Community Classes & Courses

Alma Partners offers a variety of community classes for people interested in joining us for professional development. Content varies throughout the year and ranges from short, single-session, webinar-style classes to cohorted, multi-session courses that span months.

Note: Our sliding-scale pricing is intended to make our courses accessible to as many people as possible. Please pay the most you are able to afford, in order to keep lower-price spots open for those who need them. If you are in a double-income family or household, have savings or inherited wealth, own your home, and/or can afford vacations, please consider contributing at a higher tier.

Advancement Team Essentials Course

With Alex Borders & Vicki Larson

2026-27 dates:
(7 Mondays on Zoom, 10-11am PT / 1-2pm ET):

9/28/26
10/26/26
11/30/26
12/14/26
1/25/27
2/22/27
3/22/27

Join this new, multi-session course on school sustainability & resilience. Strategize with experts, develop systems that strengthen planning & accountability, & engage in peer-to-peer learning.

Topics include:

  • Admissions

    • Developing & analyzing your Admissions pipeline

    • Identifying & understanding lost leads

    • Determining the range of students your school can serve

    • Strengthening recruitment & retention

    • Creating welcome events that help families connect

  • Communications & Marketing

    • Understanding the parent/caregiver journey

    • Telling compelling stories, at the right time on the right channel

    • Stretching your advertising budget

    • Optimizing your website

    • Analyzing your competitive set

  • Development

    • Annual Fund Planning

    • Donor Cultivation 

    • Donor Stewardship

    • Building a Fundraising Board

  • Governance

    • Developing clear roles & policies

    • Working with Leadership: Board, College, Administration 

  • Creating & using tools that streamline workflow

  • and much more

Priced per school, not per person! Bring your entire Advancement Team: Admissions, Communications, Development, Marketing, & Head of School, for just $1250.

Sessions will be recorded. Please plan to attend at least 75% of the sessions live.

Email us to bring the course to your school or organization!

REGISTER NOW

Fulfilling Our Promise:
Becoming Inclusive Communities Course

(Individual Cohort for Alma Partners’ Signature Online Course)

2026-27 dates:
(8 Wednesdays on Zoom, 4-5:30pm PT / 7-8:30pm ET):

11/4/26
11/11/26
12/2/26
12/9/26
1/13/27
1/27/27
2/10/27
2/24/27

Be part of a cross-school community invested in mutual learning, support, and dialogue, meeting for 8 sessions on Zoom as you work independently through our signature, 8-module online course, Fulfilling Our Promise: Becoming Inclusive Communities.

The course orients you to best practices in the field of inclusion and belonging, laying the groundwork for transformation in your community. You’ll leave with actionable strategies for building a more inclusive classroom and community, and a new group of colleagues and collaborators from across North America!

Course topics include:

  • Building a Common Framework in Your Organization

  • Understanding Institutional Legacy

  • Racial Identity Development

  • Enrollment for Inclusive Community

  • Intersectionality

  • Anti-Bias Education and Contextualizing Curriculum 

Note: This course will only run if we have a minimum of 25 participants joining.

Sliding scale fee, per person:
$2,500: School-funded, school budget over $2M
$1,500: School-funded, school budget $1-2M
$1,000: School-funded, school budget under $1M or self-pay, household income over $150K
$800: Self-pay, household income $75K-$150K
$600: Self-pay, household income under $75K

10% discount for organizations sending 3+ participants.

REGISTER NOW

All 2026-27 courses & classes


September 

  • Class: Developing Organizational Infrastructure for Inclusion and Belonging
    Register now
    Wednesday, September 23rd, 7-8:30pm ET, with Randolph Carter & Vicki Larson

  • Course: Advancement Team Essentials, Session 1
    Register now
    Monday, September 28th, 12-1pm ET
    Join this new, multi-session course on school sustainability & resilience with Alex Borders & Vicki Larson. Strategize with experts, develop systems that strengthen planning & accountability, & engage in peer-to-peer learning. Priced per school, not per person! Plan to bring your entire Advancement Team: Admissions, Communications, Development, Marketing, & Head of School.

