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The Executive Function Connection: Strategies for Supporting Neurodiverse Learners and Enhancing Positive Engagement in Upper Elementary and Middle School (Grades 5-8)

Mar 05, 2026 9:00AM—4:00PM

Waverly School

This interactive, 1-day workshop equips middle school educators with practical insights and tools to strengthen students’ EF skills. By explicitly integrating EF instruction into the curriculum, teachers can foster stronger academic performance and more positive classroom behaviors.

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Summit for the Education of Young Men

Feb 11, 2026 9:00AM—2:00PM

Harvard-Westlake Middle School

Join us for a day-long learning experience centered on supporting the healthy development of adolescent male-identified students and challenging problematic societal trends. In a unique collaboration, CATDC and Harvard-Westlake School are partnering with Professor Matt Englar-Carlson and Professor Ioakim Boutakidis from California State University, Fullerton, to shape a day of learning that bridges research, data, and actionable solutions. In cohorts, participants will integrate their learning, evolve their classroom practices, skills, and tools, and return to their schools with insights that have the potential to create immediate impact.

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The Executive Function Connection: Practical Tools for Supporting Neurodiverse Learners in Grades TK–5

Nov 14, 2025 9:00AM—4:00PM

Aurora School

This interactive 1-day workshop is designed to equip Grades K-5 educators with the insights and resources needed to support and enhance the development of executive function (EF) skills in their students. By integrating these skills into the classroom curriculum, teachers will help improve overall academic performance and promote positive classroom behaviors.

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Support for Supporters (Northern California)

Nov 06, 2025 9:30AM—2:30PM

Presidio, 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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Support for Supporters (Southern California)

Oct 21, 2025 9:00AM—2:00PM

Flintridge Prep

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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Foundations in Practice: Tools and Community for Assistant Teachers

Oct 14, 2025 8:30AM—10:00AM

Virtual

This virtual ongoing program offers practical tools and strategies to enhance the work of assistant teachers in the classroom, with a focus on effective collaboration, student engagement, and responsive support. In addition to skill-building, the ongoing sessions will provide a space for assistant teachers to share experiences, ask questions, and build a strong sense of community with colleagues throughout the state.

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Parent Communication Strategies: Academic Feedback and Narrative Reports

Oct 09, 2025 3:30PM—5:30PM

Virtual

Educators navigate increasingly complex parent and caretaker communication situations in person, over the phone, via email, Zoom, and during in-person school events. Please join facilitator Dr. Jawaan Wallace, Director of Enrollment Management and Collegiate Partnerships at Marlborough School to build your toolkit of effective, responsive, and nimble communication strategies.

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Leveraging UDL 3.0 to Increase Engagement

Jul 25, 2025 9:30AM—3:30PM

Virtual

Join us for a full-day virtual workshop to gain familiarity with UDL and the major shifts associated with the recent 3.0 updates. We will then reconnect for three, 90-minute virtual sessions across the school year to focus on the design process, applying and reflecting on UDL-aligned strategies, and addressing relevant problems of practice.

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Parent Communication Strategies

Jun 13, 2025 10:00AM—12:00PM

Virtual

Educators navigate increasingly complex parent and caretaker communication situations in person, over the phone, via email, Zoom, and during in-person school events. Please join facilitator Dr. Jawaan Wallace, Director of Enrollment Management and Collegiate Partnerships at Marlborough School to build your toolkit of effective, responsive, and nimble communication strategies.

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Executive Function Strategies for Student Success: Supporting Neurodiverse Learners in Grades TK-5

Mar 19, 2025 9:00AM—4:00PM

Pilgrim School

This interactive 1-day workshop is designed to equip Grades K-5 educators with the insights and resources needed to support and enhance the development of executive function (EF) skills in their students. By integrating these skills into the classroom curriculum, teachers will help improve overall academic performance and promote positive classroom behaviors.

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Supporting Students’ Mental Health

Feb 25, 2025 2:00PM—5:00PM

Virtual

In this online intensive, educators will learn more about the current mental health climate and how this widespread epidemic is affecting young people. During this workshop, educators will develop strategies, curricular guidelines, and pedagogical approaches to address how physical health and mental health intersect in classrooms.

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Adapting Together

Dec 11, 2024 1:00PM—4:00PM

Virtual

This session offers practical insights and empathetic guidance for fostering open communication and understanding within families with transgender, nonbinary, or gender-diverse youth. Discover tools to strengthen family bonds, promote empathy, and foster a supportive environment for every family member throughout their unique journey. This program will support educators, parents, grandparents, family, friends, colleagues, social workers, therapists, and community members.

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School Culture is a Verb: Finding Kindness and Belonging in Contentious Times

Nov 15, 2024 9:30AM—2:30PM

Crystal Springs Uplands School

This in-person workshop will allow educators to share their experiences and find common ground; elaborate the connections between different cultural challenges involving students and identify root causes; develop a shared vocabulary around the key elements of a healthy school culture; share a framework around an actual problem of practice in small groups, and of course throughout this process we will build community amongst each other.

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Community Conversation: Sharing Insights and Affirming Core Values Post Election

Nov 14, 2024 12:00PM—1:00PM

Virtual

With the national election one week behind us, many of us will find it valuable to connect and discuss how we are experiencing its impact on our school communities. This is an ideal moment to come together to share experiences and insights, reaffirming your school’s mission and core values. CATDC and CAIS invite school leaders and educators to this free gathering, offering a space for peer-group conversations.

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