Current Offerings

Who We Serve

The 21CSLA Bay Area Regional Academy serves schools and districts in six counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Solano. Click here to view a complete list of schools that we serve.

Not in one of these counties? Visit the Center website to find out which Regional Academy supports your area.

Summit

Leading for Justice Summit: Cultivating Collective Resilience | April 17–18, 2026

Join this interactive 1.5-day Leading for Justice Summit to cultivate collective resilience, center students in the face of uncertainty, and recommit to our values and beliefs.

Professional Learning

GenAI, Ethics, and Equity: A New Era for TK–12 Education Leaders

How can school leaders and educators critically and ethically consider integrating generative AI into teaching, learning, and assessment in ways that support equity, transparency, and student success?Read more about GenAI, Ethics, and Equity: A New Era for TK–12 Education Leaders

Improvement in Action: Reducing Suspensions for African American/Black Students Networked Improvement Community

Create a culture of belonging and support for African American/Black students and families. Investigate the experiences and progress of students and collaborate for positive outcomes.Read more about Improvement in Action: Reducing Suspensions for African American/Black Students Networked Improvement Community

Leadership Interview Clinic

The Leadership Interview Clinic is an opportunity for site leaders, systems leaders, and teacher leaders to explore strategies to elevate their professional experience and achievements on cover letters, resumes, and through interviews.Read more about Leadership Interview Clinic

National Board Wraparound Support Clinics

No need to work toward your National Board Certification alone! Please join us in a community space where teachers, principals, and facilitators come together to support one another through the National Board Certification journey.Read more about National Board Wraparound Support Clinics

School Librarian Community of Practice

Convening librarian leaders across sites and districts in a monthly community of practice to support their leadership identity development and increase their capacity to influence literacy achievement for all students.Read more about School Librarian Community of Practice

Teacher Leadership During Times of Transition

Join fellow teacher leaders as together you explore how to develop your leadership capacity, create powerful learning experiences, and harness collective efforts to improve equitable outcomes for students.Read more about Teacher Leadership During Times of Transition

Universal Transitional Kindergarten Support

Assessment that Informs: Strengthening Transitional Kindergarten (TK) Teaching and Learning

How can assessments be leveraged to support equitable, high-quality TK classrooms? What assessment practices empower educators to apply a continuous improvement lens that centers systemically marginalized and historically underserved students?Read more about Assessment that Informs: Strengthening Transitional Kindergarten (TK) Teaching and Learning

Beyond Behavior: How Social-Emotional Development Shapes Student Identities, Kindergarten Readiness, and School Success

How can school leaders support teachers in shifting their perspective on behavior and social-emotional development from expecting children to “know how to behave” to providing developmentally appropriate support through guidance, a supportive environment, and a positive classroom culture?Read more about Beyond Behavior: How Social-Emotional Development Shapes Student Identities, Kindergarten Readiness, and School Success

Envisioning, Designing, and Supervising Inquiry-Driven Transitional Kindergarten

Join us as we work with school leaders, district administrators, and teacher leaders to strengthen instructional leadership for developing, expanding, and supervising TK programs. Together, we will conduct site visits and examine key guidance documents to ensure that play-based curricula,...Read more about Envisioning, Designing, and Supervising Inquiry-Driven Transitional Kindergarten

Leaders as Bridge Builders: Elevating Latinx and Immigrant Family Voices for Community Engagement

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 Leaders as Bridge Builders: Elevating Latinx and Immigrant Family Voices for Community Engagement

Reimagining TK Education: Learning Through Play

Join us as we explore what purposeful, play-based, inquiry-driven instruction looks like in a TK classroom. Through engaging discussions and classroom observations, we’ll examine how young learners experience rich, hands-on learning that sparks curiosity, nurtures creativity, and builds essential...Read more about Reimagining TK Education: Learning Through Play

Coaching

21CSLA Individualized Leadership Coaching

Leadership coaching in the 21CSLA Bay Area Regional Academy is an intensive, highly individualized form of professional learning that is rooted in principles of adult learning and driven by the needs and context of the leader.Read more about 21CSLA Individualized Leadership Coaching

Affinity Groups

African American Education Leaders Network

The African American Education Leaders Network (AAELN) is a community of practice designed to support site and system leaders across six Bay Area counties by providing a safe space to discuss challenges encountered by Black leaders, share stories of triumph and joy, and build community with...Read more about African American Education Leaders Network

Asian American Pacific Islander Leaders Network

The Asian American-Pacific Islander (AAPI) Leaders Network is open to site and systems leaders in districts served by the 21CSLA Bay Area Regional Academy, including Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara and Solano counties.

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

Latinx Leaders Network

The Latinx Leaders Network is open to site and systems leaders in Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara and Solano counties.

The Latinx Leaders Network is a space where education leaders who identify as Latinx come together to build community across diverse gender...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