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Monday - July 12, 2021
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Sports and Social Justice Off the Field
9:00 AM to 10:30 AMThis event will meet over three days: July 12-14, 2021 from 9 a.m.-10:30 a.m. Online via zoomPresenter: Christopher Hayes, Associate Director of Athletics, The Chapin SchoolAudience: PE Teachers, Athletic Administrators, History Teachers, All educators with interest in sports
Details and registration here.
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Context and Conversation: A Crash Course in Talking about Anti-Asian Violence
11:00 AM to 12:00 PM11 a.m.-12 noonOnline via zoomPresenters: Nayantara Mhatre, Middle School Dean of Students, The Calhoun School; Morika Tsujimura, Math and Science Teacher, Grace Church School; Arhm Wild, Director of the Progressive Teaching Institute, MS/US Diversity Coordinator, Ethical Culture Fieldston SchoolAudience: All educators
Details and registration here.
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Embodying Our Anti-Racist Values at School
1:00 PM to 3:00 PMThis event will meet over four days: July 12-15, 2021 from 1 p.m.-3 p.m. Online via zoomPresenter: Lauren Porosoff, Empower ForwardsAudience: All educators, including teachers, staff members, and administrators
Details and registration here.
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Where Have You Been? Who Are You Now? What Happens Next?: Clarifying Values, Reckoning with Losses, Building Resilience
3:00 PM to 5:00 PMCanceledThis event will meet over three days: July 12-14, 2021 from 3 p.m.-5 p.m. Online via zoomPresenters: Jennifer Bryan, Re-Set School, and Tyner GordonTarget Audience: All educators, Pre-K through 12
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Stepping Out of the Adult Space and Into the Student Experience: Incorporating the Voices of Black Girls to Build Anti-Racist School Communities
9:00 AM to 11:00 AM9 a.m.-11 a.m. Online via zoomPresenter: Shahna-Lee James, 8th Grade Dean, Math teacher, Girls Athletic Coordinator, The Berkeley Carroll SchoolAudience: All educators
Details and registration here.
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Monday - August 16, 2021
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Showing Up and Standing Up: A 4-Part Journey Towards Antiracism for White Teachers
9:30 AM to 10:45 AMThis event will meet over four days: August 16-19, 2021 from 9:30 a.m.-10:45 a.m. Online via zoomPresenters: Jessy Molina and Jay Golon, Pollyanna, Inc.Audience: All educators, including teachers, staff members, and administrators
Details and registration here.
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Social Justice and Equity in STEM Classrooms
10:30 AM to 12:00 PMOnline via zoomPresenters: Dr. Paulianda Jones, Katie Kartheiser, Dr. Annie Kloimwieder, Kim Lee-Granger, Science Faculty at Ethical Culture Fieldston SchoolAudience: Science teachers, grades 7-12Details and registration here.
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Creating Community as a Classroom Ensemble
1:00 PM to 2:30 PMOnline via zoomPresenter: Madolyn Accola, LS Music Teacher, Friends Seminary1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.Target Audience: K-5 Music Teachers, with collaboration possibilities for classroom teachers, art teachers & librarians
Details and registration here.
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Further Exploration of Community Matters: Advisory Program
1:00 PM to 2:30 PMOnline via zoomPresenter: Katie Leo, Facing History and OurselvesAudience: Teachers and Administrators, grades 5-12Details and registration here.
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Implicit Bias Training: Understanding to Disrupt Unconscious Bias
3:00 PM to 4:30 PMOnline via zoomPresenter: Sabrina Zurkuhlen, The Calhoun SchoolAudience: Teachers, Administrators, and Staff, PreK-12Details and registration here.
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Creating an Anti-Bias & Anti-Racist Classroom: Interrupting Microaggressions with Scenario-based Practice
1:00 PM to 2:30 PMOnline via zoomPresenter: Jessy Molina1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.Target Audience: Teachers and Administrators, K-12
Details and registration here.
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The Value of Game-Based Learning Clubs in Independent Schools
1:00 PM to 2:00 PMOnline via zoomPresenter: Jared Fishman, The Hackley School1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.Target Audience: Educators, gr. 5-12, who have an interest in game-based learning, are interested in starting a game club but don’t know how, or already run a game club and want to connect with others who do the same
Details and registration here.
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Both Fish and Fowl: A 3-Part Leadership Workshop Series for New Department Heads
9:00 AM to 12:15 PMThis event will meet over three days:
August 23, 2021, 9am-12:15 pm
October 29, 2021, 1pm-4:15 pm
January 28, 2022, 1pm-5pm
Sold out!
Online via zoomPresenters: Dalia Aidoo, Stephen Mak, & Eric Zahler, Spence SchoolTarget Audience: Department Heads in their first two years in that roleDetails and registration here.
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Theory to Practice: Make Intersectional Feminist Pedagogy part of your daily teaching
2:00 PM to 3:30 PMOnline via zoomPresenter: Georgina Emerson, Kemeyawi WahpepahAudience: Teachers and Advisors of all subjects, grades 5-12Details and registration here.
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Tuesday - September 28, 2021
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Trustee Governance Workshop 2021
5:00 PM to 7:15 PM
Speakers: Dr. Valaida Wise (Dr. Valaida Wise Consulting), Melissa Providence (Enrollment Management Association), Mark Lauria (NYSAIS), Panel of Admissions Professionals from NYSAIS schools
Target Audience: Heads and School Trustees
Registration and details here.
