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School Principals.Read more
The listed audiences are those for whom the course is especially recommended, but courses are not exclusive to them and are open to everyone. In fact, most of our workshops are built around the collective sharing of participants’ experiences and having a variety of profiles enriches the learning process and is highly encouraged!
Description
How can headmasters navigate complex leadership roles while supporting teachers facing high levels of stress, emotional exhaustion, and burnout?
Traditional models often emphasize authority and task management, leaving little space for emotional intelligence or simple care.
As a result, many school environments struggle with toxic cultures, excessive workloads, and a lack of inclusion, affecting the health and well-being of the entire environment.
This course will introduce participants to compassionate leadership: an approach grounded in empathy, care, and responsiveness to others’ needs.
This type of leadership promotes teachers’ well-being, reduces burnout, and enhances teachers´ satisfaction and creativity.
Compassionate leadership also provides a foundation for conversations about inclusion and equity, enabling school leaders to listen deeply, reflect meaningfully on staff concerns, and take decisive action to address discrimination and disparity.
During the course, participants will explore how to implement compassionate leadership practices in their day-to-day work. They will engage in mindfulness-based self-awareness activities to build emotional regulation, empathy, and self-compassion.
The course will focus on identifying and transforming toxic work dynamics, managing excessive workloads, and fostering a sustainable, healthy workplace culture.
Throughout case studies and peer dialogue, participants will learn to develop strategies to recognize and respond to social suffering within the school, such as teacher demotivation, student exclusion, or staff burnout.
Participants will also develop concrete tools to facilitate inclusive dialogue and strengthen collective well-being.
By the end of the course, participants will be equipped with the tools and competencies to lead with compassion, courage, and clarity.
They will know how to create supportive systems, nurture inclusive school cultures, prevent empathic fatigue, and promote long-term well-being for both teachers and students.
Define and explain the concept of compassionate leadership and differentiate it from traditional leadership models in educational settings;
Develop greater self-awareness and emotional regulation skills, including how to manage distress, perfectionism, guilt, and shame in themselves and others;
Apply practical strategies to build emotionally safe, supportive school environments that foster wellbeing, resilience, and respectful relationships;
Demonstrate the ability to respond effectively to social suffering within the school community, such as bullying, exclusion, and staff demotivation;
Promote a culture of care, kindness, and empathy among teachers, staff, and students through policies, practices, and day-to-day leadership behaviours;
Prevent empathic distress and compassion fatigue by learning to balance empathy with boundaries and emotional self-care.
Tentative schedule
Day 1 – Introduction to the course
Introduction to the course, the school, and the external week activities,
Icebreaker activities;
Presentations of the participants’ schools.
Introduction to Compassionate Leadership
Theoretical foundations of compassionate leadership;
Burnout and emotional exhaustion in education.
Day 2 – The compassionate leader: awareness, empathy, and courage
Mindfulness and self-compassion practices for leaders;
Managing perfectionism and emotional triggers;
Teachers´ burnout and compassion;
Cultivating self-compassion.
Day 3 – Communicating with compassion
Active listening and compassion;
Developing compassion towards others,
Creating healthy workplaces.
Day 4 – Creating comprehensive school systems
Designing structures that promote teacher and student well-being;
Inclusion, equity, and diversity;
Conflict management and supportive communication techniques.
Day 5 – Integration, leadership, and action planning
Compassionate leadership roadmap for your school;
Building emotionally safe environments.
Day 6 – Course closure and cultural activities
Course evaluation: round-up of acquired competences, feedback, and discussion;
You can register for any date, even if it's not yet confirmed, especially if you're interested in courses several weeks away. Once we have a few more enrollments, we will confirm the date. If we are unable to confirm it, we will offer you alternative options.
Each Academy within the network operates independently and is legally established in the country where its courses are delivered.
Barcelona
Price: 480€*
OID: E10247545
Open to enrollments means the course is pending confirmation. You can register now to help confirm this session, but you will need to wait for our confirmation before booking flights and accommodation.22-27 Jun 2026
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Open to enrollments means the course is pending confirmation. You can register now to help confirm this session, but you will need to wait for our confirmation before booking flights and accommodation.22-27 Jun 2026
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Open to enrollments means the course is pending confirmation. You can register now to help confirm this session, but you will need to wait for our confirmation before booking flights and accommodation.28 Sep - 3 Oct 2026
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Open to enrollments means the course is pending confirmation. You can register now to help confirm this session, but you will need to wait for our confirmation before booking flights and accommodation.23-28 Nov 2026
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Cultural Activities
A guided tour of Barcelona
Hop-on hop-off bus 2-hour tour
Another activity to choose from:
-> 1h boat tour
-> One museum
Brussels
Price: 580€*
OID: E10166501
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Cultural Activities
A Sweet Belgian Welcome
Our walking Tour: Brussels historic center
A visit to the Parlamentarium
A visit to the Atomium
Paris
Price: 580€*
OID: E10279002
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Cultural Activities
Traditional French Breakfast (Monday morning)
2.5-hour walking tour in Paris’ Latin Quarter (on Tuesday)
Friday afternoon tour of the Marais or Saturday “Bateau-Mouche”
Optional Experiences
Stockholm
Price: 580€*
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Cultural Activities
A Live-Guided Sightseeing Tour through Stockholm’s Stunning Archipelago
Fika Experience
*A 60 € late registration fee will be applied if you register less than 8 weeks before the course start date. All prices are VAT included or not due.
