Considering Leadership and Wondering about Next Steps? If you are BIPOC and have wondered about how you might structure your career to become a school leader, if you are currently in a middle level leadership role or if you simply wonder about what leadership outside of the role of classroom or specialist teacher might look
Our Family Coalition is proud to announce that our LGBTQ+ Inclusive Preschool and Kindergarten Fair is back, and we can't wait to see you in person this spring! In the past few years anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric has increased making our families face the challenge of finding spaces that accept us. This includes schools that would educate and care
Join us for the POCIS Nor Cal DEIB Directors Networking Meet-Up. This is a monthly meet-up for people who hold the role of DEIB Director or Instructional Leader in Bay Area Independent Schools. We meet the third Monday of the month from 5:30-6:30 to share ideas, experiences and learn from each other. This meet-up space
Inspiring Leaders of Color is a POCIS-sponsored cohort program that will run from September 2022 to April 2023 with the expressed purpose of helping Educators of Color explore leadership opportunities and experiences that will prepare them to take on leadership roles within Independent Schools. The Inspiring Leaders of Color cohort program is an affinity space
Join us for the POCIS Nor Cal DEIB Directors Networking Meet-Up. This is a monthly meet-up for people who hold the role of DEIB Director or Instructional Leader in Bay Area Independent Schools. We meet the third Monday of the month from 5:30-6:30 to share ideas, experiences and learn from each other. This meet-up space
Please take this opportunity to provide us with feedback on our programming and events. We aim to meet the needs of our member schools and have begun planning for 2023-2024, and would like to better incorporate member voices. This survey will take between 5-8 minutes to complete and will close on June 9 at 5 pm. POCIS Programs
Please join POCIS Northern California for a conversation about Creating an Equitable Approach to school wide multicultural celebrations. We will be learning from the experiences of: Britt Anderson, Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Prospect Sierra School Priti Hulse , 3rd Grade Lead Teacher at Prospect Sierra School Melissa Skiles, Director of Wellbeing, The
Prospect Sierra School and Black Teacher Project will host a panel discussion with Black administrators moderated by Micia Mosely, PhD, founder and director of Black Teacher Project. The event will also include time to connect and affinity group spaces. This event is an affinity space for faculty and staff who work in, or are interested
The Music and The Movement is a multimedia presentation featuring hip-hop author Bakari Kitwana and hip-hop artist/archivist Akua Naru. The event will examine the role of art in activist movements from the civil rights movement to hip-hop—as hip-hop celebrates its 50th Anniversary. Part performance and part discussion, the program examines love and wellness, peace and justice, art as liberation
This year we are thrilled to welcome Oakland native, ESPN journalist, and alumna Kendra Andrews ’15. Kendra covers the Golden State Warriors basketball team year-round and is a regular presenter on ESPN’s NBA Today and SportsCenter. She will share how her love of journalism began and was developed at Head-Royce, how she landed her
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