We put theory into practice every day in every classroom at Wildwood School. Let us share our work with you through the professional development workshops and custom consulting services of the Wildwood Outreach Center.
If you have any questions or would like to receive updates, please contact Director of Outreach Steve Barrett at (310) 806-4502 or sbarrett@wildwood.org.
I am thankful for how MLI challenged me to step outside of my comfort zone, challenge my thinking, and inspire change.
- Multicultural Leadership Institute (MLI) participant
Looking to build or improve your Advisory Program?
Advisory 101 sets the standard in Advisory program development workshops. Create a new program or re-tool your existing one. Design a program to fit your school—public, charter, or private—and a plan to succeed. Participants will:
Analyze current research on Advisory practices and social-emotional learning (SEL)
Generate targets for program success and criteria for evaluation
Envision a program to foster each student's sense of purpose and belonging
Gain and utilize versatile program development tools (with applications beyond Advisory)
For Grades 5-12 Advisory Program Leaders and Development Teams at All Schools
Two 2-day sessions to choose from: November 14-15, 2022 or April 24-25, 2023
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Pacific Time
In-person at Wildwood School, Middle/Upper Campus
$415 per participant (25% discount for public and charter schools)
Steve is Wildwood School's Director of Outreach with 30+ years' experience as a teacher and administrator in public and private schools. Advisory is one of Steve's professional passions and he has facilitated professional learning at schools and presented at conferences across the US and the world.
November 10, 2022, January 12, 2023, or April 13, 2023
In-Person @Wildwood School, Middle/Upper Campus
Looking to level up your advising?
This session provides strategies for advisors to strengthen their practice and abilities to connect with students and serve their needs to develop a sense of purpose and belonging. Participants will:
Focus on applying current Advisory research and best practices
Participate in a mock Advisory session and analyze its structure and content
Practice Advisory facilitation protocols to enhance their advising, increase student engagement, and embed social-emotional learning (SEL) into their advisories
For Grades 5-12 Advisors at Public, Private, and Charter Schools
Three 1-day sessions to choose from: November 10, 2022, January 12, 2023, or April 13, 2023
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Pacific Time
In-person at Wildwood School, Middle/Upper Campus
$249 per participant (25% discount for public and charter schools)
Steve is Wildwood School's Director of Outreach with 30+ years' experience as a teacher and administrator in public and private schools. Advisory is one of Steve's professional passions and he has facilitated professional learning at schools and presented at conferences across the US and the world.
June 26-29, 2023 / In-Person / Location: Wildwood School
Registration Opens in January!
*CLICK HERE to Fill Out Our MLI 2023 Interest Form*
Interested in deepening and sustaining DEI work in your school?
Come with your personal and institutional DEI goals and leave with deeper insights and plans for action.
This intensive, four-day institute is designed for educators to create and sustain authentically multicultural schools through reflection, inspiration, and planning.
Our Multicultural Leadership Institute provides responsive professional development by leveraging current research and practice, along with Wildwood School's institutional experiences. The setting is intimate and intentionally small, limited to 30 participants (with no more than 5 from any single school).
Please note: MLI sells out quickly!
The Institute supports individuals and cohorts committed to developing a shared vision of institutional and cultural change within their schools. Participants will consider, generate, and refine strategies to foster authentically inclusive and equitable practices—for themselves and their schools.
The Institute features:
Expert guest presenters and facilitators
Dynamic protocols and learning experiences
Overview of Wildwood School's DEI program
Personal and school focused DEI application
DEI leadership team development
Specific sessions on:
Anti-racist practices
White racial identity
Gender identity
Socio-economic diversity
and more
Ideal learning opportunity for:
DEI coordinators
School leaders
Deans and curriculum directors
Teacher leaders
Board members and parents
For Grades K-12
June 26-29, 2023
In-person at Wildwood School (middle and upper campus)
Stay Tuned: Registration Opens in January 2023
$1,099 per person (3-5 participants from a school)
$1,299 per person (1-2 participants from a school) All lunches and snacks included
Institute Co-Director: Karen Dye
Karen is Wildwood's Director of Equity and Inclusion. She brings with her over 30 years of dedicated service in both independent schools and at the collegiate level. An established DEI practitioner, Karen calls upon her experiences in guiding DEI initiatives, as well as admissions and college counseling, to serve the needs of all students and faculty.
