leading Change
Aug 10, 2023 9:00AM—Aug 11, 2023 2:00PM
Virtual
In this two-day Summer Institute—led by Liza Gleason and Rob Wasielewski, who co-facilitate a group for white educators at Live Oak School in San Francisco—we will explore how to create and sustain the critical, reflective, and connected conversations about whiteness that our schools, students, families, and we, too, so desperately need. This workshop will help you grow your ability to engage other white educators at your school formally and informally.
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Unleashing Potential: A Retreat for School Leadership Teams to Start Strong
Aug 09, 2023 9:00AM—3:00PM
Curtis School | Los Angeles, CA
This dynamic and interactive retreat is designed to help senior leadership teams unlock their potential and set the stage for a successful school year. Through theory and practice, group activities, and facilitated discussions, participants will explore strategies for building stronger connections, enhancing collaboration, and creating a culture of accountability within the team.
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Becoming an Expert Facilitator
Aug 07, 2023 9:00AM—Aug 09, 2023 3:00PM
Jewish Community High School | San Francisco, CA
This 3-day Summer Institute is transformative for anyone who leads groups of colleagues or students, especially teachers, administrators, and department chairs. Participants will gain new tools, tactics, and a personalized work plan containing strategies to improve their facilitation techniques.
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Department Chairs Institute
Aug 02, 2023 9:00AM—Aug 04, 2023 2:00PM
Virtual
The Department Chairs Institute will guide participants in exploring the multilayered challenges of this unique position and in developing the knowledge, skills, and strategies needed to become effective department leaders.
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Teaching Foundations (Southern California)
Aug 01, 2023 9:00AM—Aug 04, 2023 3:00PM
St. Margaret’s Episcopal School | San Juan Capistrano, CA
The Teaching Foundations program is designed to support the growth and success of all teachers—particularly those in their early years at independent schools—by focusing on foundational areas of teaching.
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Teaching Foundations (Northern California)
Jul 31, 2023 4:00PM—Aug 04, 2023 3:00PM
Head-Royce School | Oakland, CA
The Teaching Foundations program is designed to support the growth and success of all teachers—particularly those in their early years at independent schools—by focusing on foundational areas of teaching.
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From Busy to Intentional: Managing Your Work Life for Greater Efficiency, Effectiveness, and Joy
Jun 20, 2023 2:30PM—Jun 23, 2023 4:00PM
Virtual
Kick off your summer with this interactive workshop on value, time, and project management. Over the course of four 60-minute sessions, you will learn and, importantly, put into practice, strategies for work efficiency. In addition, Andrew will be available for a follow-up 30-minute Q&A at the end of each session. Andrew Davis, a practitioner and evangelist of multiple productivity and time management tools, as well as a Head of School, will help you find the blend of strategies that will make your summer and 2023-24 school year more productive and rewarding.
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APISA Study Group: Deconstructing the “Model Minority” Myth Using Our Lived Experience
Jun 15, 2023 9:00AM—Jun 16, 2023 12:00PM
Virtual
This two-day study group is a continuation of the APISA (Asian, Pacific Islander, South Asian) Study Group that began in June 2021 and continued through June 2022. This program is an opportunity to connect with other APISA educators in an affinity setting that will provide a safe and generative space to self-reflect, share stories, and learn from each other’s experiences.
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Growing Up in Public: Mentoring our Students on the New Digital Milestones
Jun 15, 2023 9:00AM—11:00AM
Virtual
This virtual workshop will support educators and school leaders in cultivating a positive culture of mentorship and digital wellness based on understanding the latest research on kids growing up in public. Rather than encourage students to be anxious that a misstep could cause them to be “canceled” or even jeopardize their admission to college, we can reframe the conversation about “digital footprint” to be a character-based conversation.
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Meeting the Needs of all Learners: Introduction to UDL
Jun 14, 2023 9:00AM—3:00PM
Virtual
This virtual Summer Institute is designed to teach educators about the core concepts and foundations of Universal Design for Learning (UDL), practical applications of UDL to lesson design, and how to support flexible, inclusive instruction. Join us to discuss how all learners can meet high expectations.
