Igniting Relational Leadership

What You’ll Explore

1. Identity and Leadership

Explore how knowing yourself—your story, values, and hopes—translates into leadership. Reflect on how your core values show up in your daily practice and how your team sees and experiences them. Creating safe and inclusive spaces to engage in critical reflexivity.

2. Building School Culture and Community

Explore how to foster belonging and connection through authentic and inclusive relationships with students, staff, and families. Learn how communication and student voice can empower a thriving innovative school culture.

3. Instructional Leadership and Capacity Building

Focus on equitable instructional practices and how to support and coach both student and staff growth. Strengthen your ability to lead and activate educational transformation in your school through inquiry.

4. Supporting Indigenous Student Success

Fostering promising practices that build meaningful relationships with Indigenous learners and their families. Transforming school practices to be inclusive.

5. Ethical Leadership, Responsibilities and Professional Networks

Deepen your understanding of your rights and responsibilities as a school leader. Learn how to build and sustain purposeful networks of support to strengthen connections and agency within your learning community.

6. Leader Wellness

Discover strategies for sustaining your well-being, staying present and engaged, and finding balance and joy in your work. How are you “showing up?”

7. Next Steps in Your Leadership Journey

Reflect on your learning, set professional goals, and identify your next area of focus. Continue building your network of supportive peers and mentors.

Schedule

There will be 7 online synchronous sessions held from 4:30-6:00pm PT on the below dates.

Facilitators

Nicole Davey

I have the privilege of living on the traditional unceded territory of the Coast Salish People, the Hən̓q̓əmin̓əm speaking people, who have been in relationship with this land since time immemorial. I have spent over 25 years in education as a k-12 teacher, vice-principal and principal. Currently, I am an elementary school principal in School District No.79, Cowichan Valley, and part of the instructional teams at UBC and VIU in educational leadership. I believe that transformation in education is possible through human connection, supportive learning networks, and an unrelenting moral purpose grounded in equity. I am passionate about creating learning environments that focus on flourishing, holism and deep learning, and seek to create these learning spaces in k-12. As a TELP graduate and having recently completed my Ed D, I understand how continued professional learning is key in this journey.

Lys Paredes

I am grateful to work and learn on the shared and unceded traditional territory of the Katzie, Kwantlen, and Semiahmoo people. I am a Chilean Mestiza woman, who came to Canada as a refugee. I am a mother & partner. Proud to work closely with children, families & staff to provide opportunities for students to find their strengths & voice. I have been an educator in the public K-7 system for 25 years. I am currently an elementary principal in School District #36, Surrey. I am past President of the Surrey Principals and Vice Principals association, and currently the Director of Elementary Principals for the SPVPA. I am also part of the grassroots Surrey BIPOC women’s network that focuses on building connections, learning opportunities and support for BIPOC educational leaders. I am passionate about working alongside parents and staff to support students; developing equitable systemic practices, and building learning communities that focus on collaborative relationships and individual learner success. I am a 2024 UBC TELP graduate, who loves to keep learning & challenging myself. I am now working on my Ed D in Equity, Diversity & Social Justice through the University of Western Ontario.

Registration

Cost

The program fee is $1800 + GST.

Discounts may be available for group registrations. Please contact Sarah Lockman at sarah.lockman@ubc.ca for more details.

Secure Payment

Payment is made through the secure UBC online payment gateway via credit card or accepted Interac cards (BMO, RBC, ScotiaBank, TD CanadaTrust). Please note, we are unable to accept Visa Debit cards.

If your school district is financially supporting your participation, we can also invoice them directly. Please contact us if this is the case.

Registration is now open until January 4, 2026.

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