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This workshop will discuss the benefits of creating Student Profiles to help educators better understand the students at their schools. Student Profiles consist of student academic data, teacher comments, personality/career inventories, and surveys. The workshop will mainly focus on surveys and personality/career inventories. The surveys focus on student self-reflection and are divided into four parts: Interests, Talents, & Traits, Academics, Dreams & Goals, and Extracurricular & Work Experience. The personality/career inventories are primarily scientific or well-respected: Big Five, DISC, and RIASEC Holland Codes. The MBTI is also included primarily as an interest grabber for students due to its familiarity and widespread use, even though it is not scientifically supported.

Outcomes:
The Student Profiles workshop aims to help educators understand the value of using personality inventories and surveys to gain a deeper understanding of the students they teach. The session will mainly focus on Student profiles for secondary students, but the profiles can be modified to work with upper elementary students as well.

This workshop is intended for all school leaders (All Educators/Adults who work in schools) to explore their own leadership lens and leadership practices within their educational communities (big or small). This workshop will allow participants to gain insight into alternative leadership philosophies and reflect on their own practices. The workshop will be broken up into themes/outcomes with participants engaging with activities, prompts, and discussions throughout.

Outcomes:
Explore core concepts of Manitoba education (selected from Manitoba Indigenous Education Policy Framework): Authentic Involvement, Putting Students at the Centre, Understanding of World Views, Values, Identities, Traditions, and Contemporary Lifestyles Inclusive and Culturally Safe Learning Environment, Reflect upon and connect personal educational values to education in Korea. Navigate and Explore key components of the Leadership Lens Dissect Educational Leadership Core Dispositions: Values, Beliefs, Attitudes (Creating Leadership Glasses)

This workshop is the product of several years of cultural orientation program for new staff at SIS that developed into a series on cultural sensitivity. It aims to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion by facilitating cross-cultural communication. Participants will learn about local culture and history to adjust to life in Korea and interact effectively with Korean colleagues, students, and parents. The session will equip participants with guidelines to increase cultural awareness and competence while fostering positive cross-cultural relations. Attendees will leave with a clear definition, philosophy, and techniques for effective cross-cultural communication.

Outcomes:
Learn about things that can make your life in Korea make some sense and how to improve your engagement with Korean colleagues, students and parents.