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Unlocking Joy at Work: The Power of Your Personal Values
Mar 07, 2024 3:30PM—5:00PM
Virtual
In this special workshop for CATDC, Mission Minded Founding Partner & Leadership Coach Jennie Winton will lead you through a series of exercises and conversations to help you tap into what you truly value to improve both your well-being and impact. When you’re more connected and joyful at work, everyone around you benefits, too.
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Equitable Hiring Practices in Independent Schools
Feb 29, 2024 2:00PM—5:00PM
Virtual
In this virtual intensive, participants will review policies, California and Federal laws, and statutes to ensure adherence to search and hiring procedures. Using data, research, best practices, and case studies, participants will learn equitable hiring practices for hiring committees with alignment to the CAIS Strategic Plan (2023 – 2027) Inclusion, Equity, and Belonging Principles.
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Women + Leadership (Southern California)
Feb 02, 2024 9:00AM—4:00PM
The Garland Hotel in North Hollywood, CA
Join the California Teacher Development Collaborative for our annual Women + Leadership Conference! This powerful event brings together women educators from schools throughout the region to celebrate our journeys and strengthen our individual and collective impact.
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Women + Leadership (Northern California)
Feb 01, 2024 9:00AM—4:00PM
Futures Without Violence in San Francisco
Join the California Teacher Development Collaborative for our annual Women + Leadership Conference! This powerful event brings together women educators from schools throughout the region to celebrate our journeys and strengthen our individual and collective impact.
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CATDC Leadership Series: Critical Skills for Navigating Conflict
Jan 25, 2024 9:00AM—12:00PM
Virtual
In this three session program, we will explore the neuroscience of conflict in schools today, discuss how burnout impacts relationships and accelerates escalations, find creative ways to navigate tough conversations, and discover what to do about conflict addiction.
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Leadership Fellows Program
Oct 27, 2023 6:00PM—Oct 29, 2023 12:00PM
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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Leveraging Our Learning for More Effective Coaching and Mentoring
Oct 25, 2023 9:30AM—2:30PM
French American International School and The Bay School of San Francisco
This 5-session series is for novice and experienced coaches who wish to expand their tools and techniques to best equip teachers in their professional growth. Join us to learn and apply best practices for engaging in meaningful and productive coaching and mentoring.
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Support for Supporters (Northern California)
Oct 19, 2023 9:30AM—2:30PM
The Bay School of San Francisco
This ongoing program offers a small, confidential and welcoming environment designed to foster connections, learning, support and dialogue between Administrative Assistants working at independent schools.
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Finance & Sustainability in Independent Schools: A Practical Approach to Management and Innovation
Oct 18, 2023 2:00PM—5:00PM
Virtual
This 5-session program will help educators develop practical financial 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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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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Sustaining and Evolving Anti-Racist Practices: An Affinity Space for White Educators Leading Change
Oct 17, 2023 3:30PM—5:30PM
Virtual
Join CATDC and fellow independent school educators for a virtual
yearlong anti-racist white affinity space led by Liza Gleason and Rob Wasielewski. Whether you facilitate white antiracist spaces, take part in these spaces, or are curious about building and sustaining critical conversations with other white educators in your school community, this workshop will support your growth.
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Emerging Leaders (Northern California)
Oct 13, 2023 9:00AM—2:00PM
Prospect Sierra School
This program will provide new leaders and educators growing into leadership roles, with tools and strategies to transition successfully into their current position. Participants will engage in focused conversations around navigating colleague dynamics, becoming a supervisor, prioritizing tasks, and engaging in effective communication strategies.
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Emerging Leaders (Southern California)
Oct 10, 2023 10:00AM—2:00PM
Marlborough School
This program will provide new leaders and educators growing into leadership roles, with tools and strategies to transition successfully into their current position. Participants will engage in focused conversations around navigating colleague dynamics, becoming a supervisor, prioritizing tasks, and engaging in effective communication strategies.
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Growth Starts Here: Designing a Roadmap for Teacher Development through SuperVision, Feedback, and Evaluation
Oct 03, 2023 10:00AM—2:00PM
Archer School for Girls
This program leads participants through an active roadmap for reimagining their schools’ approach to teacher SuperVision and growth-focused feedback. Develop new models of teacher mentorship and support to navigate and embrace post-remote shifts in teaching and learning.
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Sustaining and Evolving Anti-Racist Practices: An Affinity Space for White Educators Leading Change
Aug 10, 2023 9:00AM—Aug 11, 2023 2:00PM
Virtual
In this two-day Summer Institute—led by Liza Gleason and Rob Wasielewski, who co-facilitate a group for white educators at Live Oak School in San Francisco—we will explore how to create and sustain the critical, reflective, and connected conversations about whiteness that our schools, students, families, and we, too, so desperately need. This workshop will help you grow your ability to engage other white educators at your school formally and informally.
