Compassionate Systems Leadership
Events and Workshops
We offer a variety of events and workshops to promote Compassionate Systems Leadership(CSL). Our Community of Practice includes grounding exercises and discussions on CSL tools. The Strengthening Early Years to Kindergarten Transition (SEY2KT) Community supports young children and families in transitioning to public school, which is now funded in 48 school districts. Our Going Deeper with Compassionate Systems Leadership program is a year-long course that enhances your leadership skills with a focus on equity and Indigenous perspectives. Join us and become part of the CSL community!
Community of Practice
All are welcome to join the Network’s monthly Community of Practice held on Zoom from 7 to 8 a.m. Pacific on the fourth Thursday of the month. The sessions, hosted by the Core Team facilitators, begin with a grounding and check in practice followed by discussion of a CSL tool or practice and its application. Participants come from across BC and you are encouraged to bring your own experience to the group. No previous experience with CSL is required.
2024/25 dates are as follows:
September 26th, 2024
October 24th, 2024
November 28th, 2024
January 23rd, 2025
February 27th, 2025
March 27th, 2025
April 24th, 2025
May 22nd, 2025
June 26th, 2025
Strengthening Early Years to Kindergarten Transition (SEY2KT) Compassionate System Leadership Community
SEY2KT brings together school district and community partners to nurture a system that best supports young children and their families to successfully transition to the public school system. The initiative is now funded in 48 school districts.
The SEY2KT Compassionate Systems Leadership Community meets monthly throughout the school year. There are two SEY2KT learning communities:
- Core Concepts of Compassionate Systems. These foundational sessions will run from 8:30am to 10:30am and provide a grounding in the core concepts of CSL tools and practices.
- Growing Capacity as a Compassionate Systems Leader. These sessions will run from 10:45am to 12:15pm and be designed to support those who are well grounded in the core concepts of CSL.
Sessions will be held at the following dates/times:
October 10, 2024
November 14, 2024
Jan. 16, 2025
February 13, 2025
April 10, 2025
May 8th, 2025
Core Concepts will run from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m.
Growing Capacity will run from 10:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
Going Deeper with Compassionate Systems Leadership
As we have delivered CSL sessions in school districts and communities around the province, we have learned of the interest of many of you to grow your practice and to increasingly lead this work within your organization. The BC Compassionate Systems Leadership Network has now decided to offer an “in BC” opportunity to do just that.
The year-long program continues to build on your learning, strengthening your capacity in self, relational and systems leadership. The sessions will focus on making compassionate systems “visible”, allowing you to apply the learning directly to your context. Equity-oriented lenses and Indigenous perspectives that strengthen CSL will also be nurtured.
The program will be facilitated by Network Core Team members Joanne Schroeder, Terry Taylor and Caroline Picard.
Our collective vision:
- Create a network for inquiring deeply into practice
- Develop sustainable compassionate systems
- Cultivate equitable, diverse, inclusive and decolonial structures and practices
- Gain competence doing, modeling, and leading the work
- Feel inspired and inspire others
Program includes:
- In-person Launch Session at UBC on Saturday, October 5, 2024
- Monthly Zoom sessions (90 mins) on Wednesdays (2024 November 6, December 4 | 2025 January, 15 February, 12 April)
- Zoom Closing Session on Saturday, May 10, 2025
- Program also includes two individual coaching sessions
Cost: $1400
Capacity: 25 participants
