Online Offerings
Current & Upcoming
Building Blocks of Effective Education: A Workshop Series on Foundational Classroom Best Practices
Oct 05, 2023 3:30PM—Apr 18, 2024 5:30PM
Virtual
RegisterJoin us for a unique opportunity to refresh and renew your classroom practices and teacher toolkit with Damaris Saenz, Middle School English teacher and Department Chair at Harvard-Westlake. This 7-session program will focus on topics that offer opportunities to reflect on current strategies, engage in new practices, and cultivate a supportive learning community.
View MoreSustaining and Evolving Anti-Racist Practices: An Affinity Space for White Educators Leading Change
Oct 17, 2023 3:30PM—Apr 30, 2024 5:30PM
Virtual
RegisterJoin 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.
Finance & Sustainability in Independent Schools: A Practical Approach to Management and Innovation
Oct 18, 2023 2:00PM—May 15, 2024 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 MoreTalking with Students about AI
Oct 24, 2023 3:30PM—5:00PM
Virtual
RegisterThis virtual intensive will introduce some guiding principles, talking points, and sample activities we can do with students to begin a conversation with them about how we might use AI for learning, not instead of it. This is an interactive, participatory session, so participants should expect to engage in breakout activities where they discuss and share their work with colleagues.
View MorePracticing Equity as a Supervisor Series
Nov 01, 2023 2:30PM—Jan 24, 2024 5:30PM
Virtual
RegisterParticipants of this virtual series will apply equity-based leadership, management, and decision-making theories to build management and supervision strategies. These strategies will support their engagement with diverse teams using pre-session surveys, case studies, and work time within the program to build a unique management toolkit.
View More(Re)Introducing the California Indian Genocide in 6-12 Curriculum
Nov 01, 2023 9:00AM—Nov 08, 2023 12:00PM
Virtual
RegisterThis 3-hour interactive workshop, presented by Redbud Resource Group, will support independent school educators across California in deepening their understanding of California history through a decolonial lens. The session aims to empower educators with culturally sustaining curricula that encompass topics such as the Gold Rush and California Statehood. Educators will learn more about how today’s Native peoples are tirelessly striving to heal and revitalize Indigenous lands and communities.
View MoreAI, Assessment, and the Question of Rigor
Nov 07, 2023 3:30PM—5:00PM
Virtual
RegisterThis virtual intensive will explore the potential impact AI has on the design and facilitation of assessments. Using Bloom’s Taxonomy and research on productive struggle as our foundations, we’ll explore ways AI can augment student learning and can make assessments more impactful, not less. We’ll experiment with revising current assessments and imagine what new assessments AI might make possible.
View MoreValues-Based Responding to Bias Incidents
Nov 15, 2023 9:00AM—2:00PM
Virtual
RegisterThis one-day workshop will provide tools and strategies, rooted in evidence-based psychological science, to help educators respond to bias in values-based ways.
View MoreValues-Based Responding to Bias Incidents
Feb 06, 2024 9:00AM—2:00PM
Virtual
RegisterThis one-day workshop will provide tools and strategies, rooted in evidence-based psychological science, to help educators respond to bias in values-based ways.
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