Current & Upcoming
Supporting Students’ Mental Health
Feb 25, 2025 2:00PM—5:00PM
Virtual
RegisterIn this online intensive, educators will learn more about the current mental health climate and how this widespread epidemic is affecting young people. During this workshop, educators will develop strategies, curricular guidelines, and pedagogical approaches to address how physical health and mental health intersect in classrooms.
View MoreCoping Through Crisis: Support for Those Affected by the Southern California Fires
Feb 26, 2025 3:30PM—Mar 12, 2025 4:30PM
Virtual
RegisterThe loss and destruction caused by the recent Southern California wildfires has been devastating. It’s important for educators to give themselves grace and seek community during this time of recovery. In partnership with Licensed Clinical Social Worker and school-based mental health professional, Jill Ma (she/her), CATDC is offering support groups for educators impacted by the fires.
View MoreTransformative Teaching Conference
Mar 01, 2025 8:00AM—5:00PM
Crystal Springs Uplands School
RegisterIn collaboration with Crystal Springs Uplands School, the inaugural Transformative Teaching Conference @ Crystal invites teachers, innovators, and thought leaders to participate in a day-long conference dedicated to transformative teaching practices. The goal of Transformative Teaching is to increase students’ mastery of skills and concepts, while at the same time cultivating in students a love of learning and positive sense of self and ability. This is a unique opportunity to collaborate and learn from the dynamic insights, experiences, and research of your peers that challenge conventional approaches and inspire all of us to enhance our teaching methodologies.
View MoreIdentity Conscious Practice in Action
Mar 06, 2025 9:00AM—11:00AM
Virtual
RegisterWhen teachers and leaders implement an identity-conscious practice, they can provide a more responsive and responsible learning environment. Unfortunately, avoiding the impact of identity can create problematic and oppressive conditions in schools.So how do we lead with an identity-consciousness? Award-winning author Liza Talusan provides real-world scenarios that educators can work through to apply an identity-conscious practice.
View MoreMen of Color + Leadership: Trailblazing Pathways For Success and Community
Mar 10, 2025 9:00AM—4:00PM
Polytechnic School
RegisterMen of Color + Leadership is dedicated to creating connections and establishing a supportive community that understands the unique joys, challenges, and opportunities faced by leaders who are men of color in independent schools. The workshop will facilitate conversations specific to attendees’ current roles and exchange insights that can directly impact their day-to-day responsibilities. Participants will also receive meaningful insight regarding their own personal growth and professional advancement.
View MoreNative Perspectives, Everyday Lessons
Mar 18, 2025 3:00PM—5:00PM
Virtual
RegisterIn this interactive virtual session for elementary and middle school teachers, participants will engage directly with Redbud curriculum and implementation strategies as they discover effective ways to integrate Native perspectives into diverse classroom lessons.
View MoreExecutive Function Strategies for Student Success: Supporting Neurodiverse Learners in Grades TK-5
Mar 19, 2025 9:00AM—4:00PM
Pilgrim School
RegisterThis interactive 1-day workshop is designed to equip Grades K-5 educators with the insights and resources needed to support and enhance the development of executive function (EF) skills in their students. By integrating these skills into the classroom curriculum, teachers will help improve overall academic performance and promote positive classroom behaviors.
View MoreExecutive Function Strategies for Student Success: Supporting Neurodiverse Learners in Middle School (Grades 5-8)
Mar 20, 2025 9:00AM—4:00PM
Pilgrim School
RegisterIn this interactive 1-day workshop, learn to define the different EF skills and understand their impact on the brain’s ability to be in an optimal state for learning. Discover why it is important to add the teaching of EF skills alongside your academic curriculum. Discuss and develop a scope and sequence for front-loading the explicit instruction of these skills during the first few months of the school year.
View MoreExploring Race & Identity as White Educators in Community
Mar 21, 2025 9:00AM—3:00PM
Katherine Delmar Burke School
RegisterThis one-day workshop is a supportive space for white-identifying novice educators and staff to explore how our racial identity shapes our daily work in schools. Antiracism requires this foundational work, and when we do it together, we grow and change and build the community we need to keep going.
View MorePathways to Headship
Mar 25, 2025 2:00PM—5:00PM
Virtual
RegisterThis session is for administrators interested in headship. Numerous schools in California and throughout the country are seeking new leaders. In this interactive virtual session, three experienced heads of school will share data, stories, and strategies about the path to headship. Participants will have a glimpse into some of the challenges and some of the rewards at the heart of this job and will walk away with concrete steps on how best to put themselves on a headship track.
View MoreSupporting Neurodivergence in Early Childhood Education
Mar 27, 2025 9:00AM—4:00PM
Phillips Brooks School
RegisterThis day-long workshop for early childhood educators will explore how to support neurodivergent learners through sensory regulation, classroom design, and motor development. Participants will learn to create environments that reduce overstimulation and support emotional regulation while integrating strategies to enhance fine motor, gross motor, and visual motor skills essential for student success.
View MoreRetreat for Women in Senior Administrator Positions
Apr 13, 2025 12:30PM—Apr 15, 2025 12:00PM
Santa Barbara Inn
RegisterLed by experienced senior leaders in diverse roles, CATDC’s retreat for women in senior leadership positions will build community for women-identified leaders as they navigate the opportunities and challenges of varied positions. Facilitators will design a retreat that addresses the inherent complexity of senior leadership work and offers participants opportunities to share experiences, discuss their school’s dynamics, and provide one another with support.
View MoreMaking Sense of AI
Apr 21, 2025 9:00AM—3:00PM
Riviera Ridge School
RegisterWhat is our job as educators in a world being disrupted by generative artificial intelligence (AI)? How do we embrace the potential of this powerful tool while staying aware of, and hopefully avoiding, its pitfalls? This introductory workshop offers educators relevant and practical entry points to begin the process of making sense of AI.
View MoreFrom Busy to Intentional: Leveraging Analog, Digital, and AI tools to Bring Balance to Your Work Life
Jun 16, 2025 2:00PM—Jun 18, 2025 4:00PM
Virtual
RegisterTake control of your time and shift from reactive to strategic in this interactive workshop designed to help busy educators work more efficiently. You’ll practice proven strategies for managing projects, email, and digital workspaces while integrating generative AI tools to streamline tasks. Led by Head of School Andrew Davis, this hands-on experience will equip you with practical systems to make your work more productive and rewarding.
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