Join Us  for a Transformative Four-Day Summer Conference!

Designed for educators, administrators, and practitioners, this conference offers a deep dive into creating supportive, inclusive, and welcoming learning environments for all students.  Can't attend in person, we have a virtual option so you can be anywhere!

What to Expect:

✔ Explore practical, actionable strategies to foster inclusivity.
✔ Collaborate with peers to share insights and best practices.
✔ Gain tools to implement meaningful, lasting change in classrooms and schools.
✔ Access valuable resources to support your work.

Over four engaging days, participants will explore innovative strategies and resources to ensure all students thrive in their learning environments.

Attend the Institute in person at: 450 Mamaroneck Avenue, Harrison, New York or attend virtually via Zoom

Scenes from Last Year's Institute

The Experience

  • Inspiring keynotes with experts

  • Unique immersive experiences

  • All sessions led by K-12 educators

  • Breakout work sessions teaching how to apply new learnings to curriculum, practice, and policy

  • Networking and community-building opportunities

Don't Miss This Unique Professional Learning Opportunity - Register NOW!

  
REGISTER HERE

 

THIS YEAR'S THEMES

  • Improving equity through technology
  • Integrating justice into education
  • Supporting our neurodivergent population
  • Rethinking evaluation metrics
  • Affirming identity to create belonging
  • Leveraging Community Based Organizations to support communities and families

Common Circles - An immersive Experience, Wednesday, July 23

The Institute for Opportunities in Education at PLCS is proud to feature Common Circles—an immersive experience dedicated to deepening understanding, building empathy, and fostering more inclusive communities.  The Common Circles experience invites participants into a dynamic space of dialogue and learning, where they’ll explore identity, bias, and belonging through thoughtful conversation, storytelling, and innovative tools. Read more about Common Circles here.

In an era marked by rising intolerance, social division, and a breakdown in respectful dialogue, Common Circles offers a powerful response. Grounded in research and shaped by the arts and technology, the experience will help educators confront implicit bias and expand their capacity for empathy. By bringing people together across differences, Common Circles supports the creation of school environments where everyone feels seen, heard, and valued. Join us on July 23 to be part of this important and transformative conversation.

 

Through the Lens - A film experience at the Jacob Burns Film Center, Thursday, July 24

Film title coming soon!

Learn more about Jacob Burns here.

Thank you to this year's sponsors