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FEES       TRAINING SCHEDULE       ABOUT THE BSC WORKSHOP

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Professional Development for Educators that ties it all together:  This 2 and 1/4-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:

• How Good People Make Tough Choices by Rushworth Kidder
• Membership in the Institute with active trainer status
• 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 ¼ day training is $450. This cost includes breakfast and lunch for the two full days of training and trainer materials.

 

Annual License Fee: Licensing fees for use of the Building School Culture™ workshop will be invoiced and are due annually on June 1 and  are based on student enrollment numbers for your district, see fee table below (all fees subject to change with ninety-days (90) notice). First year licensing fees will be prorated:

 

Student Population	Annual Licensing Fee
> 349,999	Please inquire
200,000 – 349,999	$11,000
125,000 – 199,999	$6,500
100,000 – 124,999	$4,500
62,500 – 99,999	$3,250
25,000 – 62,499	$1,750
17,500 – 24,999	$850
10,000 – 17,499	$550
7,500 – 9,999	$350
5,000 – 7,499	$250
2,500 – 4,999	$150
<  2,500	$70

 

Administrative Fee: The annual licensing fee is the same regardless of the number of certified trainers you have in your district, although for each certified trainer, a $25 annual administrative fee is due annually June 1, and will be invoiced.

 

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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. 

Boston, Massachusetts, March 16-18, 2010

Delray Beach, Florida , March 31 - April 2, 2010

Rockland, Maine, April 13 - 15, 2010
Omaha, Nebraska, May 19-21, 2010

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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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