In partnership with the Centre for Leadership and Diversity, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto we are offering a unique learning experience for principals and vice-principals to participate in an inquiry that focuses on leading for equity. Through this four-part series, participants will co-create a program which strengthens their agency, confidence and commitment to leading for human rights, social justice, anti-oppression and the decolonization of educational spaces. Building on participants' unique experiences and learning needs, the program will provide opportunities to learn and unlearn, surface assumptions and beliefs and name fears and challenges in order to help participants move their work from transactional to transformational. It will model an anti-racist and anti-oppressive instructional design.
The goals of this program include
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supporting administrators to move from theory to action
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developing the skills to effectively facilitate staff learning
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supporting resistant and fearful learners
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building alliances for equity work and
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responding confidently to counter-movements and other systemic barriers.
It will be a responsive experience, acknowledging the ever-changing and iterative nature of the work and the need to celebrate progress, not perfection.
Facilitators: Dr. Ann Lopez and Lawrence DeMaeyer.
Schedule
Session 1: November 29, 2023 – 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. EST
Session 2: January 17, 2024 – 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. EST
Session 3: February 21, 2024 - 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. EST
Session 4: March 27, 2024 – 9:00 a.m. to 12: 00 p.m. EDT
Location: Online via Zoom
OPC Member Fee: $325 + HST
Non-Member Fee: $375 + HST
Please ensure you register through the correct link.
Facilitator Biographies
Lawerence DeMaeyer |
Lawrence has been an educator for over 30 years. He started his career as an elementary teacher before moving to secondary school where he spent over a decade as a Business Teacher and Department Head. He then served for 10 years as a secondary Vice-Principal and Principal.
He has Bachelor's degrees in Commerce, Arts (History), and Education, as well as a Master’s degree in Education from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. As a Principal, Lawrence held system-level leadership positions as a School Support Officer and Principal of Modern Learning. He has also served as a Superintendent of Education and Superintendent of Leadership Development and School Support. Lawrence’s passion for developing people, system learning, and innovation led him to join OPC in February of 2021 in the role of Professional Learning Education Advisor. |
Dr. Ann Lopez |
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