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From Busy to Intentional: Managing Your Work Life for Greater Efficiency, Effectiveness, and Joy
Jun 24, 2024 1:00PM—Jun 25, 2024 4:00PM
Virtual
Kick off your summer with this interactive workshop on value, time, and project management. Over the course of two 150-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 2024-25 school year more productive and rewarding.
View MoreUniversal Design for Learning: Beyond the Basics
Jun 12, 2024 9:00AM—Jun 13, 2024 3:00PM
San Francisco Day School
Over the course of the two days, we will explore practical applications of UDL to lesson design and how to leverage the UDL guidelines to design for access and learner agency. Participants will also have the choice to work independently or in small teams to apply their understanding of UDL and the UDL design process in order to identify and reduce barriers that limit learning. Join us to discover more about how we can use this powerful lens to design flexible, inclusive, and equitable learning experiences for all.
View MoreSupporting Gender Diversity in Early Childhood Settings
Jun 11, 2024 1:00PM—4:00PM
Virtual
In this workshop, participants will gather the understanding and tools needed to support gender diversity in early childhood settings. Janna Barkin will provide information about gender and gender identity, classroom best practices, resources, and insightful takeaways for educators who want to create a more inclusive and just world for children and all of us.
View MoreFostering Authentic Asian and Black Solidarity in Divisive Times, Moving Toward Action
May 23, 2024 9:00AM—12:00PM
Virtual
This virtual intensive is designed for educators seeking grounded understanding and practical support to negotiate the complex racial dynamics resulting from how Black and Asian communities in the United States have been historically (and still are!) pitted against one another as a strategy for upholding racial oppression.
View MoreOnboarding for Belonging and Connection: Building, Iterating, and Evolving Your School’s Process
May 08, 2024 2:30PM—5:30PM
Virtual
This virtual workshop will offer tools and strategies that emphasize care and belonging, supporting new and returning participants in redesigning their onboarding processes to meet the unique needs of their school cultures and communities.
View MoreFrom Stress to Strategy: How to Fearlessly Tackle School Challenges (like Admissions) Through a Strength-Based Lens
May 01, 2024 10:00AM—12:00PM
Virtual
Using admissions as an example, we will in this virtual intensive explore how to move from a deficit to a strength-based model and generate new ideas and strategies so our organizations can thrive.
View MoreFacilitating Productive Discourse in the Era of Elections and Divisive Issues
Apr 19, 2024 9:00AM—3:00PM
Virtual
This one-day virtual workshop is designed to give all educators tools to create an inclusive classroom that fosters thoughtful, deliberative dialogue around the pressing cultural and political issues facing our world, with a focus on the coming U.S. elections. Educators are encouraged to attend in teams to help create a more cohesive school-wide approach for engaging in conversations around contested issues.
View MoreLeveling Up Our AI Practice
Apr 17, 2024 3:30PM—5:00PM
Virtual
This session is designed for educators who are already using AI in their practice and are looking to develop more advanced skills. Through strategic, detailed prompting and providing AI with a knowledge base of resources that we curate, we can teach AI to behave in more specific ways and provide more helpful and reliable responses.
View MoreSocial Emotional Learning: Where Are We and Where Do We Need to Go?
Apr 11, 2024 3:30PM—4:30PM
Virtual
Social Emotional Learning is in the educational spotlight, and there is an abundance of information, resources, and ideas. At the same time, teachers and school leadership grapple with navigating the challenges of starting, integrating, and further developing SEL programs. This Community Conversation is designed to hold space to talk about these challenges and gain new insights for SEL in their schools.
View MoreMaking Sense of AI
Mar 18, 2024 3:30PM—5:00PM
Virtual
This introductory workshop offers educators relevant and practical entry points to begin the process of making sense of AI. We’ll cover three guiding principles and seven strategies for understanding AI’s impact on education and harnessing its power to support deeper learning and teaching.
View MoreUnlocking Joy at Work: The Power of Your Personal Values
Mar 07, 2024 3:30PM—5:00PM
Virtual
In this special workshop for CATDC, Mission Minded Founding Partner & Leadership Coach Jennie Winton will lead you through a series of exercises and conversations to help you tap into what you truly value to improve both your well-being and impact. When you’re more connected and joyful at work, everyone around you benefits, too.
View MoreSupporting Neurodivergence in Early Childhood Education Through Sensory Regulation, Classroom Design, and Motor Development
Mar 07, 2024 9:00AM—4:00PM
Hollywood Schoolhouse
This one-day intensive for early childhood educators will explore how to support neurodivergent learners through sensory regulation, classroom design, and motor development.
View MoreEquitable Hiring Practices in Independent Schools
Feb 29, 2024 2:00PM—5:00PM
Virtual
In this virtual intensive, participants will review policies, California and Federal laws, and statutes to ensure adherence to search and hiring procedures. Using data, research, best practices, and case studies, participants will learn equitable hiring practices for hiring committees with alignment to the CAIS Strategic Plan (2023 – 2027) Inclusion, Equity, and Belonging Principles.
View MoreMeeting the Needs of all Learners: Introduction to UDL
Feb 27, 2024 9:00AM—3:00PM
Virtual
This introductory course 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.
View MoreDecolonizing Science Curriculum Series
Feb 07, 2024 3:30PM—5:30PM
Virtual
In this interactive and practical series, science educators of all levels will engage with the concept of decolonizing their curricula, as well as reflect on concepts, tools, and resources that can be integrated into specific lessons and content. Shifting away from euro-centric, White supremacist structures and classroom power dynamics, participants will debunk the assumption that this work can happen more naturally in the humanities. Throughout the series, participants will have the opportunity to build or workshop lessons with fellow educators and develop a long-term plan for continuing this work within their departments, divisions, and school communities.
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