District School Board Workshops

We offer district school boards a variety of online and in-person workshops to meet administrator’s needs. We work with practising school administrators to improve and build a culture of professional growth. Through a full-day or half-day workshop, participants will identify expectations for success at the beginning of each session, as well as

  • collaborate with facilitators
  • have an opportunity to demonstrate learning and
  • learn through case studies, blogs, twitter chats, written and oral presentations and portfolios.
Facilitating Engaging and Impactful Professional Learning

The workshop will focus on

  • Understanding components of an engaging professional learning session built on adult learning principles
  • Developing a bank of collaborative learning strategies to promote socialized learning principles
  • Using an anti-oppressive approach to facilitate dissonance and perceived resistance
Inclusive Environments with Universal Design for Learning

The workshop will focus on

  • Understanding how to build relevance and responsiveness into professional learning to increase engagement
  • Applying strategies that allow for multiple modes/modalities to access learning in a diverse community
  • Understanding how to provide a diverse community with multiple means of expression in learning

Leading and Inspiring Growth Through Mentorship

The workshop will focus on

  • Understanding coaching and mentoring as complementary leadership practices
  • Reflecting on mentoring relationships as reciprocal, relational, equity-oriented work
  • Exploring strategies to support participants’ own growth that will inspire growth in others

Leading Meaningful School Improvement
  • Understanding the school improvement cycle 
  • Building clarity around creating a through line from goals to look fors, actions and monitoring 
  • Understanding the role of teacher agency in school improvement planning, implementation and monitoring

Leading Through Co-regulation
  • Understanding the context and framing of dysregulation, emotional stress and why co-regulation is essential for positive school climate, staff wellbeing and student outcomes
  • Exploring how trauma-sensitive and inclusive practices supports de-escalation, community-building, collective resilience and positive mental health for all 
  • Exploring practical co-regulation strategies for building school-wide capacity to embed co-regulation into routines, norms and leadership practices
 Safe and Caring Schools

The workshop will focus on

  • Understanding what it means to create communities of care in the complex context of schools
  • Examining common tensions and dilemmas related to student behaviour, well-being, progressive discipline, and community trust
  • Exploring strategies that promote bias-aware, identity-affirming, progressive approaches to student discipline
A Trauma Sensitive Approach to Leadership

The workshop will focus on

  • Understanding the role of self-reflection and curiosity to deeply understand each situation
  • Considering the link between trauma and student behaviours
  • Applying trauma informed approaches in response to student behaviours
Using a Human Rights-based Approach to Decision Making  

The workshop will focus on

  • Applying the Ontario Human Rights Commission’s (OHRC) Human Rights-based Approach (HRBA) Framework to school leadership
  • Considering how bias and barriers can affect the application of policies and procedures
  • Incorporating the HRBA considerations into daily leadership decision making to support equitable outcomes

Custom Workshops 

We can partner with school boards to customize professional learning opportunities to meet your needs on pre-identified topics or by creating content on specific topics of interest. The level of customization can vary and our instructional design team will work with you to create learning that is relevant to your local context. For more information contact Professional Learning at learning@principals.ca.

Would you like to request a workshop? Please complete this brief form. 

Workshop Request Form