PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Here at La Scuola we place a high value on professional development for our faculty and staff. As always, we offered many opportunities for them to attend professional development courses, as well as scheduled in-school professional development days, focused on specific topics from which all faculty and staff could benefit and find value.

Below are some of the incredible opportunities made available to our faculty and staff this year:

Regular professional development training days throughout the year

An onsite, interactive DEIB learning workshop

Two International Baccalaureate training sessions for our Primary Years Program and Middle Years Program educators, taught by internationally-accredited IB instructors, on the topics of IB Philosophy, Implementation, and Approaches to Learning

Our beloved annual trip to Reggio Emilia, Italy, to attend the Reggio Children International Study Group at the Loris Malaguzzi International Center

The LEARNING & the BRAIN Conference, focusing on strategies to promote student connections, collaboration, cooperation, and belonging

A longtime partner of La Scuola in the Reggio Emilia approach, we participated in Innovative Teacher Project roundtables held at various schools in the Bay Area, including one hosted at our very own Dogpatch campus

Exchange programs with a variety of independent schools in the Bay Area

USA Basketball Clinic for our athletics coaches

We are all lifelong learners and students ourselves, and we value ongoing professional development as a fundamental part of our work as educators and leaders.