Resilient School Cultures Webinar Series

This webinar series introduces participants to the 4C’s of building a Resilient School Culture–a holistically healthy culture where all members are equipped and supported to collectively achieve growth and mastery. The series will be led by Rebekah Schipper and Betty Rosen-Leacher, the Executive Director and Program Manager for Opportunity Thrive–a nonprofit focused on building healthier staff cultures and more resilient educators in order to not just retain our educators but ensure that they feel passionate and purposeful in the important mission of education. This 4 part series is designed to help participants explore their personal barriers to enjoying their work and the collective barriers that inhibit true collective efficacy in our schools and districts. While only an introduction to the work, participants will walk away with transformative practices for themselves and their colleagues. 

February 24: Overview of a Resilient Staff Culture

• Outcomes: Attendees will learn about the 4C’s of Culture Framework for a healthy staff, reflect on where the gaps might be in their own staff
• Inputs: Introduction to the 4C’s - Competency, Capacity, Collaboration, and Context ; Evaluation tool for identifying where the C-gaps are in their own school / district 

March 3: Capacity: Building Individual Resilience 

• Outcomes: Attendees will learn the language of stress in education, reflect on their own “Window of Stress Tolerance,” and learn key strategies to introduce to their staff to help them process their own stress
• Inputs: Introduction to stress and stress tolerance, Strategies for completing the stress cycle, and key conversation points for navigating the stress of peers and colleagues 

March 10: Collaboration: Investing in the Collective Resilience of Trust

• Outcomes: Attendees will learn the key aspects of trust in order to build richer, collaborative trust among staff members.
• Inputs: Introduction to the “Trust Triangle," the benefits of paying attention to growing a healthy trust dynamic, and strategies for building stronger trust dynamics. 

March 17: Collaboration: Normalizing the Difficult Conversations

• Outcomes: Attendees will learn the common language of difficult conversations, why they are essential for creative growth and learning, and how to facilitate them with or between colleagues. 
• Inputs: Introduction to the structure of a conflict, the key questions to getting to the base of the conflict, and strategies for starting and effectively journeying through a difficult conversation.