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Building Better Brains: Fostering Academic Success through Developing Executive Functioning Skills
Nov 13, 2019 9:00AM—3:00PM
Wilshire Blvd Temple
In this dynamic and interactive workshop designed for K-12 teachers, administrators and school counselors, participants will learn how and why executive functioning skills are critical to the learning process for all students, especially for kids learning disabilities, ADHD and high functioning autism.
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Project-Based Service Learning to Foster Academic Growth
Nov 12, 2019 9:00AM—3:00PM
Crane School
This workshop explores the methodology of service learning as a framework for embarking on youth-driven social action that is authentically embedded within classroom curriculum. Unit examples and curriculum resources will be shared, allowing participants to see this form of project-based learning in action.
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Support for Supporters: The Business of Relationship Management
Nov 07, 2019 9:00AM—3:00PM
Wilshire Blvd Temple
In this one-day workshop participants will learn communication skills that build and maintain trust, how to approach difficult conversations/situations, and investigate how human idiosyncrasies impact relationship dynamics.
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Navigating Those Tricky Conversations
Nov 05, 2019 9:00AM—Nov 06, 2019 2:30PM
Head-Royce School
The purpose of this workshop is to make each participant a better leader, teacher, and communicator as they navigate the tricky and sticky moments that arise each day. In this 2-day workshop, participants will share previous experiences, define areas of needed focus, practice using a case study from their experience, and make plans to implement new communication strategies.
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Public Speaking and Leadership Presence for Independent School Women
Nov 04, 2019 9:30AM—4:00PM
Maxwell House, Pasadena
This one-day, intensive workshop explores research-based components of effective public speaking to help women deepen their communication and leadership skills. Participants will explore the role of public speaking in their leadership growth and identify their own unique style.
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Getting Better with AGE: Appreciation, Growth, and Evaluation Cycles
Oct 15, 2019 9:00AM—3:00PM
Bay School of San Francisco
In this one-day intensive workshop, participants will explore the roles appreciation, growth, and evaluation play at their school sites, investigate the strengths and opportunities of these three topics, and revise/re-envision an AGE cycle that promotes meaningful professional learning and growth.
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Teaching While White: Understanding Whiteness and Its Impact on Teaching and Learning (LA)
Sep 26, 2019 9:00AM—Sep 27, 2019 3:00PM
The Center for Early Education
Teaching While White is a 2-day intensive for white teachers and administrators who want to expand their strategies for increasing racial equity in schools. Participants will explore what it means to be “white” and why it matters.
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The Neuroscience of Learning: Why Emotions are Fundamental to Academic Excellence
May 10, 2019 9:30AM—12:30PM
Los Encinos School
Participants will be introduced to the current research on the neurobiology and psychology of social emotions, their connections to memory, and their propensity to heighten one’s own subjective sense of self-awareness, motivation and purpose.
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Beyond Diversity 101: Developing Inclusive Communities and Equity Leadership
May 07, 2019 9:00AM—3:00PM
Laguna Blanca School, Santa Barbara, CA
This workshop provides a space for teachers, administrators, and staff to better understand the DEI landscape in K-12 schools and engage with case studies and research, share professional and personal experiences, and learn new skills. Increase your DEI knowledge and awareness, and develop a toolbox in order to better support the creation of the equitable and inclusive communities our students deserve.
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Cultivating Creativity
Mar 29, 2019 9:00AM—3:00PM
The Bay School of San Francisco
This immersive one-day workshop is designed to help K-12 teachers and administrators more effectively strengthen, cultivate, and assess creativity in the classroom.
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The Impact of Small Actions Towards Big Change
Mar 21, 2019 1:00PM—5:00PM
WeWork Oakland
Participants will learn how curriculum, project-based learning, and age-appropriate framework can create pathways for short and long term impact in both local and global communities.
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Peer Coaching as a Model of School-Wide Pedagogical Growth
Mar 20, 2019 9:30AM—3:00PM
Oakwood School
This practical one-day workshop explores peer coaching philosophies and goals as well as designs for team structures, timelines, meeting protocols, and data collection instruments for classroom observations.
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Developing a Diversity-Responsive Curriculum
Mar 18, 2019 9:30AM—3:00PM
Oakwood School
In this day-long workshop participants will apply theories of anti-bias education to the work being done every day in their classrooms.
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Using Circles as a Restorative Practice in Independent Schools
Mar 15, 2019 9:00AM—3:00PM
The Bay School of San Francisco
In this one-day workshop, teachers and administrators can explore the basic process of circles and how they may be used within the context of their school community to reinforce community values, strengthen positive relationships during conflicts, and provide diverse perspectives to engage in inclusion and equity work.
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The Impact of Finance and Entrepreneurship
Feb 15, 2019 1:00PM—6:00PM
WeWork Valley Towers
Participants will learn the best way to approach “money-talk,” how it connects to developmental curiosities and concerns, and will leave better-prepared to design learning experiences that use finance and an entrepreneurial mindset as a tool for social change.
