Session Proposals – February 2026

Focus Areas:

• Evidence-based classroom instructional strategies
• Executive functioning skills development
• Assistive technology integration
• Study skills coaching methodologies
• Differentiated instruction approaches

Focus Areas:

• Current trends in adolescent mental health
• Supporting students with anxiety and depression
• Trauma-informed practices
• Building resilience and coping strategies
• Preventative wellness programming

Focus Areas:

• Parent communication and education strategies
• Cross-departmental collaboration frameworks
• Community-building practices
• Case management approaches
• Data-informed support planning

Focus Areas:

• Building inclusive community environments
• Return-to-learn and return-to-play protocols for students recovering from injury, illness, or crisis
• Multisensory play for whole child development
• Partnering with tutors and external supports for seamless student growth
• Making the most of psych evals in school settings

Empowering students as co-creators of their learning journey

Sample Workshop Topics:

• Designing Learning Experiences that Cultivate Student Voice and Choice
  
• Building Metacognition and Self-Directed Learning in Middle and Upper Grades
  
• Encouraging Intrinsic Motivation Through Goal-Setting and Reflective Practices
  
• From Participation to Ownership: A Framework for Student-Led Learning
  
• Leveraging AI and Tech Tools to Enhance Learner Autonomy

Reimagining how we measure and support growth across competencies

Sample Workshop Topics:

• Assessment for and as Learning: Embedding Reflection and Self-Evaluation
  
• Using Competency Frameworks to Track Progress Beyond Grades
  
• Feedback that Fuels Growth: Creating Cultures of Ongoing Dialogue
  
• Designing Authentic Performance-Based Assessments
  
• Portfolio Models and Public Demonstrations of Learning

Creating learning pathways that are contextual, connected, and open-walled

Sample Workshop Topics:

• Mapping Competency-Based Curriculum Across Grade Levels and Disciplines
  
• Integrating Out-of-School Learning and Community-Based Projects and Partnerships
  
• Applying Understanding by Design (UbD), Structuring Curriculum to Promote Deep Understanding, and Transferring of Learning in Diverse Contexts
  
• Embedding Critical Thinking and Collaboration into Curriculum Design​
  
• ​Incorporating Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to Develop Curriculum for Diverse Learners and Contexts​

Reinvigorating teaching with methods that promote deep, personal, and social learning

Sample Workshop Topics:

• Project-Based Learning for Authentic and Personalized Experiences
  
• Designing for Dialogue: Strategies for Active Listening and Collaborative Learning
  
• Embedding Well-Being and Social-Emotional Learning into Instruction & Differentiated Instruction for Competency Development
  
• Exploring AI Applications  as a Copilot to Enhance Teaching and Learning
  
• ​Promoting Metacognitive Skills and Visible Thinking Routines: Teaching to Improve to Frame & Improve Learning

Future-Forward Practice: Leveraging diverse perspectives and historical context to drive creative solutions and anticipate emerging trends in inclusion work

Focus Areas:

• History of the field of inclusion and how it’s evolving
• Looking around corners to anticipate what’s coming
• Creative problem-solving and ideation

Equipping practitioners with concrete measurement strategies and communication skills to align inclusion work with institutional mission

Focus Areas:

• Skill-based incremental changes for communication & feedback
• Tying inclusion work to the school mission
• Measuring outcomes 
• Mind-mapping and strategic thinking approaches
• Making the subjective objective

Sustaining Practitioner Resilience: Building supportive networks and intentional self-care practices to thrive 

Focus Areas:

• Intentional self-care and reflection practices
• Supporting isolated practitioners through networking
• Creating connections and support systems
• Bringing problems of practice for collaborative solutions

Strategic Leadership Partnership: Navigating institutional dynamics to secure resources and support for inclusion initiatives

Focus Areas:

• Supporting heads of school and other leaders
• Working within challenging leadership environments
• Managing polarities and “both/and” thinking
• Communicating changes and commitments effectively
• Making the case for essential resources

Focus Areas:

• Crafting a Distinctive Independent School Brand in a Crowded Market
  
• Building a Unified Brand Across Divisions, Programs, and Offices
  
• Using Data to Align Brand Perception with Mission and Strategic Goals
  
• Navigating Brand Evolution: Rebranding Without Losing Heritage
  
• Developing a Brand Architecture for Multi-Program or Multi-Campus Schools
• Crisis Communication as a Strategic Brand Moment

Focus Areas:

• The Science and Soul of Storytelling in Independent Schools that Drives Admissions, Fundraising & Retention
  
• Elevating Student, Faculty, and Alumni Voices in Your Narrative
  
• Visual Storytelling: Leveraging Design, Photography, and Video
  
• Messaging for Belonging: Inclusive Language and Representation
  
• The Power of Micro-Stories: Social Media Narratives That Convert
  
• Developing a School-Wide Messaging Guide for Consistency

Focus Areas:

• Mapping the Family Journey: From Inquiry to Re-enrollment
  
• Capital Campaign Engagement that Moves the Needle
  
• Integrated Campaigns that Bridge Admissions, Advancement, and Marketing
  
• Personalization at Scale: Using Tech to Tailor Communications
  
• Partnering with Faculty and Students as Brand Ambassadors
  
• Annual Fund Campaigns: Innovation, Urgency, and Voice

Focus Areas:

• Brand Health Dashboards: What to Track and Why
  
• Enrollment Funnel Metrics that Matter
  
• AI-Powered Tools for Communications and Campaign Planning
  
• Market Research & Competitive Analysis for Strategic Positioning
  
• Data-Informed Decision Making Across Enrollment and Advancement
  
• Experimentation and Innovation in Digital Storytelling