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Monday - October 4, 2021
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Beginning Teachers Institute 2021-22
9:00 AM to 3:00 PMAn institute from Oct. 4, 2021-April 18, 2022; monthly online sessions with closing session in person in April.Audience: Classroom and Assistant/Associate Teachers in their first or second yearSOLD OUT!Details and Registration here
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THINK EQUAL: A Global Early Years SEL & Social Justice Intervention
4:00 PM to 5:00 PMOnline via zoomPresenter: Leslee Udwin, Think Equal Founder & Executive Chair4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.Target Audience: Lower School Educators in all roles
Details and registration here.
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The Addiction Inoculation
4:00 PM to 5:00 PMOnline via zoomPresenter: Jess Lahey, Author and Educator4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.Target Audience: K-12 Teachers, Staff, and Administrators
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Imaginative Inquiry: Using Drama to Ignite Inquiry
4:00 PM to 5:30 PMOnline via zoomPresenter: Elaine Chu, Institute for Imaginative Inquiry4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.Target Audience: Teachers, Grades K-5
Details and registration here.
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Dynamic Scheduling Practices
4:00 PM to 5:00 PMOnline via zoomPresenter: Chloe Smith, Head of High School, Saint Ann’s School4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.Target Audience: Anyone in your school who is involved in the schedule design and implementation process
Details and registration here.
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Enabling Their Best: Counteracting Stereotype Threat in Adolescents - A 2-Part series
4:00 PM to 5:30 PMOnline via zoomPresenter: Julian McNeil, Salubrious ConsultingA 2-Part event: October 25 & November 1, 20214:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.Target Audience: Middle and Upper School Educators in all roles
Details and registration here.
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An Approach to Social, Emotional, Academic Development for Humanities Teachers, with Facing History and Ourselves
4:00 PM to 5:30 PMOnline via zoomPresenter: Katie Leo, Facing History and Ourselves4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.Audience: Humanities teachers, grades 5-12Details and registration here.
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Tuesday - November 2, 2021
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Systemic Differentiation: Three Ways to Design Units that Foster Equity and Empowerment (3-part series)
4:00 PM to 5:30 PMThis is a 3-part series: Tuesdays, November 2,9,16, 2021; 4-5:30 p.m.
Discover three different approaches to designing meaningful units of study that provide multiple ways for diverse groups of students to achieve the learning goal.
Please note that the three sessions build on each other for a cumulative experience. Participants are encouraged to attend all three, and sessions will be recorded and provided to all registrants.Online via zoomPresenter: Lauren Porosoff, Empower ForwardsTarget Audience: Classroom teachers in all subjects and grade levels, department chairs, and academic administratorsDetails and registration here.
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How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning With the History of Slavery Across America
4:00 PM to 5:00 PMA Community ConversationOnline via zoomPresenter: Dr. Clint Smith, Author, Journalist, Poet4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.Target Audience: All educators, K-12Details and registration here.
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Capstone 1.0: Launching a Capstone Program
4:00 PM to 5:00 PMOnline via zoomPresenter: Jon Calos, Chair of Experiential Learning, Science Teacher, Emma Willard School4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.Target Audience: Educators, grades 5-12, interested in starting a capstone program. No experience required.Details and registration here.
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"RACE TALK IS DIVIDING US!" And Other Myths About Race and Racial Literacy Curriculum in K-12 Schools
4:00 PM to 5:30 PMOnline via zoomPresenter: Jason Craige Harris in partnership with Pollyanna, Inc.4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.Audience: All educators and administrators, K-12Details and registration here
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Wednesday - December 1, 2021
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History of European Antisemitism
4:00 PM to 5:30 PMOnline via zoomPresenter: Dori Gerber, Institute for Curriculum Services Educator4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.Audience: English, History, and Social Studies Teachers, grades 7-12Details and registration here.
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Helping My Elementary and Middle School Students Become Powerful Navigators of Success
4:00 PM to 5:00 PMOnline via zoomPresenter: Todd Feltman, Ph.D.4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.Target Audience: Educators, grades 2-8
Details and registration here.
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Introduction to the ProEquity Instructional Framework: A Civics-Based and Perspectives-Consciousness Approach for Teaching About Racism and Inequity
4:00 PM to 5:30 PMOnline via zoomPresenter: Ayo Magwood, Uprooting Inequity LLC4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.Audience: Middle and High School educators, including: Humanities educators and curriculum/academic deansDetails and registration here.
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Storytelling, Homelessness, & Justice-Based Action: Designing a Framework for Your Classroom
4:00 PM to 5:30 PMOnline via zoomPresenter: Elana Anderson, Dennis Barton, Susan Greenfield, Rosie McCormack4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.Audience: Middle and High School educators, including: Humanities, Literature, History, Social Studies, Social Justice, Social Services, Religious Studies, Theology Details and registration here.
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Children's Literature Symposium, 2021
3:30 PM to 5:00 PM
Online via zoom, facilitated by Jennifer Zwillenberg, Ed.D.
Audience: Teachers of Writing and Lovers of Children's Literature, gr. K-8
Registration and details here.
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Thursday - January 13, 2022
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The Sport of Mindfulness
4:00 PM to 5:00 PMOnline via zoomPresenter: James B. Samuels, Village Community School4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.Target Audience: Educators, grades K-12Details and registration here.
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Monday - April 11, 2022
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Global Language and Culture Online Conference 2022
April 11-13, 4:00 - 6:00 each dayOnline via zoomTarget Audience: All World Language Teachers
Details and registration forthcoming
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