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Climate Leaders Alliance
Oct 13, 2022 9:00AM—12:00PM
Virtual
This 4-session program will help you and your school get grounded in all the facets of climate change: its global impact and local contexts; its relationship with justice, innovation, and governance, and more. With access to hands-on projects and a diverse set of guest speakers and organizations, you will come away not only empowered to take action and ameliorate climate anxiety, but also with a community of other practitioners working alongside you.
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Finance & Sustainability in Independent Schools: A Practical Approach to Management and Innovation
Oct 12, 2022 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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Support for Supporters (Southern California)
Oct 11, 2022 9:00AM—2:00PM
St. Margaret's Episcopal School in San Juan Capistrano, CA
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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Teaching Foundations Online
Sep 13, 2022 3:30PM—5:30PM
Virtual
Facilitated by master teachers and administrators with dynamic guest presenters, Teaching Foundations Online will provide participants with personalized attention and specific instruction that is adaptable for all grade levels. Emphasis is placed on modeling and using inclusive practices for lesson planning, classroom management, and assessment, as well as on developing time management and communication skills, greater cultural humility, and increased confidence as an advisor and leader.
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From Theory to Action: DEI for White Administrators
Feb 09, 2022 9:00AM—10:30AM
This three-part online workshop is designed to be a brave space where white administrators (i.e. Assistant Heads of School, Division Heads, Deans, DEI Directors) can look at their own identity, their school community, and the values that their schools’ aim to incorporate.
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Beyond Inclusion and Support: Racial Equity in Learning Services
Jan 14, 2022 9:00AM—11:00AM
In this three-part series, participants will tap into their foundational strengths and navigate their emotions as they tackle racial challenges and seek to center equity within learning services. Together we will create space for conversations about leveraging our roles and positionalities to advance equity in our school practices, procedures, and systems.
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Centering Equity in College Counseling
Dec 14, 2021
This virtual ongoing program is designed for high school college counselors seeking to advance practices of equity and inclusion within their role and work towards institutional change. Participants will share and learn about the current college admission milieu as related to issues of inequity and access, while exploring common hurdles and best practices, particularly concerning work with our most vulnerable students.
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Leadership Fellows Program
Oct 28, 2021 9:00AM—3:00PM
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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Finance and Sustainability in Independent Schools: A Practical Approach to Management and Innovation
Oct 27, 2021 12:30PM—3:30PM
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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Support for Supporters
Oct 20, 2021 10:00AM—12:00PM
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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Developing Your Leadership Capacity: A Program for Aspiring and Current School Leaders
Oct 19, 2021 3:00PM—5:00PM
Recognizing that independent school leadership comes in a variety of forms, from teacher leaders and deans to department chairs and division directors, this ongoing program will explore key topics that leaders face in their schools.
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Surviving and Sustaining: Building Community for People of Color in Independent Schools
Oct 13, 2021 9:00AM—10:30AM
This three-part online workshop serves to encourage local collaboration and provide tangible takeaways that affirm the experiences of People of Color (PoC) in independent schools and the broader community.
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Experienced Administrators: Supporting Faculty & Creating Community
Oct 12, 2021 1:00PM—3:30PM
This online year-long program is designed for experienced senior administrators charged with the hiring, mentoring, professional growth, and evaluation of faculty. Our sessions, which are loosely timed to align with the rhythms of the school leader’s year, will be dedicated to discussing the challenges and complexities associated with managing, leading, and supporting diverse groups of faculty.
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The Neurobiology of Joy and Justice, Part 1: Racial Literacy Bootcamp
Oct 06, 2021 9:00AM—2:00PM
The ongoing program is designed to deepen participants’ capacity to think and feel fluidly, intuitively and critically about systemic racism. Through visual facilitation, storytelling, small-group activities, body-centered practices, and whole-group dialogue, participants will develop knowledge, skill and capacity to recognize, resist and reframe racism.
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Leveraging Our Learning for More Effective Coaching and Mentoring
Sep 28, 2021 9:00AM—2:00PM
This 5-session series is for anyone involved in coaching and mentoring who wishes to leverage learning from the past year as well as build foundational tools and techniques to best equip teachers in their professional growth.
