Professional Learning Catalog
(Full list of workshop titles and descriptions available upon request.)
Offerings include:
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Belonging & equity workshops
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Career exploration & MyCAP implementation sessions
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Humanizing pedagogy & critical consciousness development
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Leadership and redesign-focused workshops
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Data & evaluation training sessions
Developing Critical Consciousness to Close Equity Gaps in Middle Grades
This session helps educators understand how critical consciousness develops in young adolescents and how it can be intentionally nurtured through instruction and culture. Participants explore how identity, lived experiences, and systemic inequities shape student outcomes—and learn concrete strategies for fostering more equitable and humanizing learning environments.
Empowering Educators: Building Critical Consciousness for Equitable Schools
Designed as an educator-focused workshop, this session centers reflective practice, staff dialogue, and lenses for examining school structures. Participants engage in interactive activities that illuminate inequitable patterns and leave with tools to shift practice—from classroom routines to schoolwide systems.
Beyond Fitting In: Creating a Culture That Fosters Deep Student Belonging
Where it all began...Grounded in research and humanizing pedagogy, this session explores what belonging truly means for middle schoolers—and why it matters. Participants gain strategies for building identity-safe classrooms, strengthening adult–student relationships, and embedding belonging into instruction and systems.
Measuring What Matters: Assessing School Belonging with Purpose
Participants learn how to assess belonging through surveys, student voice protocols, observation tools, and data analysis. The workshop includes ready-to-use measures and guidance for translating data into schoolwide action steps that strengthen relationships, inclusion, and connectedness.
Belonging as a Foundation: Strategies to Strengthen School Connectedness
A practical, strategy-rich session that focuses on universal tier practices for creating connected school cultures. Participants walk away with tools for rituals, routines, advisories, and schoolwide experiences that make every student feel seen, valued, and supported.
Designing Professional Learning Teachers Want—and Students Need
A practical and energizing session that supports leaders in building PD that is relevant, responsive, and rooted in student needs. Participants explore facilitation moves, adult learning theory, and co-design practices that make professional learning purposeful, actionable, and genuinely engaging.
Humanizing PD: Creating Learning Experiences That Inspire Educators
This session models and unpacks humanizing practices that center educator voice, lived experiences, and belonging. Participants learn how to design PD that mirrors the culture we hope to create for students—collaborative, equity-driven, and empowering.
Middle School Career Exploration as an Equity Lever
This workshop positions early career exploration as a powerful means to increase access, broaden networks, and disrupt opportunity gaps. Participants examine models, frameworks, and strategies for building equitable career-connected pathways beginning in grade 6.
Leveraging Career Exploration to Help All Students Find Their Why
Participants learn how to design MyCAP-aligned experiences that help students identify their interests, strengths, and future possibilities. The session includes practical examples of experiential learning, community partnerships, and reflective practices that empower students to “find their why.”
Career-Connected Learning: Helping Middle Schoolers See Their Future Selves
This research-backed session highlights the impact of social capital development, authentic experiences, and storytelling on student identity formation. Participants learn how career exploration supports belonging, motivation, and academic engagement—especially for historically marginalized students.
What Our Participants Have Shared
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