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Community School Leadership: Realizing Equity through a Collaborative Vision

In this two-part series, we will visit community schools and delve into the leadership competencies essential for steering community school initiatives. We will explore how community school teams can establish transformative learning environments where student achievement is not pre-determined by a...Read more about Community School Leadership: Realizing Equity through a Collaborative Vision

Ethical AI for TK–12 Education Leaders

How can education leaders support using generative AI and ChatGPT ethically in schools? While artificial intelligence (AI) technologies promise greater personalization, efficiency, and future-readiness, more is needed to know how these large language models (LLM) work and how they should be...Read more about Ethical AI for TK–12 Education Leaders

Facilitating Adult Learning

This community of practice introduces participants to the principles of adult learning theory and professional development design, while applying it to their role and context.Read more about Facilitating Adult Learning

Family and Community Engagement for High-Quality Experiences throughout the P–3 Continuum

Creating an inclusive environment that prioritizes the overall success of the whole child requires us to focus on ensuring positive family and community engagement. Join us in identifying and unpacking culturally affirming and responsive structures that foster authentic, reciprocal partnerships...Read more about Family and Community Engagement for High-Quality Experiences throughout the P–3 Continuum

Leading Equitable TK: Ensuring the Right to Play and Advancing a Bold P-3 Vision

Deepen your understanding of early education and how to align a play-based curriculum, assessments, teaching practices, and classroom environments to create developmentally-appropriate learning experiences for TK through 3rd grade students.Read more about Leading Equitable TK: Ensuring the Right to Play and Advancing a Bold P-3 Vision

Leading for Equity in Early Learning

Universal Transitional Kindergarten (UTK) plays a pivotal role in promoting educational equity by affording every child an equal opportunity to embark on a robust academic journey, irrespective of their background, socioeconomic status, or access to high-quality preschool programs. Extensive...Read more about Leading for Equity in Early Learning

Releasing the Imagination: Creating an Impactful Leadership Practice

Using creative practices can be an effective equity strategy when approaching problems of practice as it lifts up the voices of all stakeholders and supports transformational change within the collective educational community. Tools of creativity and equity support leaders to...Read more about Releasing the Imagination: Creating an Impactful Leadership Practice

Strategies for Creative Educational Leadership

This professional learning community supports school and district leaders whose aim is to create equity-centered transformational change in public education through the lens of school-wide arts-centered integrated learning, best practices for teaching, learning, and leadership. Putting creative...Read more about Strategies for Creative Educational Leadership

Coaching

21CSLA Individualized Leadership Coaching

Leadership Coaching for system, site or out of classroom teacher leaders who seek to grow in their profession and to transform their schools and systems so that they are equitably serving all students; especially those who are historically marginalized.

Leadership coaching in the...Read more about 21CSLA Individualized Leadership Coaching

Affinity Groups

African American Educational Leaders Network

The African American Educational Leaders Network (AAELN) is an affinity group that exists as a Community of Practice and serves site and systems leaders across six Bay Area counties located in the Alameda Regional Academy geo-region. The group provides African American educational leaders a...Read more about African American Educational Leaders Network

Asian American Pacific Islander Leaders Network

The Asian American-Pacific Islanders (AAPI) Leaders Network is open to site and systems leaders in districts served by the Alameda Regional Academy. The Regional Academy serves Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara and Solano counties.

The AAPI Leaders Network is a space...Read more about Asian American Pacific Islander Leaders Network

Latinx Leaders Network

The Latinx Leaders Network is open to site and systems leaders in districts served by the Alameda Regional Academy. The Regional Academy serves Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara and Solano counties.

The Latinx Leaders Network is a space where education leaders who...Read more about Latinx Leaders Network

White Anti-Racist Leaders Network

White leaders can harbor biases and show signs of discrimination that harm kids, but white administrators also have the power to create equitable school experiences for their students through antiracist work.Read more about White Anti-Racist Leaders Network

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