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Unlocking Joy at Work: The Power of Your Personal Values
Mar 07, 2024 3:30PM—5:00PM
Virtual
In this special workshop for CATDC, Mission Minded Founding Partner & Leadership Coach Jennie Winton will lead you through a series of exercises and conversations to help you tap into what you truly value to improve both your well-being and impact. When you’re more connected and joyful at work, everyone around you benefits, too.
View MoreEquitable Hiring Practices in Independent Schools
Feb 29, 2024 2:00PM—5:00PM
Virtual
In this virtual intensive, participants will review policies, California and Federal laws, and statutes to ensure adherence to search and hiring procedures. Using data, research, best practices, and case studies, participants will learn equitable hiring practices for hiring committees with alignment to the CAIS Strategic Plan (2023 – 2027) Inclusion, Equity, and Belonging Principles.
View MoreWomen + Leadership (Southern California)
Feb 02, 2024 9:00AM—4:00PM
The Garland Hotel in North Hollywood, CA
Join the California Teacher Development Collaborative for our annual Women + Leadership Conference! This powerful event brings together women educators from schools throughout the region to celebrate our journeys and strengthen our individual and collective impact.
View MoreWomen + Leadership (Northern California)
Feb 01, 2024 9:00AM—4:00PM
Futures Without Violence in San Francisco
Join the California Teacher Development Collaborative for our annual Women + Leadership Conference! This powerful event brings together women educators from schools throughout the region to celebrate our journeys and strengthen our individual and collective impact.
View MoreCATDC Leadership Series: Critical Skills for Navigating Conflict
Jan 25, 2024 9:00AM—12:00PM
Virtual
In this three session program, we will explore the neuroscience of conflict in schools today, discuss how burnout impacts relationships and accelerates escalations, find creative ways to navigate tough conversations, and discover what to do about conflict addiction.
View MoreLeadership Fellows Program
Oct 27, 2023 6:00PM—Oct 29, 2023 12:00PM
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!
View MoreLeveraging Our Learning for More Effective Coaching and Mentoring
Oct 25, 2023 9:30AM—2:30PM
French American International School and The Bay School of San Francisco
This 5-session series is for novice and experienced coaches who wish to expand their tools and techniques to best equip teachers in their professional growth. Join us to learn and apply best practices for engaging in meaningful and productive coaching and mentoring.
View MoreSupport for Supporters (Northern California)
Oct 19, 2023 9:30AM—2:30PM
The Bay School of San Francisco
This ongoing program offers a small, confidential and welcoming environment designed to foster connections, learning, support and dialogue between Administrative Assistants working at independent schools.
View MoreFinance & Sustainability in Independent Schools: A Practical Approach to Management and Innovation
Oct 18, 2023 2:00PM—5:00PM
Virtual
This 5-session program will help educators develop practical financial 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.
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 MoreSustaining and Evolving Anti-Racist Practices: An Affinity Space for White Educators Leading Change
Oct 17, 2023 3:30PM—5:30PM
Virtual
Join CATDC and fellow independent school educators for a virtual
yearlong anti-racist white affinity space led by Liza Gleason and Rob Wasielewski. Whether you facilitate white antiracist spaces, take part in these spaces, or are curious about building and sustaining critical conversations with other white educators in your school community, this workshop will support your growth.
Emerging Leaders (Northern California)
Oct 13, 2023 9:00AM—2:00PM
Prospect Sierra School
This program will provide new leaders and educators growing into leadership roles, with tools and strategies to transition successfully into their current position. Participants will engage in focused conversations around navigating colleague dynamics, becoming a supervisor, prioritizing tasks, and engaging in effective communication strategies.
View MoreEmerging Leaders (Southern California)
Oct 10, 2023 10:00AM—2:00PM
Marlborough School
This program will provide new leaders and educators growing into leadership roles, with tools and strategies to transition successfully into their current position. Participants will engage in focused conversations around navigating colleague dynamics, becoming a supervisor, prioritizing tasks, and engaging in effective communication strategies.
View MoreGrowth Starts Here: Designing a Roadmap for Teacher Development through SuperVision, Feedback, and Evaluation
Oct 03, 2023 10:00AM—2:00PM
Archer School for Girls
This program leads participants through an active roadmap for reimagining their schools’ approach to teacher SuperVision and growth-focused feedback. Develop new models of teacher mentorship and support to navigate and embrace post-remote shifts in teaching and learning.
View MoreSustaining and Evolving Anti-Racist Practices: An Affinity Space for White Educators Leading Change
Aug 10, 2023 9:00AM—Aug 11, 2023 2:00PM
Virtual
In this two-day Summer Institute—led by Liza Gleason and Rob Wasielewski, who co-facilitate a group for white educators at Live Oak School in San Francisco—we will explore how to create and sustain the critical, reflective, and connected conversations about whiteness that our schools, students, families, and we, too, so desperately need. This workshop will help you grow your ability to engage other white educators at your school formally and informally.
View More