We are delighted to invite you to our Sociocracy in Education workshop, a hands-on introduction to the sociocratic decision-making process, which can be applied in schools, learning communities and families.
Sociocracy is a democratic method of governance based on dialogue and inclusion of all people in the decision-making process, whereby all voices are heard. Decisions are made with the consent of everyone in the circle, so that in the end nobody has an objection.
This workshop will be run by Marianne Osorio and Charlie Shread, the founders of Wondering School.
They will do a short presentation on sociocracy and its four principles, focusing on the main principle of “consent”. They will describe the steps for collaborative decision-making, and then participants will be divided into smaller groups to practice the sociocratic process, giving you the opportunity to facilitate the experience yourselves.
This will be a space for learning through role play, with real examples that Marianne and Charlie collected from schools around the world. You will also be invited to bring your own topics to the circle, to practice with real issues relevant to the group.
As part of the training, participants will also have the chance to watch a film that Marianne and Charlie produced in 2018, called School Circles.
About our Workshop Facilitators
Marianne Osorio and Charlie Shread co-created Wondering School in 2016 as a project for researching and supporting an education as practice of freedom.
Marianne Osorio is a Brazilian educator, biologist, researcher and sociocracy expert with a MA in Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment from the Institute of Education (IOE) of the University College London (UCL). Her main focus of research has been “education as the practice of freedom”, according to Paulo Freire. Charlie Shread is a sociocracy trainer, learning coach and filmmaker from the UK, with a Bachelor of Arts in Film Production from the Arts University Bournemouth.
Marianne and Charlie will be joined by Alex O'Neill in facilitating this workshop. Alex is the host of the Limitless changemakers podcast.
Join this Workshop!
You can register for this workshop here.
Future Live Webinars
This is the third of several webinars we’ll be running this year, in collaboration with Limitless podcast host, Alex O’Neill. Stay tuned in the Progressive Education Group for details of upcoming events. We’ll also keep you updated via email.