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Mastering Group Facilitation
Aug 09, 2022 9:00AM—Aug 11, 2022 3:00PM
Flintridge Preparatory School | La Cañada Flintridge, CA
This 3-day Summer Institute is transformative for anyone who leads groups of colleagues or students, especially teachers, administrators, and department chairs. Participants will gain new tools, tactics, and a personalized work plan containing strategies to improve their facilitation techniques.
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Department Chairs Institute
Aug 03, 2022 9:00AM—Aug 05, 2022 2:00PM
Virtual
The Department Chairs Institute will guide participants in exploring the multilayered challenges of this unique position and in developing the knowledge, skills, and strategies needed to become effective department leaders.
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Teaching Foundations
Aug 02, 2022 9:00AM—Aug 05, 2022 3:00PM
Head-Royce School | Oakland, CA
The Teaching Foundations program is designed to support the growth and success of all teachers—particularly those in their early years at independent schools—by focusing on foundational areas of teaching.
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(Re)Engaging with the Work as White Anti-Racist Educators
Aug 01, 2022 9:00AM—Aug 02, 2022 2:00PM
Virtual
This workshop is a two-day opportunity to deeply (re)engage in learning and dialogue about the worldly nature of whiteness and how we can better recognize it, examine it, and disrupt it. We owe this (re)engagement to our students, colleagues, families, and ourselves.
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Equity as Excellence
Jun 27, 2022 12:00PM—Jul 01, 2022 12:30PM
Dunn School | Los Olivos, CA
Equity as Excellence is a unique opportunity for educators to learn research-based strategies, develop concrete tools, build community, and engage in guided practice to support diversity and equity work in their schools. Returning to an in-person setting, this five-day immersive Summer Institute is also designed to provide participants with the opportunity to be more strategic in the face of ongoing resistance, find renewal, and engage their radical imagination.
View More
Sustaining and Evolving Anti-Racist Practices: An Affinity Space for White Educators Leading Change
Aug 10, 2023 9:00AM—Aug 11, 2023 2:00PM
Virtual
In this two-day Summer Institute—led by Liza Gleason and Rob Wasielewski, who co-facilitate a group for white educators at Live Oak School in San Francisco—we will explore how to create and sustain the critical, reflective, and connected conversations about whiteness that our schools, students, families, and we, too, so desperately need. This workshop will help you grow your ability to engage other white educators at your school formally and informally.
View MoreUnleashing Potential: A Retreat for School Leadership Teams to Start Strong
Aug 09, 2023 9:00AM—3:00PM
Curtis School | Los Angeles, CA
This dynamic and interactive retreat is designed to help senior leadership teams unlock their potential and set the stage for a successful school year. Through theory and practice, group activities, and facilitated discussions, participants will explore strategies for building stronger connections, enhancing collaboration, and creating a culture of accountability within the team.
View MoreBecoming an Expert Facilitator
Aug 07, 2023 9:00AM—Aug 09, 2023 3:00PM
Jewish Community High School | San Francisco, CA
This 3-day Summer Institute is transformative for anyone who leads groups of colleagues or students, especially teachers, administrators, and department chairs. Participants will gain new tools, tactics, and a personalized work plan containing strategies to improve their facilitation techniques.
View MoreDepartment Chairs Institute
Aug 02, 2023 9:00AM—Aug 04, 2023 2:00PM
Virtual
The Department Chairs Institute will guide participants in exploring the multilayered challenges of this unique position and in developing the knowledge, skills, and strategies needed to become effective department leaders.
View MoreTeaching Foundations (Southern California)
Aug 01, 2023 9:00AM—Aug 04, 2023 3:00PM
St. Margaret’s Episcopal School | San Juan Capistrano, CA
The Teaching Foundations program is designed to support the growth and success of all teachers—particularly those in their early years at independent schools—by focusing on foundational areas of teaching.
