Events Calendar

This five-session virtual program will help educators develop practical financial management skills necessary for leadership roles in K-12 day schools and boarding schools. Moving beyond the theoretical and foundational principles of finance, this program is grounded in the practical tools that educators and schools can use to understand trends, articulate current and potential economic challenges, and develop strategic and action-oriented approaches to sound financial management and financial sustainability.

Join more than 500 independent school leaders, staff, and faculty at this two-day event focused on the current landscape and best practices in DEIB work. Keynotes include renowned authors Tiffany Jewell and Britt Hawthorne. Enjoy keynotes, networking and affinity spaces, workshops, and insight sessions.

Learn about best practices in governance and strategic planning from an expert in the complex issues that small independent schools face. Presenter Brooke Carroll, author of Governing the Small School: Strategies for Boards, will highlight topics of special interest to heads of school and board members.

This program, which includes multiple in-person and virtual sessions from October 2024-April 2025, leads participants through an active roadmap for reimagining their schools’ approach to teacher SuperVision and growth-focused feedback. Develop new models of teacher mentorship and support to navigate and embrace post-remote shifts in teaching and learning.

This three-session online cohort will center collective dialogue, offering white educators the opportunity to reflect on and process how they are experiencing—emotionally and somatically—this rise in global, national, and local conflict. 

This yearlong fellowship for experienced educators from throughout California supports the unique demands of independent school leaders. It includes an in-person retreat and multiple additional in-person and virtual sessions throughout the year.

Whether you’re new to the role of being an advisor, or a longtime practitioner, you’ll leave this Institute for Social & Emotional Learning event inspired with practical lessons and structures you can implement the next day, creative approaches for authentic advisory alignment, and renewal of your own unique connection to SEL.

Men of Color + Leadership is dedicated to creating connections and establishing a supportive community that understands the unique joys, challenges, and opportunities faced by leaders who are men of color in independent schools.

Men of Color + Leadership is dedicated to creating connections and establishing a supportive community that understands the unique joys, challenges, and opportunities faced by leaders who are men of color in independent schools. The workshop will facilitate conversations specific to attendees’ current roles and exchange insights that can directly impact their day-to-day responsibilities.

This experiential two-day workshop offers K-12 educators, administrators, counselors and advisors the opportunity to learn how to build classroom practices and school-wide systems that nurture the social and emotional health of all members of the community.