The overall aim of Foundations for Systems Leadership is to advance systems leadership in preK-12 education; leaders who foster collaboration for systemic change across organizational and hierarchical structures. Such leadership is a key dimension to support the profound changes needed for schools and education systems to become truly relevant for today’s students and for society at large. Transforming systems is, ultimately, about relationships among the people and institutions that shape how those systems function. This hands-on program offers a practice-based approach to building a foundation in your own understanding and capacity with learning tools that have been in development for several decades.

Learning Objectives

• Understand how underlying systemic structures shape behavior and how to recognize and work together to shift those structures
• Clarify your personal vision and expand your capacity to make strategic choices shaped by that vision
• Cultivate care, emotional literacy, and develop routines that support growth of well-being skills
• Help yourself and others explore underlying beliefs and assumptions and their impact
• Better enable conversations that promote learning and collaboration
• Practice with a variety of learning tools and processes that you can take back to develop shared practices within your organization

The workshop will be experiential and personally demanding, since so much of the core work concerns our own personal development. Please plan on attending the entire time. If, for some reason, that is not, possible, please let us know in advance.

Dates and Times

Dates: October 24-27, 2022

Start and End Time: 9:00 am-3:00 pm (Pacific Time)

(Breakfast starts at 8:15 am each day.) 

Location

Sequoia Conference Center, 901 Myrtle Avenue, Eureka, CA 95501

In-person: We will include breakfast, lunch and a few short breaks each day.

Virtual: We will include 1 hour lunch break and a few bio breaks each day.

It is a requirement of registration that you plan to attend the entire program.

Billing & Cost of Attendance:

• $2,000 - Overnight Package (including 4 nights lodging, light breakfast & lunch each day and one reception/dinner)
• $1,500 - Commuter Package (including light breakfast & lunch each day and one reception/dinner)
• $1,250 - Virtual Participation via Zoom
• $1,000 - Virtual Participation via Zoom (Team of 3 or more)

Registration Deadline:

In-person: Please register by September 23. (The room block at Red Lion Hotel is limited, so please register at your earliest convenience. If you register after September 23, then your overnight accommodation will not be made by the Center. You will be responsible to make your own reservation at a hotel and will be registered for the Commuter Package.)

Virtual: Please register by October 15.

Wait-list:

In-person spots are very limited. Please contact Miho at mkito@systemsawareness.org before registration.