Leadership Retreats
The LD Schools Leadership Retreat has been an opportunity for leaders to connect, recharge, and learn for many years. We hope you can join us for this exciting and fulfilling opportunity to share insights, learn, and grow alongside other LD school professionals as we work to build the next generation of leaders serving students with learning disabilities. With the formation of ALDS, the Leadership Retreat will continue to serve that purpose for years to come. The mission and vision of the retreat remains the same.
Mission:
Building the next generation of leaders serving students with learning differences.
Values:
- Leadership Development
- Connecting as a Community
- Recharging
Join Us in Seattle
July 20 - 23, 2025
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INTERESTED IN BEING A SPONSOR?
Please review our sponsorship package and reach out to Cheryl Cook at ccook@ldschools.org.
MEET OUR 2025 SPONSORS
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MISBO, founded in 1976, is a non-profit, professional association of 400 independent schools in over 25 states throughout the US. MISBO provides its members opportunities for collective purchasing, professional development, and valuable best practices and information sharing. MISBO lives by these three rules:
• Lead with Empathy • Make it Easy • No More than One Battle per Day |
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Superpower Mentors is a pioneering mentorship program tailored for youth and young adults with learning differences. We pair neurodiverse mentees (aged 10-25+) with neurodiverse mentors who share similar interests and passions while also having gone through comparable challenges. This approach creates a unique bond, allowing mentees to connect with mentors who feel like an older version of themselves, providing both inspiration and guidance. In addition to mentorship, Superpower Mentors acts as a family partner by bridging the communication gap between the neurodiverse mentee and their parents to create an aligned homefront on common goals. |
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RAVE-O is an evidence-based, structured literacy program for grades 1-5 designed to build students’ reading accuracy, fluency, and comprehension. The program was developed by Dr. Maryanne Wolf and based on the POSSUM Approach, a multi-componential system where each unit in RAVE-O teaches strategies that develop multiple aspects of reading, including phonics, vocabulary, syntax, and morphology.
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Platinum Level Sponsors
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At Sodexo, we listen, learn and bring our experience to create tailored food and facilities management services unique to your business needs. From enhancing employee well-being through sustainable, nutritious and delicious food offerings to optimizing your facilities for peak efficiency and cleanliness, your goals are at the center of our solutions.
We are the global leader in sustainable food and valued experiences at every moment in life: learn, work, heal and play. We believe in creating a better day for everyone to build a better life for all.
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12M Recruiting views a leadership opening as an opportunity--to pivot from a failed strategy, to expand a successful strategy, or to launch a new strategy. We are committed to running an exceptionally thorough and highly customized search for each client...even if it takes 12 months from start to finish. At Ed Tech Recruiting, we care about finding the right solution for each organization. We have decades of combined experience in education, technology, and management. Let us help you get to the root of any challenge and find the best solution for your organization. |
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Currey Ingram Academy is an exemplary JK-12 day and boarding school that empowers students with learning differences to achieve their fullest potential in Brentwood, Tennessee. At Currey Ingram Academy, we settle for nothing less than being a global leader for students with learning differences. By promoting strengths and supporting differences, our students receive the education they truly deserve. |
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CULTIVATING AND SUPPORTING LEADERSHIP Although our historical focus has been on head of school searches, our consultants are committed to cultivating and supporting independent and international school leadership. We mentor heads of school and work with boards of trustees on proper governance as well as planning. In addition, we provide counsel to aspiring heads through presentations at national conferences. We take great pride in the time and attention we provide to these educational leaders, sharing our expertise and insights in order to promote leadership. |
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Every school says that their culture is unique. It’s true. At Educators Collaborative, this is where we start. We get to know you as people. We get to know your pedagogy. We get to know your search committee, your board, your faculty and your administration. Most importantly, we get to know your vision, mission and values. This lays the foundation for a successful search, hiring and onboarding process. |
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At Carney, Sandoe & Associates, we believe there is nothing more important than helping schools recruit and retain exceptional faculty and leaders. Since our inception in 1977, we have worked successfully with over 1,800 independent, private, boarding, and charter schools in 48 states and 32 countries to provide exceptional faculty recruitment, head of school search, and strategic consulting services. Carney Sandoe helps teaching, administrative, and coaching candidates find their dream jobs. |
