California Librarian Association Conference
2025-10-23 00:00 - 2025-10-25 23:59 (America/Los_Angeles) | Riverside Convention Center, 3637 5th St, Riverside, California, 92501, United States
The President’s Program featuring John Szabo

Friday, October 24th @ 9:00pm

John Szabo, Director of the Los Angeles Public Library (and the 2025 Library Journal Librarian of the Year!) will be storytelling Night Track-style with CLA President Genesis Hansen.

This program is sponsored by Noll & Tam Architects.

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Learning Café: Voices that Shape the Future: Engaging the Media with Purpose
2025-10-29 12:00 - 13:00 | UCLA Moore Hall, Reading Room, 3340, 457 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, California, 90095, United States
Join the UCLA School of Education and Information Studies for Learning Café: A Community-Engaged Scholarship Series.

Presenter: John McDonald

Refreshments will be served.

The Aftermath of the Eaton Fire: Foster Care and Education Disrupted
2025-10-29 13:30 - 16:00 | Altadena Community Center, 730 E Altadena Dr, Altadena, California, 91001, United States
On behalf of the UCLA Pritzker Center, we are pleased to invite you to our upcoming event and briefing: The Aftermath of the Eaton Fire—Foster Care and Education Disrupted.

Speakers will include Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger, DCFS Director Brandon Nichols and Altadena community members. The research briefing will be led by Laura Liévano-Karim, UCLA Pritzker Center Postdoctoral Fellow. Refreshments from fire-impacted restaurants will be served. Resources from Baby2Baby and the Book Foundation will be offered. We are grateful to the UCLA School of Education and Information Studies, Dean Tina Christie and the Anthony Pritzker Family Foundation for generously supporting this work.

1:30pm Doors Open + Light Lunch from Altadena Restaurants

2-3pm Speakers + Report Briefing

3-4pm Resources

Please RSVP by October 15. Parking and other details provided upon RSVP.

From Westwood to Altadena, we are proud to come together in community and to advance public scholarship in support of children and families.

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Special Talk by Dr. Tami Katzir
2025-10-29 14:30 - 16:00 | UCLA Moore Hall, Reading Room, 3340, 457 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, California, 90095, United States
Dr. Tami Katzir is Director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Brain Sciences and Learning Disabilities at the University of Haifa, Israel. Her research explores the connections between cognition and emotion in reading, dyslexia, and reading fluency across languages, and has been published in major journals, including co-authored work with Dr. Maryanne Wolf.

She will speak about her groundbreaking “Islands of Understanding” curriculum for Israeli and Palestinian children, which integrates nature and social-emotional learning (SEL) to promote literacy, and its impact during this difficult time.

Light refreshments will be served.

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Film Screening: Humans in the Loop
2025-11-10 13:00 - 16:00 | James Bridges Theater, 235 Charles E Young Drive East Los Angeles, CA 90095, Los Angeles, California, 90095
Come join us for a special screening of the thought-provoking documentary Humans in the Loop at the James Bridges Theater! Explore the impact of human involvement in artificial intelligence and technology. The film centers the life story of an Indian woman from an Indigenous community navigating the global AI economy for social mobility and sustenance.

Doors open at 12:30 PM.

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Learning Café: Fueling Possibility in Shifting Times: Engaging Foundations and Philanthropy
2025-11-12 12:00 - 13:00 | UCLA Moore Hall, Reading Room, 3340, 457 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, California, 90095, United States
Join the UCLA School of Education and Information Studies for Learning Café: A Community-Engaged Scholarship Series.

Presenter: Terri Mosqueda

Refreshments will be served.

Principal Leadership Institute (PLI) Online Admissions Information Session
2025-11-12 16:00 - 17:30, 2025-12-06 09:00 - 10:30, 2026-01-10 09:00 - 10:30, 2026-01-21 16:00 - 17:30
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To Reframe or Not to Reframe: How to Approach DEI in a Job Search
2025-11-18 11:30 - 12:30 | Zoom
A Q&A with professors of Education, Jose-Felipe Martinez and Tyrone Howard.

The Office of Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion invites students to a conversation about how to approach the job market. In this ever-changing social and political landscape, SEIS faculty will field your questions about how to promote yourself and research in job applications. We encourage you to submit your questions in advance.

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Book Talk // Before Their Crimes: What We're Misunderstanding about Childhood Trauma, Youth Crime, and the Path to Healing
2025-11-20 10:00 - 11:30 | Peter V. Ueberroth Building, Suites 1350-55, 10945 Le Conte Ave, Los Angeles, California, 90024
Join us for a Book Talk with Author Dr. Wendy Smith facilitated by Dr. Eraka Bath. Before Their Crimes: What We’re Misunderstanding about Childhood Trauma, Youth Crime, and the Path to Healing sheds new light on the relationship of childhood trauma and juvenile crime. Wendy Smith uses the framework of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) to explain how the toxic stress of early childhood trauma can make children vulnerable to committing criminal acts. Smith draws from interviews with twenty men and women from across the racial and social divide who spent years in prison after committing serious crimes as children.

Refreshments will be provided.

Please RSVP by November 13. For any questions, please email Taylor Dudley at dudley@gseis.ucla.edu.

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Educational Leadership Program (ELP) Online Admissions Information Session
2025-11-22 10:00 - 11:30, 2025-12-11 17:30 - 19:00, 2026-01-08 17:30 - 19:00

UC|CSU Collaborative for Neuroscience, Diversity, and Learning Fall 2025 Webinar Series: Screening for Literacy Success: Using the New Reading Screener within the California MTSS Framework
2025-12-04 15:30 - 16:30
This session discusses the new reading screener requirements and highlights how universal screening serves as a cornerstone of Tier 1 instruction and data-based decision making within the California Multi-Tiered System of Support (CA MTSS) framework. Participants will explore how early screening supports equitable access to literacy learning, informs differentiated instruction, and ensures that actionable next steps are in place once results are collected. Through a concise blend of research, state guidance, and practical application, the session will demonstrate how screening data connects directly to instructional action, moving from identification to support. Attendees will leave with examples from a practitioner perspective and resources they can integrate into teacher preparation coursework and TK–12 partnerships, reinforcing the CA MTSS commitment that “All Means All.”

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Educational Leadership Program (ELP) Application Essay Writing Workshop
2025-12-13 09:00 - 10:30, 2026-01-17 09:00 - 10:30

Principal Leadership Institute (PLI) Statement of Purpose Writing Workshop
2025-12-13 09:00 - 10:30
