Conferences

Providing high quality regional professional development conferences is a major CIStA objective. 

The CIStA Leadership Conference series is unique in that it brings together school heads, senior administrators, and/or faculty with student leaders (ages 14-19) in an environment that encourages a mix of experience, perspectives, ideas, and dialogue.  Schools that participate must bring student participants as well as adult participants in approximately equal numbers.  From past conferences, "the learning experience proves to be mutual, across the generations."   

CIStA professional development conferences on other aspects of teaching and learning offer faculty and administrators an opportunity to hear from experts and network with educators in other schools.

Time for a Change: Youth Leadership for a Sustainable Future

A conference for students, teachers, and administrators

Presented by The Council of International Schools of the Americas (CIStA) 
and Lester B. Pearson United World College

October 5th -8th, 2007
Pearson College Campus in Victoria, BC, Canada.

We've heard the news on climate change. We know we are the ones to make a difference. Now what?

The eighth annual CIStA Youth Leadership Conference will bring together students, teachers, and administrators to explore the theme of "Leading for a Sustainable Future". This experiential and interactive program will explore a spectrum of issues around environmental, social, cultural, and economic sustainability. 

The program will be relevant and action-oriented, exploring both the theoretical and practical issues. Participants will develop a deeper understanding of sustainability issues and leave with concrete leadership skills.

In addition to workshop sessions we will be offering time for social gatherings, hiking, kayaking, or canoeing. Our campus also offers a chance to explore the spectacular west coast environment, adjoining both ancient forests and the Pacific Ocean.

Workshops include: 

• What is "sustainability" anyway?: broadening our definitions of what it means to us. 

• Thinking outside the (recycle) box: Integrating sustainable practices into daily life. 

• $ustainability: are a strong economy and sustainability mutually exclusive? 

• Global perspectives: how are the world’s most vulnerable people affected by issues of sustainability? 

• Good news for a change: Success stories from happy places.

• The Youth Activist Toolkit: concrete actions youth can take today for a sustainable future.

• Sustainable Schools: learn how students, teachers, administrators, and parents can work together or a sustainable school.

Details:

Cost is $500-650 CAD per person (range of local accommodations available). Schools that participate must bring student participants as well as adult participants in approximately equal numbers

Program runs Friday evening through to Monday afternoon. 

Pre-registration online: www.pearsoncollege.ca/cista 

For more information contact: rwhyte@pearsoncollege.ca 

650 Pearson College Drive. 
Victoria, BC, Canada. V9C 4H7
tel: 1-250-391-2477

Past Conferences

In Costa Rica, in collaboration with United World Colleges (UWC) and the Costa Rican Rainforest Outward Bound School:  

A Conference for Students and Teacher Leaders  

Aspects of Leadership: A Conference on Student Leadership
and International Understanding

October 19^th – 21^st, 2006

Conference Location: Hotel La Condesa,

Monte de la Cruz, Heredia, Costa Rica

The Conference theme is:  
 “Democracy, Justice and Leadership” 
September 29 - October 1, 2005 

CIStA Conference on ACTIVE SCIENCE

Hosted by the British School Quito, Ecuador

March 2 – 6^th 2005

Conference workshops including keynote speech and sessions by staff of Charles Darwin Centre, Galapagos Islands.

Conference activities also include a trip to the Equator.

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Aspects Of Leadership: A Conference on Student Leadership and International Understanding

October 13 - 17, 2004
San Jose, Costa Rica

43 teachers and students from 10 different schools thoroughly enjoyed and benefited from the conference/workshops recently held at La Condesa Hotel in San Jose, Costa Rica. The learning experiences were provided by UWC Pearson College Youth Group.  The conference included ecological experiences in the Costa Rican Rainforest

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Photos provided by Ilse Ortega of the Atlanta International School (iortega@aischool.org).

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