In this intensive workshop, we will synthesize two of the best methods for meeting the needs of your neurodiverse students: Universal Design for Learning and generative artificial intelligence. We will gain an understanding of UDL principles, while collaboratively workshopping ways to remove barriers to learning in your classroom in innovative ways. We will address some of the most common challenges with supporting student learning, and participants will leave well-equipped to understand how to efficiently and effectively reach every student.

Giving effective feedback is one of the most powerful tools for improving teaching practice, student learning, and professional collaboration. However, feedback is often avoided, misunderstood, or delivered in ways that can create resistance rather than growth. This workshop helps educators and leaders build confidence in giving and receiving feedback, shift feedback conversations from evaluative to developmental, and foster a culture of trust, reflection, and continuous improvement.

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.

This two-part series is designed to equip teachers with research-based frameworks and ready-to-use tools so that they can respond to stress and anxiety with confidence, compassion, and consistency.

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.

This isn’t your typical book club. It’s a collaborative, purpose-driven experience designed to spark meaningful reflection, deepen your understanding of SLA principles, and support real changes in your classroom practice.

This two-hour virtual intensive offers educators the time, space, and support to redesign a key writing assessment in response to generative AI. First, we’ll deconstruct a signature assessment into its essential process components. Then, using strategies for effective prompting, we’ll use chatbots to test the “vulnerability” of each of those components, acting as students who might use AI to bypass essential learning.

This ongoing program will provide new leaders and educators growing into leadership roles with the tools and strategies to lead more successfully. With a focus on fostering our own personal growth as well as furthering our responsibility for the growth and development of others, participants will identify and hone the skills and habits of effective leaders, including locating one’s authentic leadership style, leveraging position within an institution, fostering high functioning teams, making informed decisions, navigating change and conflict, and creating and maintaining inclusive school environments in predominantly white institutions.

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.

This program will provide new and aspiring leaders with tools and strategies to transition successfully into a leadership role. Throughout this program, participants will also have the opportunity to discuss the dynamics, challenges, and opportunities unique to their roles and schools. Participants will engage in focused conversations around navigating colleague dynamics, becoming a supervisor, prioritizing tasks, and engaging in effective communication strategies.

Can AI tools be useful within science, engineering, and math classrooms, where objective scientific facts govern and logical reasoning dominates? Have AI tools been improved to hallucinate less frequently, less intensely, or less confidently? This intensive will provide participants with the opportunity to experiment with AI models using curated prompts, revealing both the power and potential issues with these tools. Together, we will examine best practices in a world where AI will soon be used to make major scientific discoveries.

In this virtual series for lower school educators we will explore the importance of human-centered approaches, share insights into the value of AI literacy, engage with AI tools, and examine supportive leadership frameworks and processes. This dynamic program will meet educators where they are in their AI journeys and build a learning community of educators grappling with the complexity of this work

This unique virtual program is designed for independent school visual, performing and music arts educators who are eager to expand their practice in middle and upper school contexts.

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.

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.