View MoreTeaching Foundations (Northern California)
Jul 31, 2023 4:00PM—Aug 04, 2023 3:00PM
Head-Royce School | Oakland, CA
The Teaching Foundations program is designed to support the growth and success of all teachers—particularly those in their early years at independent schools—by focusing on foundational areas of teaching.
View MoreFrom Busy to Intentional: Managing Your Work Life for Greater Efficiency, Effectiveness, and Joy
Jun 20, 2023 2:30PM—Jun 23, 2023 4:00PM
Virtual
Kick off your summer with this interactive workshop on value, time, and project management. Over the course of four 60-minute sessions, you will learn and, importantly, put into practice, strategies for work efficiency. In addition, Andrew will be available for a follow-up 30-minute Q&A at the end of each session. Andrew Davis, a practitioner and evangelist of multiple productivity and time management tools, as well as a Head of School, will help you find the blend of strategies that will make your summer and 2023-24 school year more productive and rewarding.
View MoreAPISA Study Group: Deconstructing the “Model Minority” Myth Using Our Lived Experience
Jun 15, 2023 9:00AM—Jun 16, 2023 12:00PM
Virtual
This two-day study group is a continuation of the APISA (Asian, Pacific Islander, South Asian) Study Group that began in June 2021 and continued through June 2022. This program is an opportunity to connect with other APISA educators in an affinity setting that will provide a safe and generative space to self-reflect, share stories, and learn from each other’s experiences.
View MoreGrowing Up in Public: Mentoring our Students on the New Digital Milestones
Jun 15, 2023 9:00AM—11:00AM
Virtual
This virtual workshop will support educators and school leaders in cultivating a positive culture of mentorship and digital wellness based on understanding the latest research on kids growing up in public. Rather than encourage students to be anxious that a misstep could cause them to be “canceled” or even jeopardize their admission to college, we can reframe the conversation about “digital footprint” to be a character-based conversation.
View MoreMeeting the Needs of all Learners: Introduction to UDL
Jun 14, 2023 9:00AM—3:00PM
Virtual
This virtual Summer Institute is designed to teach educators about the core concepts and foundations of Universal Design for Learning (UDL), practical applications of UDL to lesson design, and how to support flexible, inclusive instruction. Join us to discuss how all learners can meet high expectations.
View MoreMastering Group Facilitation
Aug 09, 2022 9:00AM—Aug 11, 2022 3:00PM
Flintridge Preparatory School | La Cañada Flintridge, CA
This 3-day Summer Institute is transformative for anyone who leads groups of colleagues or students, especially teachers, administrators, and department chairs. Participants will gain new tools, tactics, and a personalized work plan containing strategies to improve their facilitation techniques.
View MoreDepartment Chairs Institute
Aug 03, 2022 9:00AM—Aug 05, 2022 2:00PM
Virtual
The Department Chairs Institute will guide participants in exploring the multilayered challenges of this unique position and in developing the knowledge, skills, and strategies needed to become effective department leaders.
View MoreTeaching Foundations
Aug 02, 2022 9:00AM—Aug 05, 2022 3:00PM
Head-Royce School | Oakland, CA
The Teaching Foundations program is designed to support the growth and success of all teachers—particularly those in their early years at independent schools—by focusing on foundational areas of teaching.
View More(Re)Engaging with the Work as White Anti-Racist Educators
Aug 01, 2022 9:00AM—Aug 02, 2022 2:00PM
Virtual
This workshop is a two-day opportunity to deeply (re)engage in learning and dialogue about the worldly nature of whiteness and how we can better recognize it, examine it, and disrupt it. We owe this (re)engagement to our students, colleagues, families, and ourselves.
View MoreEquity as Excellence
Jun 27, 2022 12:00PM—Jul 01, 2022 12:30PM
Dunn School | Los Olivos, CA
Equity as Excellence is a unique opportunity for educators to learn research-based strategies, develop concrete tools, build community, and engage in guided practice to support diversity and equity work in their schools. Returning to an in-person setting, this five-day immersive Summer Institute is also designed to provide participants with the opportunity to be more strategic in the face of ongoing resistance, find renewal, and engage their radical imagination.
View More