Curriculum & Pedagogy

Current & Upcoming

Building Blocks of Effective Education: A Workshop Series on Foundational Classroom Best Practices

Oct 05, 2023 3:30PM—Apr 18, 2024 5:30PM

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Join us for a unique opportunity to refresh and renew your classroom practices and teacher toolkit with Damaris Saenz, Middle School English teacher and Department Chair at Harvard-Westlake. This 7-session program will focus on topics that offer opportunities to reflect on current strategies, engage in new practices, and cultivate a supportive learning community.

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Talking with Students about AI

Oct 24, 2023 3:30PM—5:00PM

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This virtual intensive will introduce some guiding principles, talking points, and sample activities we can do with students to begin a conversation with them about how we might use AI for learning, not instead of it. This is an interactive, participatory session, so participants should expect to engage in breakout activities where they discuss and share their work with colleagues.

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(Re)Introducing the California Indian Genocide in 6-12 Curriculum

Nov 01, 2023 9:00AM—Nov 08, 2023 12:00PM

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This 3-hour interactive workshop, presented by Redbud Resource Group, will support independent school educators across California in deepening their understanding of California history through a decolonial lens. The session aims to empower educators with culturally sustaining curricula that encompass topics such as the Gold Rush and California Statehood. Educators will learn more about how today’s Native peoples are tirelessly striving to heal and revitalize Indigenous lands and communities.

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AI, Assessment, and the Question of Rigor 

Nov 07, 2023 3:30PM—5:00PM

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This virtual intensive will explore the potential impact AI has on the design and facilitation of assessments. Using Bloom’s Taxonomy and research on productive struggle as our foundations, we’ll explore ways AI can augment student learning and can make assessments more impactful, not less. We’ll experiment with revising current assessments and imagine what new assessments AI might make possible.

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Past | Archive

Teaching Foundations (Southern California)

Aug 01, 2023 9:00AM—Aug 04, 2023 3:00PM

St. Margaret’s Episcopal School | San Juan Capistrano, CA

Teaching Foundations (Northern California)

Jul 31, 2023 4:00PM—Aug 04, 2023 3:00PM

Head-Royce School | Oakland, CA

Skill Up! Decolonizing STEM Curricula

Apr 12, 2023 3:30PM—4:30PM

Virtual