Mastering Group Facilitation (Bay Area)
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.
Read MoreCurriculum Mapping for the Contemporary Learner
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.
Read MoreCultivating Creativity
This immersive one-day workshop is designed to help K-12 teachers and administrators more effectively strengthen, cultivate, and assess creativity in the classroom.
Read MoreThe Impact of Small Actions Towards Big Change
Participants will learn how curriculum, project-based learning, and age-appropriate framework can create pathways for short and long term impact in both local and global communities.
Read MoreUsing Circles as a Restorative Practice in Independent Schools
In this one-day workshop, teachers and administrators can explore the basic process of circles and how they may be used within the context of their school community to reinforce community values, strengthen positive relationships during conflicts, and provide diverse perspectives to engage in inclusion and equity work.
Read MoreThe Impact of Finance and Entrepreneurship
Participants will learn the best way to approach “money-talk,” how it connects to developmental curiosities and concerns, and will leave better-prepared to design learning experiences that use finance and an entrepreneurial mindset as a tool for social change.
Read MoreCreating Gender Inclusive Schools
Participants will work together to explore the dynamic topic of gender and creating gender inclusive schools and will increase their individual capacity to help their classrooms and schools embrace a wide range of genders, gender identities, and expressions.
Read MoreBuilding Better Brains: Fostering Academic Success through Developing Executive Functioning Skills
In this dynamic and interactive workshop designed for K-12 teachers, administrators and school counselors, participants will learn how and why executive functioning skills are critical to the learning process for all students, especially for those with learning disabilities, ADHD and high functioning autism.
Read MorePower (yes, that’s the word!) and Presence: A Workshop for Women in Leadership
Led by two heads of school with decades of experience in leadership, this interactive workshop is designed for women leaders in schools who want to explore their relationship with personal power as well as strengthen their public presence.
Read MoreSupport for Supporters Retreat
This retreat-like workshop for administrative assistants offers a welcoming environment designed to foster dialogue, develop new and supportive relationships, and build new skills.
Read MoreWomen + Leadership (Bay Area)
This powerful, one-day event brings together educators from schools throughout the Bay Area to support women on their path toward more empowering leadership.
Read MoreThe Impact of People and Communities Working Together
This workshop will inform and inspire participants to move towards public-private school partnerships that deepen student learning, advance their school’s mission, and bring together schools with their greater community in meaningful ways.
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