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Onboarding for Belonging and Connection: Building, Iterating, and Evolving Your School’s Process
May 08, 2024 2:30PM—5:30PM
Virtual
RegisterThis virtual workshop will offer tools and strategies that emphasize care and belonging, supporting new and returning participants in redesigning their onboarding processes to meet the unique needs of their school cultures and communities.
View MoreFostering Authentic Asian and Black Solidarity in Divisive Times, Moving Toward Action
May 23, 2024 9:00AM—12:00PM
Virtual
RegisterThis virtual intensive is designed for educators seeking grounded understanding and practical support to negotiate the complex racial dynamics resulting from how Black and Asian communities in the United States have been historically (and still are!) pitted against one another as a strategy for upholding racial oppression.
View MoreSupporting Gender Diversity in Early Childhood Settings
Jun 11, 2024 1:00PM—4:00PM
Virtual
RegisterIn this workshop, participants will gather the understanding and tools needed to support gender diversity in early childhood settings. Janna Barkin will provide information about gender and gender identity, classroom best practices, resources, and insightful takeaways for educators who want to create a more inclusive and just world for children and all of us.
View MoreFrom Busy to Intentional: Managing Your Work Life for Greater Efficiency, Effectiveness, and Joy
Jun 24, 2024 1:00PM—Jun 25, 2024 4:00PM
Virtual
RegisterKick off your summer with this interactive workshop on value, time, and project management. Over the course of two 150-minute sessions, you will learn and, importantly, put into practice, strategies for work efficiency. In addition, Andrew will be available for a follow-up 30-minute Q&A at the end of each session. Andrew Davis, a practitioner and evangelist of multiple productivity and time management tools, as well as a Head of School, will help you find the blend of strategies that will make your summer and 2024-25 school year more productive and rewarding.
View MoreDepartment Chairs Institute
Aug 07, 2024 10:00AM—Aug 09, 2024 3:00PM
Virtual
RegisterThe 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.
View MoreEmpowering Women in Tech: A Program for Directors, Coordinators, and Aspiring Leaders in Independent Schools
Oct 08, 2024 3:30PM—Apr 15, 2025 5:30PM
Virtual
RegisterJoin us for this empowering program designed to support your growth and success as a woman leader in technology within the independent school community. Our facilitators will guide sessions to address the multifaceted aspects of the work and provide a platform for participants to share experiences, discuss dynamics, and offer mutual support. This program is open to both current and aspiring women-identified leaders in the field.
View MoreBuilding Blocks: Community, Coaching, & Strategies for Classroom Educators
Oct 09, 2024 3:30PM—Apr 17, 2025 5:30PM
Virtual
RegisterBuilding Blocks strengthens participants’ fundamental teaching skills and emphasizes inclusive practices for unit design, equitable classroom management, navigating school culture, deepening cultural competencies, and engaging confidently as a teacher leader. Participants will build community with each other, work with diverse educational leaders from the CATDC community, and have the opportunity to engage in two individual, 30-minute coaching sessions over the course of the program.
View MoreDecentering the Western Canon: Humanities Curriculum Cohort
Oct 16, 2024 3:30PM—Apr 16, 2025 5:30PM
Virtual
RegisterCATDC’s Humanities Curriculum Cohort will provide a space where teachers can share what’s working for them, get support on what’s not yet working optimally in their classrooms, and pilot new strategies using critical friends or lesson study protocols. This group will also support navigating conversations with colleagues about culturally responsive teaching practices.
View MoreFinance & Sustainability in Independent Schools: A Practical Approach to Management and Innovation
Oct 23, 2024 2:00PM—Apr 23, 2025 5:00PM
Virtual
RegisterThis 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 MoreAnti-Racist White Affinity Space Online Cohort
Oct 24, 2024 3:30PM—Dec 12, 2024 5:30PM
Virtual
RegisterThis 3-session, online cohort will center collective dialogue, offering White educators the opportunity to reflect on and process how they are experiencing—emotionally and somatically—this rise in global, national, and local conflict. Participants will also consider the ways that white supremacy culture prevents us from breaking our silence and stepping into conflict with curiosity and humility.
View MoreEducator Cohort Committed to Queer and Trans Inclusion and Equity in Schools
Oct 30, 2024 3:30PM—Apr 30, 2025 5:30PM
Virtual
RegisterIn this program, participants who self-identify as queer and/or trans and participants who are active allies for queer and trans communities will meet throughout the school year to build and strengthen their practices as educators in supporting and empowering queer and trans students, staff, and folks within their school communities. This program is designed for school faculty/staff to receive hands-on guidance and customized, consistent support on creating more inclusive, equitable schools for queer and trans students and staff but also to join a community of advocacy-centered educators focused on continued learning and collaboration.
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