Introducing CALIE Live Labs: Where Educators Learn, Build, and Belong

What if professional learning was the best part of your month?

Not another sit-and-get.
Not another tool you know about but don’t quite use.
Not another lonely attempt at innovation after hours.

That’s the idea behind CALIE Live Labs, a new professional learning series built around collaboration, creation, and community.

Live Labs is designed for educators who want to learn with others, not in isolation. Each session brings together educators to explore practical challenges, experiment with solutions, and create meaningful resources they can use in their classrooms and schools.

What Makes Live Labs Different?

Live Labs are about solving instructional and leadership challenges alongside peers who get it. Every month focuses on one classroom-based problem and follows a simple, supportive rhythm: learn together, create something real, and share what you’ve built with a trusted community.

This is professional learning that values your time, your expertise, and your creativity.

If you’ve ever felt frustrated by:

• Professional development that doesn’t translate into practice
• Knowing tools exist but lacking confidence to use them
• Innovating alone without feedback or support
• Learning experiences disconnected from your classroom or campus

Live Labs was built with you in mind.

The Live Labs Learning Loop

Each month follows a simple, two-week learning loop built for busy educators.

Week 1: Learn & Launch (First Tuesday)

Participants join a focused 30–40 minute live session to explore a real classroom or school-based problem, see practical examples in action, and leave with one clear artifact to create. Time is built in for questions, troubleshooting, and real-time support.

Create & Try (Between Sessions)

Educators have time to create, adapt, and test their work in their own context, without pressure or perfection.

Week 2: Create & Share (Last Tuesday)

The follow-up session brings the community back together to share creations, exchange feedback, and learn from one another. All contributions are recognized, and participants receive access to a curated micro playbook featuring shared resources and ideas.

2026 Live Labs Schedule

March–October 2026 1st and 4th Tuesdays | 4:00–4:45 PM PST

Monthly Sessions:

• March: Creating Interactive Learning Experiences
• April: Designing Visual Learning Experiences That Engage
• May: Mastering Multiple Means of Representation
• June: Creating AI Virtual Assistants for Teachers
• July: Designing for Student Creation with 3D Printing
• August: Embedding Accessibility into Everyday Instruction
• September: Building Digital and AI Literacy for Students
• October: Creating Authentic Assessment in the AI Era

Each month includes two sessions, allowing time to try, reflect, and refine.

To make it easy to jump in, we’re opening the first Live Labs session to all educators at no cost.

Pricing and Participation

• All sessions are FREE for CALIE members
• $35 per session for non-members, including inclusion in a post-event resource book featuring participant contributions

You won’t just attend—you’ll contribute, collaborate, and be recognized for your work.

Why Live Labs Matters

Live Labs represents a shift in how professional learning can feel: energizing instead of draining, collaborative instead of isolating, practical instead of theoretical. 

If you’re ready to learn, create, and collaborate with educators who believe professional growth should be community-driven, CALIE Live Labs is for you.

We can’t wait to build alongside you.