San Diego 3-Day Leadership Intensive Retreat - December 9-11, 2026

"It's a great opportunity to learn about yourself and your style as a leader - and best of all, learn to differentiate the difference between being a leader and being a manager."

-Participant

"This retreat is beyond skill building. It demands you get out of your comfort zone and fully try on new ideas and perspectives. And the joy and camaraderie of networking with other folks is immeasurable."

-Participant

The CalSAC Leadership Intensive Retreat (LIR) is a management and leadership training designed for coordinator to director level professionals in the out-of-school time field who have an aspiration for advanced leadership.

Using a multicultural leadership framework, this 3-day intensive learning space will strengthen the capacity of participants to effectively lead their staff and organization by exploring the following competencies:

• Strength-based leadership
• Authentic leadership
• Management vs. leadership
• Supervision and performance management
• Coaching

The retreat is intentionally designed to foster self-reflection and a deeper self-awareness. The curriculum creates ample space for peer-to-peer discussion and large group conversations to draw in the wisdom and expertise of the leaders in the space.

Cost to attend is $1,650/person.

Registration includes: Meals and materials throughout the Retreat, StrengthsFinder assessment code, physical binder of handouts and resources and access to electronic binder files after the Retreat.

Group discounts are available! Agencies that send 3 or more people to the LIR can receive a discounted rate of $1,500 per person. Contact Zak McKenzie-Parpia at zparpia@calsac.org or 510-444-4622 x103 for more information.

Curious to learn more? Visit our website for more information.

Registration Deadline is on Friday, November 6, 2026.

COMMITMENT

To fully benefit from the Leadership intensive, we ask that you participate in the entire program.

Participants commit to:

• Fully participate in the Leadership Intensive Retreat.
• Contribute toward to safe and trusting learning environment for yourself and your peers by respecting and honoring the need for confidentiality and differences of opinion, learning style, ethnicity, gender, age, etc.
• Provide feedback and assessment at the end of the program

ACTION REQUIRED BEFORE RETREAT

To fully prepare for the Leadership Intensive Retreat, we ask that you complete the following:

• Submit bio and access needs information via the intake form.

• Complete StrengthsFinder 2.0 Assessment and review report generated after completing assessment. A link to complete the assessment will be emailed to you at least 2 weeks before the retreat. If you've completed this assessment within the last 2 years, we ask you to simply bring your themes to the retreat.

For additional information, please contact Zak McKenzie-Parpia at zparpia@calsac.org or (510) 444-4622 x 103.

Note: Photos will be taken at the event, which CalSAC may use for publications, online or in print. By registering for this event (and unless other arrangements have been made), you are agreeing that your image may be used for this purpose.