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Department Chairs Institute
Aug 03, 2022 9:00AM—Aug 05, 2022 2:00PM
Virtual
The 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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Teaching Foundations
Aug 02, 2022 9:00AM—Aug 05, 2022 3:00PM
Head-Royce School | Oakland, CA
The 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.
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(Re)Engaging with the Work as White Anti-Racist Educators
Aug 01, 2022 9:00AM—Aug 02, 2022 2:00PM
Virtual
This workshop is a two-day opportunity to deeply (re)engage in learning and dialogue about the worldly nature of whiteness and how we can better recognize it, examine it, and disrupt it. We owe this (re)engagement to our students, colleagues, families, and ourselves.
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Equity as Excellence
Jun 27, 2022 12:00PM—Jul 01, 2022 12:30PM
Dunn School | Los Olivos, CA
Equity as Excellence is a unique opportunity for educators to learn research-based strategies, develop concrete tools, build community, and engage in guided practice to support diversity and equity work in their schools. Returning to an in-person setting, this five-day immersive Summer Institute is also designed to provide participants with the opportunity to be more strategic in the face of ongoing resistance, find renewal, and engage their radical imagination.
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From Busy to Intentional: Managing Your Work Life for Greater Efficiency, Effectiveness, and Joy
Jun 21, 2022 2:30PM—Jun 24, 2022 4:00PM
Virtual
Kick off your summer with this interactive workshop on value, time, and project management. Over the course of four 60-minute sessions, you will learn and, importantly, put into practice, strategies for work efficiency.
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Competency Works! Leading Competency-Based Learning Initiatives
Jun 15, 2022 9:00AM—3:00PM
Marin Academy
Competency-based education is an approach to learning that ensures all learners develop explicitly defined, measurable, and transferable essential skills and dispositions by making continuous progress toward competency. In this 6-hour Summer Institute, participants will spend the morning hearing the story of one’s school’s process and learnings, with opportunities for engagement and connection. In the afternoon, individuals and school teams will work to chart a course for their own school’s journey.
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APISA Study Group: Deconstructing the “Model Minority” Myth Using Our Lived Experience
May 05, 2022 9:00AM—11:00AM
Virtual
This three-day series is a continuation of the APISA (Asian, Pacific Islander, South Asian) Study Group that began last June 2021. This program is an opportunity to connect with other APISA educators in an affinity setting that will provide a safe and generative space to self-reflect, share stories, and learn from each other’s experiences.
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Identity Conscious Facilitation: Race and Identity in the Art of Facilitation
Aug 09, 2021 1:00PM—Aug 10, 2021 1:00PM
Virtual
Identity-Conscious Facilitation centers on the exploration and clarification of identity consciousness and the impact on facilitation. Because identity informs and impacts how we act, interact, and see the world around us, it is important that facilitators develop a deep sense of identity as they work with individuals, groups, adults, and students.
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The Art of Leading Educators
Aug 03, 2021 9:00AM—Aug 05, 2021 2:00PM
Virtual
This leadership institute is aimed at building the skills of educators who supervise and support teams at their schools. Through a neurobiology and social science research lens, we can deepen our understanding of the critical factors needed to create environments that support individual and organizational resiliency.
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Teaching Foundations
Aug 03, 2021 10:00AM—Aug 06, 2021 2:00PM
Virtual
The 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 classroom teaching.
View More
Department Chairs Institute
Aug 02, 2021 9:00AM—Aug 04, 2021 2:00PM
Virtual
The Department Chairs Institute will guide participants in exploring the multilayered challenges of this unique position and in developing the knowledge, skills and strategies to become effective department leaders.
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Restorative Practices: Repairing Harm, Promoting Healing
Jul 27, 2021 9:00AM—Jul 28, 2021 12:30PM
Virtual
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.
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Bringing our Full Selves to the Work of Being White Anti-Racists: A Time to Pause, Reflect, and Reintegrate
Jul 14, 2021 9:00AM—Jul 15, 2021 2:00PM
Virtual
In this two day intensive, we’ll spend time unpacking whiteness in courageous, reflective, and somatic ways, exploring our identities and how they have been historically constructed and reconstructed. We’ll slow down and make space for the learning, processing, and questions we have after this year and whatever came before.
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APISA Study Group: Deconstructing the “Model Minority” Myth Using Our Lived Experience
Jun 28, 2021 9:00AM—Jun 30, 2021 11:00AM
Virtual
This three-day series is an opportunity to connect with other APISA educators in an affinity setting that will provide a safe and generative space to self-reflect, share stories, and learn from each other’s experiences.
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Ensuring Organizational Resilience: Upskilling, Assessments, DEI, and Recovery
Jun 17, 2021 9:00AM—Jun 18, 2021 2:00PM
Virtual
This interactive Summer Institute will provide opportunities for connection, collaboration, and reflection as the See Change team leads you through the design of a recovery strategy for next year. This process will support your organization in retaining employees and families, increasing effectiveness, and cultivating innovation.
