How do we design, adapt and use creative strategies in leadership? This professional learning community supports school, district and County Office of Education leaders in creating equity-centered transformational change in public education. This program is grounded in three core intersectional frameworks: Culturally Responsive Pedagogy, Arts Integration practices, and Educational Research and Planning that provide a common language for anti-racist practices that support school communities and positive student outcomes. CSEL is led by IDEAL co-founder Trena Noval and retired principal leaders Cammie Harris, Judy Goodwin and teacher leader Constance Moore. This project is funded by the 21st CSLA grant through the State of California Department of Education. Register and learn more here.

How can engaging in creative practices transform and heal educational communities? Transformative work in education calls for thinking differently so that we get different results. Putting creative practices at the center of leadership and learning is a proven equity strategy. Creative practices support innovation and invention in approaching problem solving by lifting up individual ideas and voices in a collective community. In this workshop, you will engage in hands-on, embodied creative experiences that promote well-being and can reframe how you see the needs of students and your larger learning community. We will explore the intelligence of the artistic mind and engage with easy entree points to artistic activities that will help you and your staff to make critical movement towards intentional change. You may be more creative as a leader than you recognize! Register and learn more here.

Educational Leaders in Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano Counties - join us in March for our 3rd session of Releasing the Imagination!

This free, 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.