Creating a Healthy School Culture of Trust and Belonging for School Staff

A 9-Week Online Course | Begins November 20, 2025

Hosted by the Whole School Leadership Institute (WSLI)

Transform Your Leadership. Transform Your School.

Join a 9-week online course designed to help administrators, emerging leaders, and educators create and sustain a culture of trust, belonging, and dignity in their schools.

Why This Course Matters

A healthy school culture is the foundation for learning, collaboration, and growth. Yet even the strongest schools face challenges when trust and belonging are missing.

This course will guide you through the process of building an environment where your staff feels valued, connected, and motivated. You will learn how to lead with clarity, foster psychological safety, and develop dignity-based relationships that empower your entire organization.

“When people are afraid to express their ideas or concerns, learning, innovation, and growth are stifled.”
- Amy C. Edmondson, The Fearless Organization

“When dignity is honored, people flourish. When it is violated, relationships and systems deteriorate.”
- Dr. Donna Hicks, Leading with Dignity

These insights form the foundation of our work: building trust and belonging through leadership rooted in psychological safety and human dignity.

What You’ll Gain

Through guided lessons, collaborative sessions, and personal reflection, participants will develop the knowledge and skills to:

• Build and maintain psychological safety among staff

• Lead and empower teams with confidence and clarity

• Create a dignity-centered culture that values every voice

• Address challenges through crucial conversations

• Understand the stages of cultural development

• Design a deliberately developmental organization

• Overcome obstacles to a healthy workplace culture

By the end of the course, you will have a toolkit of hands-on strategies, tested techniques, and leadership frameworks that can be applied immediately in your school or organization.

Course Experience

This highly interactive course includes:

• Live online sessions facilitated by leadership experts

• Breakout rooms for discussion and peer collaboration

• Real-world leadership scenarios to practice new approaches

• Debriefing sessions to deepen learning

• Instructor office hours for individualized feedback

• A supportive learning community of peers who share your goals

Course Topics

Leader and Workplace Culture: Interdisciplinary Competencies

Understanding workplace culture through philosophic and scientific perspectives

• The Strategic Developmental Cycle

• Developing cultural fluency and competencies

• Building a deliberately developmental organization

• Centering dignity and belonging in leadership

• Recognizing stages of organizational culture

• Overcoming barriers to cultural health

• Cultivating psychological safety

• Leading empowered teams

• Navigating crucial conversations effectively

Meet Your Instructors

Course Details

Start Date: November 20, 2025

Duration: 9 Weeks

Format: Online, Live Interactive Sessions

Host Organization: Whole School Leadership Institute

Who Should Enroll

This course is designed for:

• School administrators and heads of school

• Emerging leaders and teacher-leaders

• Montessori and non-Montessori educators

• Anyone committed to creating a positive and resilient school culture

Registration

Registration is open now. Spaces are limited to ensure a personalized, engaging learning experience.

Contact: George Markham at info@wholeschoolleadership.org with any questions.

Join Us

Be part of a community of leaders and educators who believe that trust, dignity, and belonging are the cornerstones of great schools.

Strengthen your leadership.
Enhance your community.
Create the culture your school deserves.