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Department Chairs Institute
Aug 03, 2022 9:00AM—Aug 05, 2022 2:00PM
Virtual
The 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 MoreTeaching Foundations
Aug 02, 2022 9:00AM—Aug 05, 2022 3:00PM
Head-Royce School | Oakland, CA
The 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 More(Re)Engaging with the Work as White Anti-Racist Educators
Aug 01, 2022 9:00AM—Aug 02, 2022 2:00PM
Virtual
This workshop is a two-day opportunity to deeply (re)engage in learning and dialogue about the worldly nature of whiteness and how we can better recognize it, examine it, and disrupt it. We owe this (re)engagement to our students, colleagues, families, and ourselves.
View MoreEquity as Excellence
Jun 27, 2022 12:00PM—Jul 01, 2022 12:30PM
Dunn School | Los Olivos, CA
Equity as Excellence is a unique opportunity for educators to learn research-based strategies, develop concrete tools, build community, and engage in guided practice to support diversity and equity work in their schools. Returning to an in-person setting, this five-day immersive Summer Institute is also designed to provide participants with the opportunity to be more strategic in the face of ongoing resistance, find renewal, and engage their radical imagination.
View MoreFrom Busy to Intentional: Managing Your Work Life for Greater Efficiency, Effectiveness, and Joy
Jun 21, 2022 2:30PM—Jun 24, 2022 4:00PM
Virtual
Kick off your summer with this interactive workshop on value, time, and project management. Over the course of four 60-minute sessions, you will learn and, importantly, put into practice, strategies for work efficiency.
View MoreCompetency Works! Leading Competency-Based Learning Initiatives
Jun 15, 2022 9:00AM—3:00PM
Marin Academy
Competency-based education is an approach to learning that ensures all learners develop explicitly defined, measurable, and transferable essential skills and dispositions by making continuous progress toward competency. In this 6-hour Summer Institute, participants will spend the morning hearing the story of one’s school’s process and learnings, with opportunities for engagement and connection. In the afternoon, individuals and school teams will work to chart a course for their own school’s journey.
View MoreAPISA Study Group: Deconstructing the “Model Minority” Myth Using Our Lived Experience
May 05, 2022 9:00AM—11:00AM
Virtual
This three-day series is a continuation of the APISA (Asian, Pacific Islander, South Asian) Study Group that began last June 2021. This program is an opportunity to connect with other APISA educators in an affinity setting that will provide a safe and generative space to self-reflect, share stories, and learn from each other’s experiences.
View MoreIdentity Conscious Facilitation: Race and Identity in the Art of Facilitation
Aug 09, 2021 1:00PM—Aug 10, 2021 1:00PM
Virtual
Identity-Conscious Facilitation centers on the exploration and clarification of identity consciousness and the impact on facilitation. Because identity informs and impacts how we act, interact, and see the world around us, it is important that facilitators develop a deep sense of identity as they work with individuals, groups, adults, and students.
View MoreThe Art of Leading Educators
Aug 03, 2021 9:00AM—Aug 05, 2021 2:00PM
Virtual
This leadership institute is aimed at building the skills of educators who supervise and support teams at their schools. Through a neurobiology and social science research lens, we can deepen our understanding of the critical factors needed to create environments that support individual and organizational resiliency.
View MoreTeaching Foundations
Aug 03, 2021 10:00AM—Aug 06, 2021 2:00PM
Virtual
The 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 classroom teaching.
View MoreDepartment Chairs Institute
Aug 02, 2021 9:00AM—Aug 04, 2021 2:00PM
Virtual
The Department Chairs Institute will guide participants in exploring the multilayered challenges of this unique position and in developing the knowledge, skills and strategies to become effective department leaders.
View MoreRestorative Practices: Repairing Harm, Promoting Healing
Jul 27, 2021 9:00AM—Jul 28, 2021 12:30PM
Virtual
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.
View MoreBringing our Full Selves to the Work of Being White Anti-Racists: A Time to Pause, Reflect, and Reintegrate
Jul 14, 2021 9:00AM—Jul 15, 2021 2:00PM
Virtual
In this two day intensive, we’ll spend time unpacking whiteness in courageous, reflective, and somatic ways, exploring our identities and how they have been historically constructed and reconstructed. We’ll slow down and make space for the learning, processing, and questions we have after this year and whatever came before.
View MoreAPISA Study Group: Deconstructing the “Model Minority” Myth Using Our Lived Experience
Jun 28, 2021 9:00AM—Jun 30, 2021 11:00AM
Virtual
This three-day series is an opportunity to connect with other APISA educators in an affinity setting that will provide a safe and generative space to self-reflect, share stories, and learn from each other’s experiences.
View MoreEnsuring Organizational Resilience: Upskilling, Assessments, DEI, and Recovery
Jun 17, 2021 9:00AM—Jun 18, 2021 2:00PM
Virtual
This interactive Summer Institute will provide opportunities for connection, collaboration, and reflection as the See Change team leads you through the design of a recovery strategy for next year. This process will support your organization in retaining employees and families, increasing effectiveness, and cultivating innovation.
View More