Institute Co-Director: Jaimi Boehm
Jaimi is Wildwood's Director of Middle School. An experienced facilitator and administrator for over 14 years, Jaimi has excelled as a high school English teacher, department chair, director of student life, and dean of faculty development. She has been an integral part of Wildwood's Multicultural Leadership Team for the past four years.
May 31, 2023 / In-Person @Wildwood School, Middle-Upper Campus
Are you ready to broaden your definition of rigor?
Throughout their middle and upper school years, every Wildwood student prepares and delivers reflective, year-end presentations on their intellectual and social-emotional learning to a panel of their teachers, family, and peers. Their goal: Make the case for why they're ready to move on to the next grade (or graduate).
Participants in this unique workshop will be special guests at Wildwood students’ end-of-year Gateway and Exhibition Presentations and will consider ideas to implement rigorous, reflective assessments at their schools.
Participants will:
Attend multiple student presentations
Engage in Q & A with student presenters
Analyze the elements and design of Wildwood's approach to student metacognition and reflection
Identify ways to prototype and implement authentic student reflections at your school
For Grades 6-12
May 31, 2023
8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Pacific Time
In-person at Wildwood School (middle and upper campus)
$249 per participant (25% discount for Mastery Transcript Consortium member schools + all public and charter school participants)
Steve is Wildwood School's Director of Outreach with 30+ years' experience as a teacher and administrator in public and private schools. Advisory is one of Steve's professional passions and he has facilitated professional learning at schools and presented at conferences across the US and the world.
July 24-28, 2023 / In-Person / Location: Wildwood School
Registration Opens Soon!
Ready to tap your peer coaching potential?
This five-day, intensive national training provides educators with research-based tools for developing a collaborative culture that fosters professional learning and raises student achievement. New Coaches Training offers an opportunity to master the fundamentals of CFG coaching by experiencing them firsthand, as part of a cohort of like-minded professionals from across the country.
Embrace adult learning in service of equitable student outcomes
Develop and deepen facilitation skills
Know how to “mine” texts for deeper learning
Understand how to match protocols to particular examples of student and adult work
Know how to give and receive productive feedback on professional practice
Have a plan for launching CFGs at their school or district
For K-12 and University Educators
Registration opens soon!
In-person at Wildwood School (middle/upper campus)
$900 per participant
Registration includes a CFG Coaching Certificate and one-year coaches' membership with The National School Reform Faculty® (NSRF) during which you'll have free access to all coaches' protocols on the NSRF website.
Certified National Facilitator: Deb Christenson
Deb is a history teacher at Wildwood's middle and upper campus. With over 40 years' experience as a teacher and administrator in public and private schools, Deb has helped to start and sustain schools dedicated to authentic and engaged student learning.
Certified National Facilitator: Steve Barrett
Steve is Wildwood School's Director of Outreach with 30+ years' experience as a teacher and administrator in public and private schools. Advisory is one of Steve's professional passions and he has facilitated professional learning at schools and presented at conferences across the US and the world.
Ready to help your students see the world in a whole new way?
This transformative 6-session workshop supports K-8 educators interested in integrating systems thinking into daily practice.
Systems Thinking helps students see concepts, objects, and subjects as interconnected systems, rather than isolated entities, in order to enhance learning, deepen understanding, and change their world.
Systems Thinking helps students learn more deeply and effectively and also fosters the exploration of ethical, environmental, and global issues—encouraging increased personal responsibility and social action. It also invigorates teachers' planning and practice.
The Systems Thinking Schools 101 Workshop provides:
Certification as a Systems Thinking Schools Educator
Versatile go-to systems thinking tools for classroom use
Experience and practice with strategies to increase student achievement
Guided planning time to implement systems thinking in your classroom– for the next day and throughout the year
Collaboration: Learn, plan, and share with fellow educators
Dedicated coaching from our expert facilitators
For Grades K-8, All Educators
2023 session dates coming soon
In-person and online sessions
Facilitators: The Educators of Systems Thinking Schools
The hosts and facilitators of this workshop are a team of teachers, administrators, and consultants from schools across Los Angeles. These include independent schools like Wildwood, as well as LAUSD’s Palms Elementary and Mid-City's Prescott Schools—the founding partners of Systems Thinking Schools, our educator community of committed to student success through systems thinking.
Click here for our video gallery to see Systems Thinking in action at Palms Elementary and Wildwood School.
Click here for a research study from Chapman University on the teaching and learning implications of systems thinking in a 5th grade classroom.
