FEES       TRAINING SCHEDULE       ABOUT THE BSC WORKSHOP

Professional Development for Educators that ties it all together:  This 2 day workshop puts capacity in place to roll out the Building School Culture™ Workshop (BSC), district wide.

The BSC is a hands-on, fast-moving experience that unites administrators, faculty and staff around the broadest aims of education – preparing students to think and act ethically. The BSC helps everyone build awareness about why ethics matters, come together around their core ethical values and their common purpose in schools, and consider ways to forward ethics across their school culture. Your district’s certified trainer will be licensed to deliver IGE’s BSC process across your school system for years to come.

The Train-the-Trainer Workshop provides important conceptual background and skills — from ethics vocabulary, history, and philosophy to practice in fielding difficult questions, providing compelling examples, and sharing relevant anecdotes with BSC participants. Honing leadership and group development skills, the workshop helps new trainees build the confidence and capacity to effectively engage administrators, faculty, staff, and students in the Building School Culture™ process. Participants test their understanding of concepts, explore different points of view, practice facilitation and discuss a variety of examples in depth.

Participants receive a detailed trainer’s notebook with essential background and conceptual information as well as scripts, additional exercises, and tough questions, plus:

• Membership to the Ethical Literacy Learning Community
• Access to online resources
• Access to continuing education opportunities
• Special discounts on all IGE products

This training is a cost-effective way to begin Building School Culture™ in your district.  Annual licensing fees are based on student enrollment numbers for your district.

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Fees:

Training Fee:  The cost for attending this 2 day training is $350. This cost includes digital trainer materials.  

Annual Membership Fee: The annual membership is fee $60/trainer due annually August 1, and will be invoiced. Annual membership fees will be waived in the first year of participation.

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Training Schedule:

To request more information or to register for a specific event click the training location and date you are interested in, and you will be directed to a form to do so.

Contact Amber Kruk at the Institute for Global Ethics if you wish to be put on list to be notified when the next open training opportunity is announced, by phone 800-729-2615 x 132 or by email akruk@globalethics.org.

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About the Building School Culture™ Workshop

Overview and Objectives

Building Ethical Awareness: What is the landscape of ethics within which schools and young people operate?

During this session of the workshop, participants will:

• • Discuss ways that our “ethical barometer” has changed over time
  • Discuss the resources and challenges for young people and school in the 21st century

Defining Common Ground: What are the ethical values participants share as a school community?

During this session of the workshop, participants will:

• • Determine the core ethical values they share, and compare this to IGE’s research on shared values from around the world
  • Identify specific practices to uphold these values in action

Exploring Schools of Integrity: What conditions need to be in place in schools to support and build cultures of trust?

During this session of the workshop, participants will:

• • Explore IGE’s Schools of Integrity research, drawn from schools known for their successful balance of academic rigor and attention to the ethical development of young people
  • Discuss results from the School Culture Assessment, and explore the strengths and needs this exercise reveals
  • Develop personal action plans considering the opportunities for integrating ethics across the curriculum, the extra curriculum, and the hidden curriculum of the school in an effort to build trust

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