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Building Better Brains: Fostering Academic Success through Developing Executive Functioning Skills
Nov 13, 2019 9:00AM—3:00PM
Wilshire Blvd Temple
In this dynamic and interactive workshop designed for K-12 teachers, administrators and school counselors, participants will learn how and why executive functioning skills are critical to the learning process for all students, especially for kids learning disabilities, ADHD and high functioning autism.
View MoreProject-Based Service Learning to Foster Academic Growth
Nov 12, 2019 9:00AM—3:00PM
Crane School
This workshop explores the methodology of service learning as a framework for embarking on youth-driven social action that is authentically embedded within classroom curriculum. Unit examples and curriculum resources will be shared, allowing participants to see this form of project-based learning in action.
View MoreSupport for Supporters: The Business of Relationship Management
Nov 07, 2019 9:00AM—3:00PM
Wilshire Blvd Temple
In this one-day workshop participants will learn communication skills that build and maintain trust, how to approach difficult conversations/situations, and investigate how human idiosyncrasies impact relationship dynamics.
View MoreNavigating Those Tricky Conversations
Nov 05, 2019 9:00AM—Nov 06, 2019 2:30PM
Head-Royce School
The purpose of this workshop is to make each participant a better leader, teacher, and communicator as they navigate the tricky and sticky moments that arise each day. In this 2-day workshop, participants will share previous experiences, define areas of needed focus, practice using a case study from their experience, and make plans to implement new communication strategies.
View MorePublic Speaking and Leadership Presence for Independent School Women
Nov 04, 2019 9:30AM—4:00PM
Maxwell House, Pasadena
This one-day, intensive workshop explores research-based components of effective public speaking to help women deepen their communication and leadership skills. Participants will explore the role of public speaking in their leadership growth and identify their own unique style.
View MoreGetting Better with AGE: Appreciation, Growth, and Evaluation Cycles
Oct 15, 2019 9:00AM—3:00PM
Bay School of San Francisco
In this one-day intensive workshop, participants will explore the roles appreciation, growth, and evaluation play at their school sites, investigate the strengths and opportunities of these three topics, and revise/re-envision an AGE cycle that promotes meaningful professional learning and growth.
View MoreTeaching While White: Understanding Whiteness and Its Impact on Teaching and Learning (LA)
Sep 26, 2019 9:00AM—Sep 27, 2019 3:00PM
The Center for Early Education
Teaching While White is a 2-day intensive for white teachers and administrators who want to expand their strategies for increasing racial equity in schools. Participants will explore what it means to be “white” and why it matters.
View MoreThe Neuroscience of Learning: Why Emotions are Fundamental to Academic Excellence
May 10, 2019 9:30AM—12:30PM
Los Encinos School
Participants will be introduced to the current research on the neurobiology and psychology of social emotions, their connections to memory, and their propensity to heighten one’s own subjective sense of self-awareness, motivation and purpose.
View MoreBeyond Diversity 101: Developing Inclusive Communities and Equity Leadership
May 07, 2019 9:00AM—3:00PM
Laguna Blanca School, Santa Barbara, CA
This workshop provides a space for teachers, administrators, and staff to better understand the DEI landscape in K-12 schools and engage with case studies and research, share professional and personal experiences, and learn new skills. Increase your DEI knowledge and awareness, and develop a toolbox in order to better support the creation of the equitable and inclusive communities our students deserve.
View MoreCultivating Creativity
Mar 29, 2019 9:00AM—3:00PM
The Bay School of San Francisco
This immersive one-day workshop is designed to help K-12 teachers and administrators more effectively strengthen, cultivate, and assess creativity in the classroom.
View MoreThe Impact of Small Actions Towards Big Change
Mar 21, 2019 1:00PM—5:00PM
WeWork Oakland
Participants will learn how curriculum, project-based learning, and age-appropriate framework can create pathways for short and long term impact in both local and global communities.
View MorePeer Coaching as a Model of School-Wide Pedagogical Growth
Mar 20, 2019 9:30AM—3:00PM
Oakwood School
This practical one-day workshop explores peer coaching philosophies and goals as well as designs for team structures, timelines, meeting protocols, and data collection instruments for classroom observations.
View MoreDeveloping a Diversity-Responsive Curriculum
Mar 18, 2019 9:30AM—3:00PM
Oakwood School
In this day-long workshop participants will apply theories of anti-bias education to the work being done every day in their classrooms.
View MoreUsing Circles as a Restorative Practice in Independent Schools
Mar 15, 2019 9:00AM—3:00PM
The Bay School of San Francisco
In this one-day workshop, teachers and administrators can explore the basic process of circles and how they may be used within the context of their school community to reinforce community values, strengthen positive relationships during conflicts, and provide diverse perspectives to engage in inclusion and equity work.
View MoreThe Impact of Finance and Entrepreneurship
Feb 15, 2019 1:00PM—6:00PM
WeWork Valley Towers
Participants will learn the best way to approach “money-talk,” how it connects to developmental curiosities and concerns, and will leave better-prepared to design learning experiences that use finance and an entrepreneurial mindset as a tool for social change.
View More