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Advancing student outcomes. Delivering literacy for all. Trailblazers in the science of reading since 1985, Wilson Language Training is the most trusted Structured Literacy provider in the market. Our evidence-backed, multi-tiered reading system empowers students to become fluent, independent readers. |
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Slingerland Literacy Institute trains educators of all kinds -classroom and resource teachers, interventionists, tutors, and parents — in the Slingerland Approach so all students can learn. Our multi-sensory approach includes all five pillars promoted by the Science of Reading: Phonological Awareness, Phonics for Encoding and Decoding, Reading Fluency, Vocabulary, Comprehension |
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The Windward School is a premier independent day school for children with dyslexia or other language-based learning disabilities. With two campuses in White Plains, and one campus on the Upper East Side of New York City, Windward remediates a student's dyslexia or LBLD in preparation for a return to a mainstream school environment. |
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Landmark is a coed day and boarding school for students in grades 2–12 with dyslexia or other language-based learning disabilities (LBLD). These fall under the broader category of specific learning disabilities (SLD). We celebrate our students' differences by individualizing a program based on their specific needs. The Landmark approach empowers students to reach their academic and social potential. Each faculty member is highly trained and specializes in educating students with dyslexia and other SLDs. |
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One of the nation’s best schools for bright students who learn differently, Delaware Valley Friends School delivers an extraordinary education in grades 1–12 within a nurturing, inclusive Quaker learning community—one that is constantly growing and evolving. |
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It’s different here. Creative energy permeates the air. Vibrant artwork is everywhere. Gardens cultivate curiosity. Hammers and 3D-printers in makerspaces bring ideas to life. At traditional schools, students with language-based learning differences, such as dyslexia and ADHD, may feel alone, misunderstood, and even embarrassed. At The Lab School of Washington, these students enter an environment designed for them to thrive. And that changes everything.
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The Roig Academy offers a global curriculum with a specialized approach. The Roig Academy is an IB (International Baccalaureate) PYP-accredited private K-8 school in Miami, Florida, offering a global curriculum with a specialized approach for students with dyslexia and language-based learning differences. At The Roig Academy, we empower students to inquire, act, and reflect. The Roig Academy is the IB choice for students with dyslexia. |
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Mary McDowell Friends School is a K–12 Quaker school in Brooklyn, New York, dedicated to the success of students with learning disabilities. We offer an academically rigorous college preparatory program along with athletics, performing and visual arts, and opportunities for travel. Mary McDowell Friends School has been a leader in special education for 40 years because we’ve shown that students with learning disabilities succeed in school when they’re given the attention and specialized teaching they need. Our curriculum focuses on revealing brilliance in every student. |
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A Life-Changing Experience… For nearly 50 years Eagle Hill School has provided a life-changing experience for students in 1st through 8th grade with language-based learning differences on 17 acres in the heart of Greenwich, Connecticut.
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Pathlitics is a transition planning platform for high school students with learning differences and their support team. We have an advanced searchable database of postsecondary options, first-hand reviews of lived experiences from young adults with LDs, and the ability to bridge 1:1 connections for follow-up questions. The platform effectively captures alumni pathways and feedback while strengthening alumni connections.
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Captured Time Productions, founded by Emmy-winning filmmaker, farmer, diagnosed dyslexic and education advocate, Harvey Hubbell V, is a Connecticut-based, documentary video production company tackling urgent social issues. Their latest film, “Hopeville: How to Win the Reading Wars”, confronts America’s staggering literacy crisis and presents actionable solutions, via the Science of Reading—a proven, 50 year old approach to teaching.
Learn more, get involved, or host a screening at HopevilleAdvocacy.com.
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AIM, which was founded in 2006, includes AIM Academy, the Philadelphia area’s largest school for children with language-based learning differences, and the AIM Institute for Learning & Research, which provides evidence-based professional training to educators and leaders around the country and the world with comprehensive literacy training, access to researchers and opportunities to partner for impact. AIM uses the innovative teaching and research-based curricula. AIM also partners with top literacy researchers to develop coursework for all educators to support student readers and transform loves through literacy. To learn more about AIM, visit www.aimpa.org
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