Mastering Group Facilitation: Southern California (CATDC Online)
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 MoreWomen + Leadership (LA)
Since 2012, the CATDC has hosted its annual Women + Leadership Conference in Southern California to inspire women to grow and develop as leaders in their personal and professional lives.
Read MoreGetting Better with AGE: Appreciation, Growth, and Evaluation Cycles
In this one-day intensive workshop, participants will explore the roles appreciation, growth, and evaluation play at their school sites, investigate the strengths and opportunities of these three topics, and revise/re-envision an AGE cycle that promotes meaningful professional learning and growth.
Read MoreSupport for Supporters: The Business of Relationship Management
In this one-day workshop participants will learn communication skills that build and maintain trust, how to approach difficult conversations/situations, and investigate how human idiosyncrasies impact relationship dynamics.
Read MoreUp for Debate! Building Debate Routines in STEM Classrooms
In this interactive day, you will experience ways to incorporate debate into everyday math and science lessons, from warm up routines to classroom activities to summative assessments.
Read MorePublic Speaking and Leadership Presence for Independent School Women
This one-day, intensive workshop explores research-based components of effective public speaking to help women deepen their communication and leadership skills. Participants will explore the role of public speaking in their leadership growth and identify their own unique style.
Read MoreNavigating Those Tricky Conversations
This workshop is for teachers and administrators who want to strengthen their skills when working with other adults by planning strategically for challenging conversations in advance to better assess for nuance and outcome.
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 kids learning disabilities, ADHD and high functioning autism.
Read MoreSpecial Event: Mindsight in Education with Dan Siegel
This presentation will explore the important lessons from the interdisciplinary framework of Interpersonal Neurobiology and how to apply these conciliant ideas—the universal finding across a range of pursuits of knowledge—in the educational setting
Read MorePurposeful Design and Making
This intensive ongoing program will explore successful making and design practices 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.
Read MoreDepartment Chairs Program
The goal of the Department Chairs Program is to provide the opportunity for exploring the multilayered challenges of this unique position and to support its participants in becoming more effective and satisfied in their work.
Read MoreIndependent School Women’s Networking Series
Join women from other CATDC member schools for a series of focused learning and networking opportunities. Each session will feature guest presenters—current and past Heads and Assistant Heads of School—in a relaxed, small group setting.
Read MoreMath Professional Learning Community
In this ongoing program, participants will investigate strategies for engagement, creativity, critical thinking, and inclusivity. Come be a part of a community of thoughtful math teachers and learners that will explore innovative ideas and captivating tasks to make math class matter to our students.
Read MoreHistory/Social Science Teacher Professional Learning Community
This year-long professional learning community will allow history and social science teachers to work together on their own pedagogy and curriculum, building a network of collaboration and support. Collaboration is at the heart of this CATDC program, and the wisdom, experience, and perspectives of the participants will drive the learning.
Read MoreDeveloping Diversity, Equity, and Inclusivity in Independent Schools
This program is an opportunity for educators committed to the work of diversity, equity and inclusion to develop an understanding of practices and strategies to navigate their school community and institutional structure to affect change. Participants will use the latest research and facilitated discussion to explore a range of topics relevant to their work as agents of change in independent schools.
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