Post-Fellowship Year (PFY) Graduation 2025-26
A heartfelt congratulations to our Cotsen Post-Fellowship Year (PFY) graduating schools! This year’s celebration on May 8 brought PFY teams together to highlight the growth, breakthroughs, and shared leadership they cultivated while strengthening Collective Teacher Efficacy through a focused signature practice. Throughout the day, teams recounted the moments that shifted their thinking, deepened collaboration, and […]
End-of-Year Luncheon & Celebration of Graduates
On May 16 , the Skirball Cultural Center hosted a memorable gathering of the Cotsen community as we celebrated this year’s graduates. Held in the Cotsen Auditorium, a space that reflects the vision and generosity of the late Mr. Lloyd Cotsen, the event carried a quiet sense of gratitude for the man whose belief in […]
Cotsen Educators Connect at Spring CUE, Powered by CALIE 2026
Sometimes, a quick change of scenery is all it takes to find a fresh spark of inspiration for the classroom. From March 19- 21, over 200 Cotsen Fellows, Mentors, Principals, and Alumni reunited in sunny Palm Springs for a high-energy conference at the California Spring Computer Using Educators (CUE), Powered by California Association for Leading […]
The ART of TEACHING in Action: Empowered Learning Conference 2026
On Saturday, February 21 , the halls of Wallen L. Andrews School in West Whittier buzzed with a specific kind of energy as the Cotsen community gathered for the Empowered Learning Conference (ELC). While the sun shone outside, over 200 educators chose to spend their morning “walking the walk” together. To truly understand the day’s […]
2026 Education Events and Conferences
UCLA Lab School Educator Day – Literacy February 12 at UCLA Lab School Learning & The Brain Conference February 13-15 in San Francisco Curricular and Improvement Support Committee Leadership Symposium (CISC) February 18- 20 in Monterey Computer Using Educators (CUE) and California Association for Leading Innovation in Education (CALIE) Conference March 18- […]
Past Events
La Cosecha 2025: Dual Language Conference La Cosecha, November 11 -15 , 2025, reignited bilingual brilliance and collective hope for dual language education. It uplifted educators as instructional leaders and advocates, centering comunidad, cultura, translanguaging, and the powerful promise of biliteracy for every child. Cotsen educators left with ready-to-use strategies, joyful ideas for elevating Spanish […]