Leadership

Current & Upcoming

Practicing Authentic Humanity in the Age of AI

Jun 14, 2026 4:00PM—Jun 15, 2026 1:30PM

Midland School | Los Olivos, CA

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Across two-days, educators will practice intentional habits that help students and adults alike “listen deeply, speak truth with dignity, risk failure, build belonging, and see the whole student.” Participants will leave with concrete strategies ready to bring back to their schools and classrooms, ensuring that humanity remains at the heart of teaching and learning in the age of AI.

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From Busy to Intentional: Leveraging Analog, Digital, and AI tools to Bring Balance to Your Work Life

Jun 16, 2026 2:00PM—Jun 18, 2026 4:00PM

Virtual

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Take control of your time and shift from reactive to strategic in this interactive workshop designed to help busy educators work more efficiently. You’ll practice proven strategies for managing projects, email, and digital workspaces while integrating generative AI tools to streamline tasks. Led by Head of School Andrew Davis, this hands-on experience will equip you with practical systems to make your work more productive and rewarding.

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Effective Group Facilitation

Jun 23, 2026 10:00AM—Jun 25, 2026 12:00PM

Virtual

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You will leave the 3-session Summer Institute with new tactics and a personalized work plan containing strategies to improve your group facilitation techniques. This workshop is transformative for anyone who leads groups of colleagues or students, whether teachers, department chairs, academic deans, or school heads. We also highly encourage you to consider attending the workshop with a team from your school.

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Transforming Teacher Evaluation: A Growth-Oriented Approach

Jul 28, 2026 9:00AM—Jul 30, 2026 3:00PM

Jewish Community High School | San Francisco

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Join us for this dynamic 3-day Summer Institute to transform teacher evaluation from a compliance-driven task into a meaningful, growth-oriented process. We will explore how to reimagine evaluation as an act of “tending the ecosystem,” a collaborative and continuous practice rooted in equity, well-being, and professional growth. Participants will engage with research-based tools for assessing instruction and classroom culture, receive practical, easy-to-adapt frameworks for their school sites, and leave with a clear road map for collaboratively designing an evaluation system that better supports the flourishing of both educators and students at their schools.

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Department Chairs Institute

Aug 05, 2026 10:00AM—Aug 07, 2026 3:00PM

Virtual

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The Department Chairs Institute will guide participants in exploring the multilayered challenges of this unique position and in developing the knowledge, skills, and strategies needed to become effective department leaders.

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Finance & Sustainability in Independent Schools: A Practical Approach to Management and Innovation

Oct 21, 2026 2:30PM—Apr 21, 2027 5:30PM

Virtual

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This 5-session program will help educators develop practical financial and risk management skills necessary for leadership roles in K12 schools, both day schools and boarding schools. Moving beyond the theoretical and foundational principles of finance, we will ground our work together in the practical tools that educators and schools can use to understand trends, articulate current and potential economic challenges, and develop strategic and action-oriented approaches to sound financial management and financial sustainability.

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From Identity to Impact: A Book Study on Identity Consciousness for Educators

Oct 22, 2026 3:00PM—Feb 11, 2027 5:30PM

Virtual

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Grounded in Liza Talusan’s The Identity-Conscious Educator, this ongoing book group invites independent school educators into structured, reflective, and actionable exploration of identity and its impact on professional practice. It approaches identity as formative and centers educator growth as a pathway to belonging and culture shift in independent schools.

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Leadership Fellows Program

Oct 23, 2026 6:00PM—Oct 25, 2026 12:00PM

Upham Hotel in Santa Barbara

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This year-long fellowship for experienced educators from throughout California supports the unique demands of independent school leaders—the only program of its kind in California!

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Partnering with Teachers: Connections & Strategies for Instructional Impact

Nov 03, 2026 9:00AM—Mar 09, 2027 2:00PM

Drew School

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This 5-session series focuses on the unique role and responsibilities of educators who support classroom teachers directly and indirectly from positions outside of senior administration. These professionals inside schools—curriculum coordinators, learning specialists, instructional coaches, assistant teacher program directors, and others—who inhabit the space between classroom teachers and administrators often work within this context and without the power to change the overarching systems.

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Past | Archive

Southern California Teaching Symposium

Apr 06, 2026 9:00AM—3:30PM

Flintridge Preparatory School

Coaching Connect: Strategies, Support, and Shared Wisdom 

Feb 20, 2026 10:00AM—2:00PM

Harvard-Westlake Upper School

Women + Leadership (Northern California)

Feb 06, 2026 9:00AM—3:30PM

Edge & Node House of Web3, Presidio, San Francisco

Women + Leadership (Southern California)

Feb 05, 2026 9:00AM—3:00PM

The Garland Hotel