Natalie Babcock
Natalie Babcock is a veteran educator and Evergreen Certified Youth Mental Health Specialist. After cutting her teeth in the Early Childhood sector, Natalie earned her Masters Degree and Teaching Credential from Bay Area Teacher Training Institute (BATTI), in Oakland, California. In 2018, Natalie moved back home to her native Los Angeles and worked in LAUSD, before transitioning back to the Independent School sector. Most recently, she's begun spearheading the development of Balancing Acts, a culturally-responsive mental health education program for early adolescent learners.
Current Workshops
Building Blocks: Community, Coaching, & Strategies for Classroom Educators
Building Blocks strengthens participants’ fundamental teaching skills and emphasizes inclusive practices for unit design, equitable classroom management, navigating school culture, deepening cultural competencies, and engaging confidently as a teacher leader. Participants will build community with each other, work with diverse educational leaders from the CATDC community, and have the opportunity to engage in two individual, 30-minute coaching sessions over the course of the program.
Fostering a Classroom Culture to Support Students’ Mental Health: Strategies and Practices for Classroom Teachers
In this day-long intensive, educators will learn more about the current mental health climate and how this widespread epidemic is affecting young people. During this program, educators will develop strategies, curricular guidelines, and pedagogical approaches to address how physical health and mental health intersect in classrooms. Educators will leave this workshop with tools to support students in recognizing their stressors, coping mechanisms, nervous systems, and social wellness and to begin facilitating age-appropriate discussions about mental health.
Past Workshops
Teaching Foundations (Southern California)
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.