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Competency Works! Leading Competency-Based Learning Initiatives
Jun 15, 2022 9:00AM—3:00PM
Marin Academy
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Competency-based education is an approach to learning that ensures all learners develop explicitly defined, measurable, and transferable essential skills and dispositions by making continuous progress toward competency. In this 6-hour Summer Institute, participants will spend the morning hearing the story of one’s school’s process and learnings, with opportunities for engagement and connection. In the afternoon, individuals and school teams will work to chart a course for their own school’s journey.
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From Busy to Intentional: Managing Your Work Life for Greater Efficiency, Effectiveness, and Joy
Jun 21, 2022 2:30PM—Jun 24, 2022 4:00PM
Virtual
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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.
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Equity as Excellence
Jun 27, 2022 12:00PM—Jul 01, 2022 12:30PM
Dunn School | Los Olivos, CA
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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.
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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
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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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Teaching Foundations
Aug 02, 2022 9:00AM—Aug 05, 2022 3:00PM
Head-Royce School | Oakland, CA
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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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Department Chairs Institute
Aug 03, 2022 9:00AM—Aug 05, 2022 2:00PM
Virtual
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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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Mastering Group Facilitation
Aug 09, 2022 9:00AM—Aug 11, 2022 3:00PM
Flintridge Preparatory School | La Cañada Flintridge, CA
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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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Competency Works! Leading Competency-Based Learning Initiatives
Jun 15, 2022 9:00AM—3:00PM
Marin Academy
RegisterCompetency-based education is an approach to learning that ensures all learners develop explicitly defined, measurable, and transferable essential skills and dispositions by making continuous progress toward competency. In this 6-hour Summer Institute, participants will spend the morning hearing the story of one’s school’s process and learnings, with opportunities for engagement and connection. In the afternoon, individuals and school teams will work to chart a course for their own school’s journey.
View MoreFrom Busy to Intentional: Managing Your Work Life for Greater Efficiency, Effectiveness, and Joy
Jun 21, 2022 2:30PM—Jun 24, 2022 4:00PM
Virtual
RegisterKick 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.
View MoreEquity as Excellence
Jun 27, 2022 12:00PM—Jul 01, 2022 12:30PM
Dunn School | Los Olivos, CA
RegisterEquity 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(Re)Engaging with the Work as White Anti-Racist Educators
Aug 01, 2022 9:00AM—Aug 02, 2022 2:00PM
Virtual
RegisterThis 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 MoreTeaching Foundations
Aug 02, 2022 9:00AM—Aug 05, 2022 3:00PM
Head-Royce School | Oakland, CA
RegisterThe 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 MoreDepartment Chairs Institute
Aug 03, 2022 9:00AM—Aug 05, 2022 2:00PM
Virtual
RegisterThe 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 MoreMastering Group Facilitation
Aug 09, 2022 9:00AM—Aug 11, 2022 3:00PM
Flintridge Preparatory School | La Cañada Flintridge, CA
RegisterThis 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 More