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Leveling 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.
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Making 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.
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Supporting 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.
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Meeting 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.
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Decolonizing 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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Effective & Equitable Practices and Improving Mathematics Instruction through Sound Assessment Practices: A Series for Mathematics Teachers
Jan 12, 2024 9:00AM—2:30PM
Pilgrim School
This program series will provide an opportunity for mathematics educators to learn or enhance their knowledge and skills in facilitating high-quality mathematics learning in an independent school setting. This series is open for educators across grades Pre-K to Grade 12.
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AI, Assessment, and the Question of Rigor
Nov 07, 2023 3:30PM—5:00PM
Virtual
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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(Re)Introducing the California Indian Genocide in 6-12 Curriculum
Nov 01, 2023 9:00AM—12:00PM
Virtual
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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Talking with Students about AI
Oct 24, 2023 3:30PM—5:00PM
Virtual
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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Teaching for Sustainability: Educating for Climate Action and Environmental Justice Across the Curriculum
Oct 17, 2023 9:30AM—2:30PM
Bay School of San Francisco
This immersive and comprehensive ongoing program is designed specifically for teachers who are passionate about integrating climate action, environmental literacy, and sustainability across the curriculum.
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Building Blocks of Effective Education: A Workshop Series on Foundational Classroom Best Practices
Oct 05, 2023 3:30PM—5:30PM
Virtual
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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Making Sense of AI: Practical Strategies for Educators
Sep 26, 2023 3:30PM—5:00PM
Virtual
This 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.
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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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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.
View More
Leveling 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 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 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 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.
View MoreEffective & Equitable Practices and Improving Mathematics Instruction through Sound Assessment Practices: A Series for Mathematics Teachers
Jan 12, 2024 9:00AM—2:30PM
Pilgrim School
This program series will provide an opportunity for mathematics educators to learn or enhance their knowledge and skills in facilitating high-quality mathematics learning in an independent school setting. This series is open for educators across grades Pre-K to Grade 12.
View MoreAI, Assessment, and the Question of Rigor
Nov 07, 2023 3:30PM—5:00PM
Virtual
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.
View More(Re)Introducing the California Indian Genocide in 6-12 Curriculum
Nov 01, 2023 9:00AM—12:00PM
Virtual
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.
View MoreTalking with Students about AI
Oct 24, 2023 3:30PM—5:00PM
Virtual
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.
View MoreTeaching for Sustainability: Educating for Climate Action and Environmental Justice Across the Curriculum
Oct 17, 2023 9:30AM—2:30PM
Bay School of San Francisco
This immersive and comprehensive ongoing program is designed specifically for teachers who are passionate about integrating climate action, environmental literacy, and sustainability across the curriculum.
View MoreBuilding Blocks of Effective Education: A Workshop Series on Foundational Classroom Best Practices
Oct 05, 2023 3:30PM—5:30PM
Virtual
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.
View MoreMaking Sense of AI: Practical Strategies for Educators
Sep 26, 2023 3:30PM—5:00PM
Virtual
This 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 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 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 More