Summer Institute
Current & Upcoming
Parent Communication Strategies
Jun 13, 2025 10:00AM—12:00PM
Virtual
RegisterEducators 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.
View MoreFrom Busy to Intentional: Leveraging Analog, Digital, and AI tools to Bring Balance to Your Work Life
Jun 16, 2025 2:00PM—Jun 18, 2025 4:00PM
Virtual
RegisterTake control of your time and shift from reactive to strategic in this interactive workshop designed to help busy educators work more efficiently. You’ll practice proven strategies for managing projects, email, and digital workspaces while integrating generative AI tools to streamline tasks. Led by Head of School Andrew Davis, this hands-on experience will equip you with practical systems to make your work more productive and rewarding.
View MoreEffective SEL: Tools and Strategies for Your School
Jun 16, 2025 1:00PM—Jun 18, 2025 3:00PM
Virtual
RegisterThis online program is designed to provide space for educators to reflect on the culture of SEL at their school–what is working, what is not, and how can you prepare for more effective outcomes next school year? Whether your school is just starting to implement SEL, seeking to enhance its existing program, or looking to expand its impact, this program series offers dedicated time, tools and strategies needed to move your SEL program forward.
View MoreElevating School Culture in Contentious Times
Jun 25, 2025 4:00PM—Jun 28, 2025 10:00AM
Nevada City, CA
RegisterThis retreat is designed to offer dedicated time and space away from our everyday surroundings in order to ground and connect with what we really matters. This retreat is purposefully located in the Sierra Nevada Foothills on a beautifully appointed private property situated against natural forest, surrounded by an inspiring skyline. The intentional setting is meant to inspire an interruption to routines and patterns so we can be more available to think creatively about our school communities and the power of culture and counter-culture.
View MoreLeveraging UDL 3.0 to Increase Engagement
Jul 25, 2025 9:00AM—3:00PM
Riviera Ridge School
RegisterJoin us for an all-day in-person 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.
View MoreTeaching Foundations (Northern California)
Jul 28, 2025—Aug 01, 2025
Head-Royce School | Oakland, CA
RegisterThe Teaching Foundations program is designed to support the growth and success of all teachers—particularly those in their early years at independent schools—by focusing on foundational areas of teaching.
View MoreThe Design Lab: Transforming Professional Learning
Jul 28, 2025 9:00AM—Jul 30, 2025 3:00PM
Jewish Community High School | San Francisco
RegisterTransform your meetings, professional development, and facilitation with The Design Lab workshop series. Over three days, you’ll explore evidence-based practices that breathe new life into your meetings, professional development sessions, and group facilitation, and you’ll come away with practical tools you can use right away.
View MoreTeaching Foundations (Southern California)
Jul 29, 2025 9:00AM—Aug 01, 2025 12:00PM
Marlborough School
RegisterThe Teaching Foundations program is designed to support the growth and success of all teachers—particularly those in their early years at independent schools—by focusing on foundational areas of teaching.
View MoreDepartment Chairs Institute
Aug 06, 2025 10:00AM—Aug 08, 2025 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.
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