This 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.

This ongoing program will provide new leaders and educators growing into leadership roles with the tools and strategies to lead more successfully. With a focus on fostering our own personal growth as well as furthering our responsibility for the growth and development of others, participants will identify and hone the skills and habits of effective leaders, including locating one’s authentic leadership style, leveraging position within an institution, fostering high functioning teams, making informed decisions, navigating change and conflict, and creating and maintaining inclusive school environments in predominantly white institutions.

Effective coaches and mentors utilize purposeful practices in their relationships and conversations. Join us in this two-part series to learn and apply best practices for engaging in meaningful and productive coaching and mentoring. Through small group discussion, individual reflection, scenario analysis, and role play, attendees will learn to better navigate the current reality and develop skills that increase impact and foster resilience and agency.

The Cultures of Thinking Summit (CoT) is an opportunity to immerse yourself in meaningful conversation, rich exploration, and joyous engagements that will equip you to better guide, support, and nurture a culture of thinking amongst the learners you lead. At the CoT Summit you will build a network of support for your ongoing efforts and gather the tools, frameworks, practices, and understanding that will sustain your journey over the long haul.

Join the California Teacher Development Collaborative for our annual Women + Leadership Conference! This impactful event brings together women-identified educators from schools throughout the region to celebrate our journeys and strengthen our individual and collective impact. Our theme for Women + Leadership 2026 is Cultivating Our Collective Wisdom. Committees made up of women leaders from our member schools have designed a conference that centers the wisdom within our school communities and how we can learn from and continue to grow with each other.

Join the California Teacher Development Collaborative for our 16th annual Women + Leadership Conference! This powerful event brings together women educators from our member schools to celebrate our journeys and strengthen our individual and collective impact. We will gather on February 6, 2026 in San Francisco at Edge & Node House of Web3.

This hybrid ongoing program offers a space for coaches and mentors to evolve their current skills and build community with coaching colleagues. Seasoned coaches will facilitate as you add to your toolkit, refine strategies you can apply immediately, and will differentiate experiences for novice and experienced coaches.

In this intensive workshop, we will synthesize two of the best methods for meeting the needs of your neurodiverse students: Universal Design for Learning and generative artificial intelligence. We will gain an understanding of UDL principles, while collaboratively workshopping ways to remove barriers to learning in your classroom in innovative ways. We will address some of the most common challenges with supporting student learning, and participants will leave well-equipped to understand how to efficiently and effectively reach every student.

In collaboration with Flintridge Prep, the first-ever Southern California Teaching Symposium: Creating Connections invites teachers, innovators, and thought leaders to participate in a day-long conference where we’ll celebrate teaching and learning. We’ll imagine how our students can most effectively learn key skills and concepts, while also learning deeply and supporting each other in an educational world that asks for flexibility and growth.

This three-day, in-person institute invites educators and school leaders to develop the mindsets, skills, and practical applications needed most in this rapidly changing landscape keeping human relationships at the center. With Eric Hudson as our core facilitator, this collaboration between CATDC and Midland School combines hands-on learning with thoughtful dialogue, ensuring participants leave with technical know-how and a clear vision for how AI can enhance the human elements at the heart of education.