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SUMMARY:Systems Change for a Sustainable World: Becoming a Change Maker in Your Community (Online Course)
DESCRIPTION:  \nDo you want to make systemic change in your community?\nHow can you move from making changes to strategizing for sustainable systems change?\nHow can you empower your students to create sustainable change in your school community? \n  \nAbout the Course\nThis is a Compass Educator (Level 2) certification course\, designed for educators who want to learn more about how to create systems change in their community. Participants must have completed either: \n\nTeaching and Learning for a Sustainable World (Level 1) course/workshop\, or\nMore Systems Thinking for Sustainability in the Classroom (Level 1 Supplement) course\n\nThis course is a seven-week cohort-based\, asynchronous\, facilitator-guided course\, using both independent and collaborative learning methods. In this course\, participants explore the challenges and means of integrating sustainability values\, principles and practice into education. Special emphasis is placed on the use of systems thinking tools to bring about change and enhance teaching and learning. Systems thinking tools and methods will be demonstrated and participants will have the opportunity to explore their practical application within their own subject disciplines and as agents of change for school transformation. \nChange-making and learning are both enhanced when working together with others! We highly encourage teams of teachers to sign up for this course together so that they can collaborate to deepen their learning and use it to create sustainable action plans they can implement together in their community. \nRegistration deadline: October 25 ((11:59 PM UTC) \nInquiries: team@compasseducation.org \n\nInfo & Registration\n  \nDownload Flyer \n  \n  \n  \n\n  \nFind more information about this certification course program ONLINE or ONSITE on our website. If you are interested and have questions\, please email us at team@compasseducation.org.
URL:https://compasseducation.org/event/scsw-online-course-oct-dec-2024/
LOCATION:Online Course
CATEGORIES:Certification,Onsite Event
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SUMMARY:Reimagining Schools as Catalysts for Sustainable Systems Change!
DESCRIPTION:The annual Green Schools Conference (GSC) brings together everyone involved in creating and advocating for green schools\, with a focus on those leading their schools and school systems toward whole-school sustainability. \n  \nWorkshop Description\nEmpower school communities to become dynamic leaders in sustainability! This hands-on workshop guides participants in developing a shared language for integrating sustainable practices across curricula and communities\, fostering equitable and impactful change\, and inspiring student leadership. Transform your school into a catalyst for a sustainable future! \nThis workshop will be held on the first day of the conference\, March 3 at 9:30 – 11:30 am and led by Compass Education’s Executive Director and Facilitator\, Nicole Swedlow. If you’ll be at the Green Schools Conference\, reach out to Nicole and join the workshop! \n  \n  \nREGISTER FOR THE CONFERENCE HERE\n  \n——————————————————— \n  \nPresenter\nNicole Swedlow\nNicole Swedlow is the Executive Director of Compass Education\, a global non-profit supporting education for sustainability through training in systems thinking practices. As a consultant\, she is passionate about helping schools and businesses integrate sustainable principles with a strategic\, inclusive and conscious approach. Nicole’s work in nonprofit leadership and sustainability as Director of the nonprofit organization Entreamigos\, has been recognized by the United Nations\, as a finalist for the Global Equator Initiative\, as a breakout speaker for the World Economic Forum\, and by the Dalai Lama\, as a 2014 Unsung Hero of Compassion. Nicole has a Masters Degree in Education and Global Change from the University of British Columbia.
URL:https://compasseducation.org/event/reimagining-schools-as-catalysts-for-sustainable-systems-change-mar2025/
LOCATION:Hilton Orlando Lake Buena Vista\, FL\, United States
CATEGORIES:Onsite Event,Special Event,Workshop
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250418
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SUMMARY:Introduction to the Compass Tools: Systems Thinking for Sustainability in the Classroom (Onsite) Workshop
DESCRIPTION:This event is an onsite Introduction to the Compass Tools workshop hosted by United Nations International School (UNIS) Hanoi\, Vietnam. This workshop will be held on April 18\, 2025\, and the audience will consist entirely of Vietnamese educators. \n  \nAbout the Workshop\nThis highly interactive workshop will introduce participants to the fundamentals of systems thinking and teach them to use the versatile systems thinking tools\, The Sustainability Compass and the Systems Iceberg\, to integrate sustainability and climate issues into their work. Participants will leave this workshop with a plan to use systems thinking to integrate sustainability into their work or engage their students in action for sustainability. \n  \nFacilitator\nKate Doré\nKate Doré is currently the Secondary School Service Learning Coordinator at the United Nations International School in Hanoi\, Vietnam. She has been teaching for over twenty years\, working with learners of all ages both in and outside the classroom. In this time\, Kate has been grateful to be able to collaborate with educators and youth in creating interdisciplinary and co-curricular experiences which support and empower youth as leaders for a more peaceful\, just\, and sustainable world. Kate holds a M.A. in Education focusing on curriculum and science literacy; as well as postgraduate degrees in Business Management\, School Leadership\, and Sustainability Education. She is passionate about place-based education\, and the opportunities it provides to dig deep into interconnections between ourselves\, our communities\, and our natural world. \n  \n  \n\n  \nAre you looking to build a culture of sustainability in your school? Do you want to integrate systems thinking into your community through accessible and adaptable tools? \nThis program is available on-site (one-day) or virtual (six hours) with flexible delivery in one to three-session formats. For further inquiries about this program and pricing\, visit our website or contact team@compasseducation.org.
