Teacher Planning Retreat: Learn, Design, Refine

Schedule

Mon Nov 03 2025 at 09:00 am to 03:00 pm

UTC-08:00

Location

Taking the Reins | Los Angeles, CA

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A full-day teacher retreat with high-impact teaching strategies, UDL-aligned coaching, and focused planning time in an urban oasis
About this Event

Join a full-day teacher retreat that blends professional growth with personal renewal. Held in a modern classroom on an urban farm with horses, mini donkeys, sheep, and chickens, the workshop balances focused learning with time to reflect, recharge, and spark new thinking.

You’ll explore high-impact instructional strategies, receive personalized UDL-aligned coaching, and enjoy dedicated planning time to design lessons, map curriculum, and align assessments. Between sessions, you’ll recharge through seed-to-skillet gardening, animal connections, and guided reflection in nature.

This one-of-a-kind retreat is designed to help you return to your classroom reenergized, inspired, and equipped with a clear plan to elevate your practice.


What to Expect

  • High-Impact Teaching Strategies: Practical, research-based moves you can apply right away to reach a wide range of learners
  • UDL Coaching: Personalized instructional coaching with a focus on UDL-aligned lesson design
  • Planning & Design Time: Dedicated space to design lessons, map curriculum, and align assessments with confidence
  • Reflection & Inspiration: Multiple opportunities to pause, process, and reflect in restorative natural spaces


Beyond the Classroom

  • Lunch, snacks, and drinks included
  • Instructional design resources and a downloadable teaching toolkit
  • Personalized instructional coaching session
  • Guided reflection opportunities and optional animal connections and time in nature to recharge your batteries and refocus your thinkingLife happens.


Cancellations

Registration may be transferred to a another person up to 7 days before a workshop. To ensure a quality program with accurate numbers, we are unable to provide refunds for cancellations made 7 days or less prior to the day of a workshop. Please contact us by email as soon as you know you cannot attend a workshop so we can plan accordingly.



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Taking the Reins, 4004 Verdant Street, Los Angeles, United States

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USD 636.76 to USD 722.12

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