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.

We welcome you to join us in this Community Conversation facilitated by Jeanette Woo Chitjian, Director of Enrollment Management at Flintridge Preparatory School, and Peggy Procter, Head of School at Echo Horizon to discuss and develop responsive communication strategies!

Join us for a Skill Up! workshop about creating a community culture of non-judgement and how it serves to normalize behaviors by noticing people’s needs rather than attaching shame and blame. Leave with some community building tools to start using in your school right away.

Given the current social and political landscape, this workshop will explore the intersection between restorative practices, identity, resiliency, and community healing in the face of racial trauma. During this two-session institute, participants will receive tools and resources, engage in small group discussion, and have the opportunity for individual reflection and application.

Practicing gratitude has been scientifically proven to improve your mood. When we get busy with life sometimes we forget to stop and give thanks. In honor of teacher appreciation week we want to offer you that space, with a meditation to help cultivate appreciation during this challenging time. Give yourself the gift on this hour to recalibrate before the end of a busy year.

This interactive Skill Up! session will facilitate participants’ transition back to the hybrid and in-person world language classroom by building on the strategies they learned and applied during remote instruction.

This Community Conversation will offer a space to express concerns about faculty burnout, share resources, and learn new strategies for better self care during these trying times.

In the time of COVID—whether your school is in person, fully remote, or using a hybrid model—attending to the social, emotional and physical wellbeing of students and colleagues has become a marathon of perseverance. What do counselors need in order to provide for others while also taking care of themselves?

In this workshop we will use the framework of ambiguous loss pioneered by Pauline Boss to understand our responses to so much uncertainty and ambiguity. While some worry that “giving in” to our sadness will lead to emotional collapse, sharing experiences in a structured, intentional way, provides relief and brings people together.

This workshop focuses on the “on the ground” strategies faculty and administrators can use to better support Black students. We will take some time to build an understanding of implicit bias and the influence of the BLM movement on the experiences of Black youth.

This Community Conversation will provide the opportunity for women to share stories and challenges of navigating their personal and professional lives in the midst of the the pandemic.

This Community Conversation offers a framework for arts teachers to check-in and take stock, to learn and look forward. We’ll reflect on challenges in the time of Covid-19, but also share discoveries, strategies and innovations.

Join us for a special two-hour event with Dr. Dan Siegel. As we grapple with continued uncertainty and remain physically distanced from each other going into the holiday season, CATDC is excited to offer this opportunity for inspiration and connection.

This Community Conversation will provide educators the opportunity to share their stories about the challenges of navigating identity and politics in the classroom

Join us in this one-hour “Skill Up!” workshop to build capacity, connect with colleagues, and gain new perspectives and strategies to best support your team leading up to and through the election on November 3rd.