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Teaching Foundations (LA)
Jul 30, 2019 9:00AM—Aug 02, 2019 3:30PM
Curtis School
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.
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Mastering Group Facilitation (Bay Area)
Jul 30, 2019 9:00AM—Aug 01, 2019 3:00PM
Jewish Community High School
This 3-day Summer Institute is transformative for anyone who leads groups of colleagues or students, especially teachers, administrators, and department chairs. Participants will gain new tools, tactics, and a personalized work plan containing strategies to improve their facilitation techniques.
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Design and Making: Tools, Applications, and Strategies to Foster Student-Led Creativity and Innovation
Jul 22, 2019 9:30AM—Jul 24, 2019 3:30PM
Westside Neighborhood School
This intensive 3-day Summer Institute will explore how schools with successful making and design programs use their makerspaces creatively through hands-on activities, allowing participants to experience the potential of making and design in the classroom, to work with a variety of tools, and to get feedback on their own making and design projects.
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Curriculum Mapping for the Contemporary Learner
Jun 26, 2019 9:00AM—Jun 27, 2019 3:00PM
The Athenian School
In this active Summer Institute participants will learn the curriculum mapping review process. Dr. Pazos will provide feedback and guidance on both the big picture of curriculum mapping and the instructional level of quality unit design with a wealth of dynamic resources.
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Evolving Education into Standards-Based Instruction, Grading, and Reporting
Jun 26, 2019 9:30AM—Jun 27, 2019 3:30PM
Los Encinos School
This 2-day Institute will focus on the most current, innovative research and will include direct instruction along with ample time to process and deepen the new knowledge. Day one will provide participants with the tools to deepen their knowledge in terms of identifying learning goals and how to create and use proficiency scales in their classrooms. This forms the foundation that leads to day two, in which participants will focus on the specific assessment and grading practices that will transform the classroom experience for students and teachers alike.
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Sexuality Education Summit: Supporting our Students to Develop Healthy Sexual Relationships PreK-12
Jun 19, 2019 9:00AM—Jun 20, 2019 3:30PM
Viewpoint School
The two-day Sexuality Education Summit will provide a space of support, learning, and community where educators and administrators can immerse themselves in the foundational principles that underpin comprehensive PreK-12 human sexuality education.
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Restorative Justice Practices in Independent Schools
Jun 17, 2019 9:00AM—Jun 18, 2019 3:00PM
San Francisco Day School
Restorative Justice is a framework that can support the range of diverse learners in independent school communities. One goal of “RJ” is to help students “repair the harm” when they have broken community agreements. Over the two-day workshop teachers, counselors, and administrators will have an opportunity to explore restorative practices and consider how “RJ” may work in their schools.
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Teaching Foundations (LA)
Jul 30, 2019 9:00AM—Aug 02, 2019 3:30PM
Curtis School
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 MoreMastering Group Facilitation (Bay Area)
Jul 30, 2019 9:00AM—Aug 01, 2019 3:00PM
Jewish Community High School
This 3-day Summer Institute is transformative for anyone who leads groups of colleagues or students, especially teachers, administrators, and department chairs. Participants will gain new tools, tactics, and a personalized work plan containing strategies to improve their facilitation techniques.
View MoreDesign and Making: Tools, Applications, and Strategies to Foster Student-Led Creativity and Innovation
Jul 22, 2019 9:30AM—Jul 24, 2019 3:30PM
Westside Neighborhood School
This intensive 3-day Summer Institute will explore how schools with successful making and design programs use their makerspaces creatively through hands-on activities, allowing participants to experience the potential of making and design in the classroom, to work with a variety of tools, and to get feedback on their own making and design projects.
View MoreCurriculum Mapping for the Contemporary Learner
Jun 26, 2019 9:00AM—Jun 27, 2019 3:00PM
The Athenian School
In this active Summer Institute participants will learn the curriculum mapping review process. Dr. Pazos will provide feedback and guidance on both the big picture of curriculum mapping and the instructional level of quality unit design with a wealth of dynamic resources.
View MoreEvolving Education into Standards-Based Instruction, Grading, and Reporting
Jun 26, 2019 9:30AM—Jun 27, 2019 3:30PM
Los Encinos School
This 2-day Institute will focus on the most current, innovative research and will include direct instruction along with ample time to process and deepen the new knowledge. Day one will provide participants with the tools to deepen their knowledge in terms of identifying learning goals and how to create and use proficiency scales in their classrooms. This forms the foundation that leads to day two, in which participants will focus on the specific assessment and grading practices that will transform the classroom experience for students and teachers alike.
View MoreSexuality Education Summit: Supporting our Students to Develop Healthy Sexual Relationships PreK-12
Jun 19, 2019 9:00AM—Jun 20, 2019 3:30PM
Viewpoint School
The two-day Sexuality Education Summit will provide a space of support, learning, and community where educators and administrators can immerse themselves in the foundational principles that underpin comprehensive PreK-12 human sexuality education.
View MoreRestorative Justice Practices in Independent Schools
Jun 17, 2019 9:00AM—Jun 18, 2019 3:00PM
San Francisco Day School
Restorative Justice is a framework that can support the range of diverse learners in independent school communities. One goal of “RJ” is to help students “repair the harm” when they have broken community agreements. Over the two-day workshop teachers, counselors, and administrators will have an opportunity to explore restorative practices and consider how “RJ” may work in their schools.
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