Localized Professional Learning
Navigating Change & Leading Through Transition with Jeffrey Garrett
Purpose of this Community of Practice
Managing change in schools is challenging. Managing change in a school community that is experiencing significant changes in enrollment, demographics, school closure, or consolidation of school communities can be overwhelming. Participants in this Community of Practice will explore key frameworks and principles for change management that build community, center equity, and support shared ownership of a vision for the future.
Session Dates
Monday 3/30 9:00 - 11:30 am PST
Monday 4/6 9:00 - 11:30 am PST
Monday 4/20 9:00 - 11:30 am PST
Monday 5/4 9:00 - 11:30 am PST
Monday 6/22 9:00 - 11:00 am PST
Leaders will...
- Deepen understanding of your context with qualitative data and identify a leadership problem of practice
- Explore and apply frameworks for change management that offer guidance on strategy and process for managing change
- Center equity as a process and outcome of change, including approaches to leadership that center the experience of marginalized groups
- Engage in consultancies with the group to deprivatize practice,and learn from the experience and wisdom of fellow leaders
For more information please reach out to Jeffrey Garrett at jeffrey@garrettlearninggroup.com
ARTE Y ORACY: Strengthening MLL Instruction Through the Arts
February 6, 2026 | 8:30-12:30pm
March 6, April 3, May 8
5340 Skylane Blvd.
Santa Rosa, CA 95403
Join resident teaching artists, Isabel & Jose from Los Angeles, for a hands on & engaging learning series that celebrates stories, identities, and creativity. Together, you’ll explore how the arts can affirm students’ cultural identities while expanding MLLs’ language and discourse, offering powerful mirrors that support expression, belonging, and voice for students and adults alike.
Each PD will be anchored by a children's book(s) and aligned to the California State Standards in Art, English Language Arts, English Language Development, Spanish Language Arts, Spanish Language development and the new PTKLF.
Free for school Leaders from Sonoma, Napa, Marin, Mendocino, & Lake Counties
21CSLA NORTH BAY/NORTH COAST REGIONAL ACADEMY
Equitable Grading Practices
Workshop Series
Learning Outcomes:
- Teacher Leaders and Administrators (grades 6-12) will develop the knowledge, skills, and understanding needed to implement equitable grading practices in their classrooms and at their sites.
- Attendees will receive structured work time to create: unit plans, identifying clear learning targets, restructuring rubrics and assessments, structuring online gradebooks, and producing a plan for implementation.
Who Should Attend
- Classroom teachers
- Instructional coaches
- Site leaders
- Anyone supporting implementation of high-impact practices
Cohort 9 - March 4, 5, 23 and 31, 2026
Cohort 10 - June 8, 9, 10, 11, 2026
Time: 8:30 am - 3 pm
Location:
Sonoma County Office of Education
5340 Skylane Blvd.
Santa Rosa, CA 95403
Fee: Free to participants, districts pay sub costs
Facilitator: Chrstin Perrill, Program Coordinator
Contact: cperrill@scoe.org
HRC Foundation’s Welcoming Schools is the nation’s leading LGBTQ+ and gender inclusive program for bias-based bullying prevention. This series of six workshops is open to TK–8 educators in the North Bay/North Coast region (Sonoma, Marin, Lake, Mendocino, and Napa Counties).
- Participants will gain practical strategies and inclusive language they can use immediately.
- Open to all school staff—classified and certificated. Each workshop is two hours, fully virtual.
All workshops are 9:00am- 11:00am
- September 23, 2025
- October 21, 2025
- December 2, 2025
- January 29, 2026
- February 24, 2026
- April 16, 2026
* School communities using the Welcome Schools approach for 3 years.