URL:https://compasseducation.org/event/introduction-to-the-compass-tools-unishanoi-apr2025/
LOCATION:UNIS Hanoi Vietnam
CATEGORIES:Introductory,Onsite Event,Workshop
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SUMMARY:Systems Design for Social Innovation
DESCRIPTION:This workshop is an in-house workshop specifically designed for students at Sage Hill School as part of their Spring at Sage program. \nDescription\nThrough this “Systems Design for Social Innovation” workshop\, students will develop social innovations to tackle local systemic sustainability issues. \nIn the first part of this week\, through a mix of design and systems thinking\, they will explore the context of the systems in which they are working\, embark on a series of community discovery activities\, and apply the Systems Thinking Design process to research and address a community development challenge related to an area of their interest. Throughout the journey\, participants will experience practical tools\, activities\, and models used to sustain positive change and agency in their own personal\, collective community\, and broader global identity. \nIn the second part of this week\, students will harness their social innovation ideas and systemic understanding to develop a business plan that can make their social enterprise or business a reality. They will engage in peer reflection and feedback and record a pitch for their idea.
URL:https://compasseducation.org/event/systems-design-for-social-innovation-sage-hill-school/
LOCATION:Sage Hill School\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Onsite Event,Workshop
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SUMMARY:Introduction to the Compass Tools (Onsite Workshop)
DESCRIPTION:This event is an onsite Introduction to the Compass Tools workshop in collaboration with St. Joseph’s Institution International and Make The Change. This workshop will be held on October 6\, 2025. \n  \nAbout the Workshop\nThis highly interactive workshop will introduce participants to the fundamentals of systems thinking and teach them to use the versatile systems thinking tools\, The Sustainability Compass and the Systems Iceberg\, to integrate sustainability and climate issues into their work. Participants will leave this workshop with a plan to use systems thinking to integrate sustainability into their work or engage their students in action for sustainability. \n  \nWhat will you take away from this workshop?\n\nA shared language for whole faculty or school conversations about sustainability and systems\, and a framework for reflecting on issues systemically.\nPowerful conversations making sense of complex issues.\nIdeas that educators and others in the learning communities can use in their classrooms and beyond the next day\, next week or as soon as they’re ready!\nUseful tools that can integrate sustainability and systems into any curriculum and every class level\, and operations.\nAccess to our database of educator-sourced lesson plans.\nConnection to a global movement of educators for sustainability education.\n\n  \nInfo & Registration\n  \n  \nDownload Flyer \n \n  \nFacilitator\nMichael Johnston\nMichael Johnston (Mike) has extensive international school leadership experience\, having worked in Asia\, Europe and Central America for over 25 years. He has held leadership roles from grade level leader to Head of School and everything in between in some of the most notable schools around the world. Mike is an IB workshop leader\, board trainer\, and visiting accreditation chair with a passion for deep-connected learning experiences that allow students to take on some of the world’s most complex issues. \nMike has led workshops and keynoted for teachers and administrators around the world on sustainability\, global curriculum K-12 and how service learning should not just be what you do\, but who you are as a school. He is a proud member of the Common Ground Collaborative advisory council seeking to transform learning in schools globally. As a member of the Compass Education team\, he is part of a growing community of passionate educators aiming to equip schools as learning communities to educate and act for a sustainable future through systems thinking and practice. He has dedicated much of his time to not only ensuring students are properly prepared for the world’s most pressing issues but also that they have the skills and desire to take action. With his Doctorate in Organizational Systems\, Mike helps to inspire and lead schools through times of change and educational transformation. Please visit https://www.johnstonmike.com/ for more information. \n  \n  \n\n  \nAre you looking to build a culture of sustainability in your school? Do you want to integrate systems thinking into your community through accessible and adaptable tools? \nThis program is available on-site (one-day) or virtual (six hours) with flexible delivery in one to three-session formats. For further inquiries about this program and pricing\, visit our website or contact team@compasseducation.org.
URL:https://compasseducation.org/event/introduction-to-the-compass-tools-sjii-oct-2025/
LOCATION:St. Joseph’s Institution International\, Singapore
CATEGORIES:Introductory,Onsite Event,Workshop
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