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2025 Leadership Retreat

Monday, July 21, 2025 to Wednesday, July 23, 2025
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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

Registration Cost

Cost for the retreat can be seen below as well as on the registration page.  Maintaining a low cost for members was a priority for us in setting these prices.  Member schools will also receive a $20 discount per registration when registering 4 or more attendees at the same time during our Super Early Bird pricing.  

ALDS Member

Non-Member

Through April 30

$295

$450

May 1 - May 19

$345

$550

After May 19 

$395

$650

Pre-Conference Add-On

$75

$150

Included in the cost:

  • Two full days of programming
  • Monday evening reception and dinner at Hamilin Robinson School
  • Lunch Tuesday and Wednesday
  • An evening dinner cruise with cocktails on Tuesday evening
  • Lots of opportunity to collaborate, connect and learn with other ALDS leaders!
  • If you book the retreat hotel, breakfast on Tuesday and Wednesday morning is also included.
  • The Pre-Conference Add On gives you dinner and cocktails Sunday night, as well as breakfast, lunch, and a half day of programming on Monday.

MEET OUR 2025 SPONSORS

Platinum Level Sponsors
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

Platinum Level Sponsors

Gold Level Sponsors
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.

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.

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. 
Silver Level Sponsors

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.

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.  

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Our Quaker beliefs help all students feel supported and encouraged, thrive in an environment that celebrates differences and each person’s inherent worth, work towards creating an inclusive community, and learn to recognize their own strengths while discovering new passions.

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. 

 

For a full list of our retreat sponsors, please visit our Leadership Retreat page.
Credits Price
Heads Pre-Conference -- Non-Member
Registration Ends 7/1/25 at 12:00 AM EDT
$150.00
Credits Price
School Leaders Pre-Conference -- Member
Registration Ends 7/1/25 at 1:00 AM EDT
$75.00
School Leaders Pre-Conference -- Non-Member
Registration Ends 7/1/25 at 1:00 AM EDT
$150.00
Credits Price
Full Retreat -- Non-Member
This gives you access to the Leadership Retreat. Select the pre-conference ticket to also attend the pre-conference. Registration Ends 5/1/25 at 3:00 AM EDT
$450.00
Credits Price
Platinum Sponor
This sponsor level comes with three free event registrations.   Registration Ends 7/2/25 at 12:00 AM EDT
$7,500.00
Gold Sponsor
This sponsor level comes with two free event registrations.   Registration Ends 7/2/25 at 12:00 AM EDT
$5,000.00
Silver Sponsor
This sponsor level comes with one free event registration. Registration Ends 7/2/25 at 12:00 AM EDT
$2,500.00
Bronze Sponsor
This Sponsorship Level comes with one Paid (discounted to $250) Registration.  If you wish to sponsor at this level and not attend, please reach out to Cheryl Cook at ccook@ldschools.org Registration Ends 7/2/25 at 12:00 AM EDT
$1,500.00
Credits Price
Full Retreat -- Non-Member
This gives you access to the Leadership Retreat. Select the pre-conference ticket to also attend the pre-conference. Registration Opens 5/1/25 at 12:00 AM EST
$550.00
Credits Price
Full Retreat -- Non-Member
Registration Opens 5/20/25 at 12:00 AM EST
$650.00
Credits Price
Space Needle Tour Add On
Price includes roundtrip transportation on the Monorail to the Seattle Center and a timed group ticket to the top of the Space Needle

Visiting the Space Needle is a seamless and exciting experience from start to finish! You'll glide up in a glass elevator to breathtaking 360-degree views of Seattle, Mount Rainier, Puget Sound, and beyond.
$65.00
Chihuly Garden and Glass - Add On
Price includes roundtrip transportation on the Monorail to the Seattle Center and a ticket to Chihuly Garden and Glass. 
Exploring Chihuly Garden and Glass is a mesmerizing experience. This immersive exhibit at Seattle Center is a must-see, offering a unique blend of art and light that captivates visitors of all ages!
$55.00
    2025 ALDS Leadership Retreat at the Hamlin Robinson School
    • Sunday, July 20th 
      • 5:00 - 9:00 PM - Evening reception at the Hilton Motif Hotel - Dinner included 

    • Monday, July 21st  
      • 9:00 AM - 1:30 PM - Heads Only Preconference - Lunch included 
      • 9:00 AM - 1:30 PM - School Leaders Preconference (for non-Heads) - Lunch Included
    •  
      • 4:00 - 8:00 PM - Evening Kickoff Event for all Retreat Attendees at Hamlin Robinson School - Dinner included
        • Shuttles leave the hotel at 3:30 PM and return at 8:30 PM

    • Tuesday, July 22nd 
      • 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM - Full Day of Learning and Collaborating - Lunch included
        • Shuttles leave the hotel at 8:30 AM and return at 4:30 PM 
    •  
      • 6:30 - 10:00 PM - Evening Dinner Cruise
        • Shuttles leave the hotel at 6:00 PM and return at 10:30 PM

    • Wednesday, July 23rd 
      • 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM - Full Day of Learning and Collaborating - Lunch included 
        • Shuttles leave the hotel at 8:30 AM and return at 4:00 PM
    •  
      • 5:15 - 7:30 PM - OPTIONAL - Evening Tour - Best of Seattle

    For More Information:

    Cheryl Cook
    Cheryl Cook
    Executive Director at ALDS (330)203-1565
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    INTERESTED IN BEING A SPONSOR?

    Please review our sponsorship package and reach out to Cheryl Cook at ccook@ldschools.org.