Recent offerings listed below are examples of the type of professional learning offered by BARA. School districts, offices of education, and similar organizations may contact us at 21csla_bayarea@berkeley.edu to inquire.
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.
Professional Learning
Authentic Presence: Public Speaking Toolkit for Education Leaders
Build your public speaking expertise so that you can convey complex ideas with confidence, respond to unexpected challenges with composure, and build trust across diverse audiences.Read more about Authentic Presence: Public Speaking Toolkit for Education Leaders
Conflict and Collaboration in Teacher Leadership
Through this offering, teacher leaders will develop the understanding, skills, and approaches to embrace both conflict and collaboration in order to lead transformational change.Read more about Conflict and Collaboration in Teacher Leadership
Community Schools Practitioners: Implementing Your Vision for Change
Community schools represent a strategy for organizing school and community resources in such a way that ultimately promotes positive academic and developmental outcomes for students. More specifically, a community school is defined by the California Department of Education (CDE
Community School Leadership: Advancing Equity
Community School Leadership: Advancing Equity builds on insights gained from the "Community School Leadership: Envisioning Equity" series. This professional learning opportunity explores how school sites can cultivate strategic community partnerships to develop comprehensive programs that offer a...Read more about Community School Leadership: Advancing Equity
Community School Leadership: Envisioning Equity
Explore the leadership journeys of two site leaders and their teams who have successfully transformed their schools by incorporating the identities, assets, and strengths of historically marginalized students, their families, and those who support them. Visit Bay Area community schools, engage in...Read more about Community School Leadership: Envisioning Equity
Demystifying Special Education for Site Leaders
Equitably serving students who are identified as eligible for special education is an urgent issue facing today’s school district and systems leaders. What is intended by the law is seldom what happens in practice and as a result, students of color and emergent bilinguals are...Read more about Demystifying Special Education for Site Leaders
Equity Centered Scheduling: Focus on Small Schools
In this offering for K-12 site leaders, we will broaden the idea of scheduling to examine the way that inequity often seeps into the various structures, decisions, and programs that determine what,
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
Leading Through School Closures, Mergers, and Consolidations
This community of practice supports educational leaders as they navigate the closure, merger, or consolidation change process. Leaders will learn to guide their communities, use change management and strategic communication strategies, engage their communities, and plan for transitions.Read more about Leading Through School Closures, Mergers, and Consolidations
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
Releasing the Imagination: Creating an Impactful Leadership Practice
We offer school and systems leaders a collaborative learning space to explore the integration of visual and performing arts into academic learning. Through Visible Thinking strategies, we promote deep reflection, spark curiosity, and help participants forge new connections. By incorporating...Read more about Releasing the Imagination: Creating an Impactful Leadership Practice
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
Responsible AI for TK–12 Education Leaders
How can education leaders foster the responsible and ethical use of generative AI, chatbots, and ChatGPT in schools? This professional learning series will focus on enhancing participants’ critical AI literacy.Read more about Responsible AI for TK–12 Education Leaders
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
Summits
Leading for Justice Summit 2023: Realizing Justice
We invite you to join us for a two-day intensive learning experience that nurtures leaders capacities to re-imagine their systems. Through inquiry, leaders will deepen their focus on educational equity in an environment and have the opportunity to push boundaries.Read more about Leading for Justice Summit 2023: Realizing Justice