Name: Design for Belonging Within & Beyond Classroom Walls
Start: 2026-03-31T09:30:00-0700
End: 2026-03-31T14:45:00-0700

Welcome Deeper Learners!

This digital program is for all things DL2026! Session selection is LIVE. Only registered attendees will be able to select sessions starting March 3rd. Click this link to REGISTER.

You will need to select one Workshop Round 1 or Den Talk [for Day 1], one Deep Dive session [for Day 2], and one Workshop Round 2 or Den Talk [for Day 3]. These sessions have capacity limits and will fill up.

For an overview of the event and session types, campus map and frequently asked questions, check out the event info page here.

We can’t wait to see you!

Design for Belonging Within & Beyond Classroom Walls

Tuesday March 31, 2026 9:30am - 2:45pm PDT

High Tech High 148

As educators, we design our learning environments with great care - spaces we feel comfortable in and feel will be engaging for our students, leaning on research, wisdom of practice, and intuition. What if we could find ways to improve even the best laid plans? What hidden or untapped resources might be in and around your classroom to help increase belonging, engagement, self-awareness, and appreciation for culture and place?

Come join us in our collaborative lab space to explore Stanford’s Dimensions of Belonging as a framework for considering the roles we allow people and place to play in our learning environments; in our Belonging Lab, we’ll prototype changes to our school or classroom spaces that goes beyond just welcoming environment to activating our spaces and students as shapers of belonging.

Lunch is included in each deep dive.
LUNCH MENU
Greek Salad (Vegan, Gluten-Free)
Cannelini Bean & Pasta Salad (Vegan)
Lemon Basmati Rice (Vegan, Gluten-Free)
Mediterranean Spiced Chicken (Gluten-Free)
Tahini Dressing
Falafel (Vegan, Gluten-Free)
Roasted Vegetables Lemon Bars & Baklava

Speakers

Cereescia Sandoval

Cultivator of Community and Liberatory Design, High Tech High Graduate School of Education - Center for Love & Justice

Cereescia Sandoval has been an educator for nearly two decades, with more than ten years at High Tech High. Over the course of her career, she has served as a classroom teacher, graduate school faculty, and now as the Cultivator of Community and Liberatory Design with the Center for... Read More →

Miki Tomita Okamoto

CEO and Founder, Education Incubator

Born and raised on Maui, Miki graduated from H.P. Baldwin High School, earned a B.S.E. in Biosystems Engineering at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, and a Ph.D. in education at Stanford University. She has worked in education for 25 years as a teacher, administrator, curriculum... Read More →

Tuesday March 31, 2026 9:30am - 2:45pm PDT
High Tech High 148

Deep Dive, Ancestral Intelligence

AUDIENCE K-12 Students, Parents, All Teachers K-12, Teacher Leaders (Coordinators - Counselors - Coaches), School Leaders
TOPIC Continuous Improvement, Diversity Equity and Sense of Belonging, School/Classroom Culture

Deeper Learning 2026

Cereescia Sandoval

Miki Tomita Okamoto

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Deeper Learning 2026

Cereescia Sandoval

Miki Tomita Okamoto

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