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Climate Leaders Alliance
Oct 13, 2022 9:00AM—12:00PM
Virtual
This 4-session program will help you and your school get grounded in all the facets of climate change: its global impact and local contexts; its relationship with justice, innovation, and governance, and more. With access to hands-on projects and a diverse set of guest speakers and organizations, you will come away not only empowered to take action and ameliorate climate anxiety, but also with a community of other practitioners working alongside you.
View MoreFinance & Sustainability in Independent Schools: A Practical Approach to Management and Innovation
Oct 12, 2022 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 MoreSupport for Supporters (Southern California)
Oct 11, 2022 9:00AM—2:00PM
St. Margaret's Episcopal School in San Juan Capistrano, CA
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 MoreTeaching Foundations Online
Sep 13, 2022 3:30PM—5:30PM
Virtual
Facilitated by master teachers and administrators with dynamic guest presenters, Teaching Foundations Online will provide participants with personalized attention and specific instruction that is adaptable for all grade levels. Emphasis is placed on modeling and using inclusive practices for lesson planning, classroom management, and assessment, as well as on developing time management and communication skills, greater cultural humility, and increased confidence as an advisor and leader.
View MoreFrom Theory to Action: DEI for White Administrators
Feb 09, 2022 9:00AM—10:30AM
This three-part online workshop is designed to be a brave space where white administrators (i.e. Assistant Heads of School, Division Heads, Deans, DEI Directors) can look at their own identity, their school community, and the values that their schools’ aim to incorporate.
View MoreBeyond Inclusion and Support: Racial Equity in Learning Services
Jan 14, 2022 9:00AM—11:00AM
In this three-part series, participants will tap into their foundational strengths and navigate their emotions as they tackle racial challenges and seek to center equity within learning services. Together we will create space for conversations about leveraging our roles and positionalities to advance equity in our school practices, procedures, and systems.
View MoreCentering Equity in College Counseling
Dec 14, 2021
This virtual ongoing program is designed for high school college counselors seeking to advance practices of equity and inclusion within their role and work towards institutional change. Participants will share and learn about the current college admission milieu as related to issues of inequity and access, while exploring common hurdles and best practices, particularly concerning work with our most vulnerable students.
View MoreLeadership Fellows Program
Oct 28, 2021 9:00AM—3:00PM
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 MoreFinance and Sustainability in Independent Schools: A Practical Approach to Management and Innovation
Oct 27, 2021 12:30PM—3:30PM
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 MoreSupport for Supporters
Oct 20, 2021 10:00AM—12:00PM
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 MoreDeveloping Your Leadership Capacity: A Program for Aspiring and Current School Leaders
Oct 19, 2021 3:00PM—5:00PM
Recognizing that independent school leadership comes in a variety of forms, from teacher leaders and deans to department chairs and division directors, this ongoing program will explore key topics that leaders face in their schools.
View MoreSurviving and Sustaining: Building Community for People of Color in Independent Schools
Oct 13, 2021 9:00AM—10:30AM
This three-part online workshop serves to encourage local collaboration and provide tangible takeaways that affirm the experiences of People of Color (PoC) in independent schools and the broader community.
View MoreExperienced Administrators: Supporting Faculty & Creating Community
Oct 12, 2021 1:00PM—3:30PM
This online year-long program is designed for experienced senior administrators charged with the hiring, mentoring, professional growth, and evaluation of faculty. Our sessions, which are loosely timed to align with the rhythms of the school leader’s year, will be dedicated to discussing the challenges and complexities associated with managing, leading, and supporting diverse groups of faculty.
View MoreThe Neurobiology of Joy and Justice, Part 1: Racial Literacy Bootcamp
Oct 06, 2021 9:00AM—2:00PM
The ongoing program is designed to deepen participants’ capacity to think and feel fluidly, intuitively and critically about systemic racism. Through visual facilitation, storytelling, small-group activities, body-centered practices, and whole-group dialogue, participants will develop knowledge, skill and capacity to recognize, resist and reframe racism.
View MoreLeveraging Our Learning for More Effective Coaching and Mentoring
Sep 28, 2021 9:00AM—2:00PM
This 5-session series is for anyone involved in coaching and mentoring who wishes to leverage learning from the past year as well as build foundational tools and techniques to best equip teachers in their professional growth.
View More