October

  • Class: The Hidden Cost of Ambiguity: Does Your School Have a “People Strategy”? 
    Register now
    Wednesday, October 21st, 12-1pm ET, with Marianela Comino & Alma Partners

  • Course: Advancement Team Essentials, Session 2
    Registration link: See September
    Monday, October 26th, 12-1pm ET, with Alex Borders & Vicki Larson

  • Class: Weaving Connections: Meeting the Students of Today (Early Childhood Focus) 
    Registration opening soon
    Wednesday, October 28th, 7-8:30pm ET, with Rie Seo and Alma Partners

November

  • Class: Are the Kids All Right? Panel Discussion on Student Well-Being
    Register now
    Monday, November 2nd, 7-8:30pm ET, with Tania Adams, Keelah Helwig, Synon Holman, Kelly Molinet, Victoria Reyes, Simone Shurney, & Stephen Sagarin

  • Course: Fulfilling Our Promise: Becoming Inclusive Communities, Opening Session & Module 0 
    Register now
    Wednesday, November 4th, 7-8:30pm ET
    Join our signature, multi-session course on inclusion & belonging. Be part of a cross-school community invested in mutual learning, support, and dialogue. Leave with actionable strategies for building a more inclusive classroom and community & a new group of colleagues & collaborators from across North America!

  • Course: Fulfilling Our Promise: Becoming Inclusive Communities, Module 1 
    Registration link: See November 4th description above
    Wednesday, November 11th, 7-8:30pm ET with Alma Partners

  • Course: Advancement Team Essentials, Session 3 
    Registration link: See September
    Monday, November 30th, 12-1pm ET, with Alex Borders & Vicki Larson

December

  • Course: Fulfilling Our Promise: Becoming Inclusive Communities, Module 2 
    Registration link: See November
    Wednesday, December 2nd, 7-8:30pm ET with Alma Partners

  • Course: Fulfilling Our Promise: Becoming Inclusive Communities, Module 3 
    Registration link: See November
    Wednesday, December 9th, 7-8:30pm ET with Alma Partners

  • Course: Advancement Team Essentials, Session 4
    Registration link: See September
    Monday, December 14th, 12-1pm ET, with Alex Borders & Vicki Larson

  • Class: Working with the Social Justice Standards in Your Curriculum
    Register now
    Monday, December 14th, 7-8:30pm ET, with Joaquin Muñoz & Alma Partners

January

  • Course: Fulfilling Our Promise: Becoming Inclusive Communities, Module 4 
    Registration link: See November
    Wednesday, January 13th, 7-8:30pm ET with Alma Partners

  • Course: Advancement Team Essentials, Session 5
    Registration link: See September
    Monday, January 25th, 12-1pm ET, with Alex Borders & Vicki Larson

  • Course: Fulfilling Our Promise: Becoming Inclusive Communities, Module 5 
    Registration link: See November
    Wednesday, January 27th, 7-8:30pm ET with Alma Partners

  • Class: Weaving Connections: Meeting the Students of Today (Grades Focus) 
    Registration opening soon
    January date & presenter details coming soon, 7-8:30pm ET

February

  • Class: The Roots of Waldorf Education & Anthroposophy: Applying an Inclusion and Belonging Lens
    Register now
    Tuesday, February 9th, 7-8:30pm ET, with Linda Williams & Alma Partners

  • Course: Fulfilling Our Promise: Becoming Inclusive Communities, Module 6
    Registration link: See November
    Wednesday, February 10th, 7-8:30pm ET with Alma Partners 

  • Course: Advancement Team Essentials, Session 6
    Registration link: See September
    Monday, February 22nd, 12-1pm ET, with Alex Borders & Vicki Larson

  • Course: Fulfilling Our Promise: Becoming Inclusive Communities, Module 7 & Closing Session 
    Registration link: See November
    Wednesday, February 24th, 7-8:30pm ET with Alma Partners 

March 

  • Course: Advancement Team Essentials, Session 7
    Registration link: See September
    Monday, March 22nd, 12-1pm ET, with Alex Borders & Vicki Larson

  • Class: Weaving Connections: Meeting the Students of Today (High School Focus) 
    Registration opening soon
    March date & presenter details coming soon, 7-8:30pm ET

Click here to see our past courses & classes

  • We use a sliding scale price range so that we can cover costs for our course while also being more accessible for those who want to participate but need extra support in affording tuition.

  • Yes! We’ve scheduled our Pedagogical Storytelling course and the Fulfilling Our Promise online course for individuals specifically so that they are on the same day, but do not overlap, in case people want to take both.

  • Yes we do! If you are a returning student to any of our courses, contact us, and we will provide you with discount links and codes. If you are a school sending more than 3 people, we also offer a group discount.