Tag: education
-
Teachers at these schools don’t need to strike.
Sometimes teachers need to go on strike to get their needs met. A great way to bring everyone to the table is to use sociocracy in schools as a way to organize a teachers’ union.
-
Weaving Global Governance from Below: Neighbourocracy and Children’s Parliaments in India
A Case Study The Dream, the Web “Imagine a [… ] spider’s web in the early morning covered with dew drops. And every dew drop contains the reflection of all the other dew drops. And, in each reflected dew drop, the reflections of all the other dew drops in that reflection. And so ad infinitum.”…
-
Gerard Endenburg: founder of Sociocratic Circle Method and trailblazer of self-management
Endenburg and the origins of sociocracy Where did sociocracy begin? The term was first coined in 1851 by French philosopher Auguste Comte,[ to mean “the rule of the associates.” Kees Boeke, a Quaker school founder in the Netherlands, wrote about sociocracy, “Democracy as it might be,” in a booklet in 1945 after applying the principles…
-
Let’s Decide Together! Book Launch
Let’s Decide Together! is an accessible workbook for anyone interested in practicing sociocracy with children. Readers can use this book to make more values-aligned, egalitarian, and inclusive decisions together with children in the home, at school, clubs, neighborhood groups, or in any group where adults and children are empowered to decide together. In this webinar,…
-
School Circles Q&A with directors (Marianne Osorio and Charlie Shread)
This presentation’s recording is under review. Presentation slides can be found here. To find out more about the presenter’s work please visit: Wondering School: www.wonderingschool.org School Circles: www.schoolcirclesfilm.com Description This will be a Q&A session with the School Circles film directors Marianne Osorio and Charlie Shread. School Circles is an independent documentary that explores the practice of democratic schools…
-
Sociocracy in schools in Africa in under-resourced communities (Brad Sitzer)
Description A look at Grace Cafe, a “nano-school” based in South Africa, that uses Sociocratic principles to live out their learning hub in a high potential, under-resourced, high-crime environment. Presenter Bio Brad Sitzer is a former corporate Electrical Engineer for multinationals. His master’s degree was focused on quality education inclusion and his work through Grace2Learn.co.za is to…
-
Conflict Resolution by Honouring Objection and NVC Consciousness (Magdalena Sendor)
Description If you say school you can say conflicts. It is life, it is normal. Since NVC and sociocracy have crossed my way, in this order, I am in the point of not being afraid of conflict even when the group is involved. With NVC which prioritizes connection and sociocracy who takes care about effectiveness…
-
Unico: a sociocratically run school owned by parents, teachers and staff (Tobias Leugger)
This presentation was not recorded. To find out more about the presenter’s work please visit: Tobias Leugger’s website Description This will be a case study presentation about Unico, a private school for self-directed learning in Bern, Switzerland. Unico is a cooperative that is run sociocratically since its founding three years ago. The presentation focuses on…
-
Comparison of Sociocracy in Rainbow Community School, North Carolina, and Montessori Children’s House, Washington State (John Buck, Renee Owen, and Angela and Robin Spayde)
Description The presentation will explore insights and lessons learned from implementing sociocracy in two different schools. There will be a short presentation about Rainbow Community School, K-8, where sociocracy has been used for several years and objective data has confirmed the success of the implementation. Then, there will be a presentation about Montessori Children’s House,…
-
The Implementation of Sociocracy at High Mowing School (Gabriel Futterman)
Description An alumnus from High Mowing School describes his experience with using a sociocratic model for class meetings and student council at a Waldorf boarding school; its benefits and pitfalls, and what we can learn from sociocracy’s application in a high school environment. Presenter Bio Gabriel Futterman is an 2018 alumni of High Mowing School…
