We are happy to announce the calendar of Ignatian staff formation workshops that we will be offering to our administrators and teachers this coming year under the IGNATIAN INITIATIVE FOR TEACHER EXCELLENCE of the Jesuit Conference of Asia Pacific.
Online registration is now open. The links are found after the workshop descriptions below. . Due to limits slots, please make an effort to register as soon as you can.
“LEADERSHIP BY DISCERNMENT: NURTURING THE CONTEMPLATIVE-IN-ACTION WITHIN” (Workshop on Ignatian School Leadership – WISL I)
Designed especially for School Heads, Principals, & Vice Principals, but open to other school administrators
Dates: April 2 (Monday) to 8 (Sunday), 2018
(Arrive by Monday evening. Depart by Sunday morning)
Place: Seven Fountains Retreat Centre, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Registration Fee: US $375
Description: Ignatian discernment is a defining feature of Ignatian leadership. This workshop focuses on the essential characteristic of the Ignatian school leader as a discerner. What does it mean to use discernment in school decision making?
DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION: February 28, 2018
Kindly click HERE to register.
Designed for Academic Heads and Teachers
Dates: September 23 (Sunday) – 29 (Saturday), 2018
(Arrive by Sunday evening. Depart by Saturday morning)
Place: Seven Fountains Retreat Centre, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Registration Fee: US $375
Description: This workshop is a more in-depth training in the use of Ignatian pedagogy in the classrooms, as well as in our formation programs. It offers opportunities for professional conversations on the actual practice of Ignatian pedagogy, its issues, and challenges in order to learn from one another’s best practices, and offers a particular approach that embeds the IPP in the teachers’ unit or lesson plans.
DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION: STILL ONGOING.
Kindly click HERE to register.
“IGNATIAN CONVERSATION & COMPANIONSHIP” (Workshop on Ignatian School Leadership WISL 3 + Workshop on Ignatian Spirituality in Education WISE 3)
Designed for School Leaders, Administrators, and especially Veteran Teachers who can serve as Mentors to New Staff
Dates: November 11 (Sunday) to 17 (Saturday), 2018
(Arrive by Sunday evening. Depart by Saturday morning)
Place: St. Ignatius Riverview, Sydney, Australia
Registration Fee: US $475
Description: This workshop provides an intensive training on mentoring and coaching based on the approach of “holy conversations” and recommended as an instrument of cura personalis (personal care) for our new and more junior staff.
DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION: STILL ONGOING
Kindly click HERE to register.