Professional Perspectives
FLC 6: Leading Safe, Caring, and Inclusive Schools

Course Overview

Using current literature in the area of safe, caring, and inclusive schools, this course will help learning leaders to reflect, apply, and collaboratively plan for a whole-school approach for safety and belonging that supports students’ cognitive, social, emotional and physical growth and development. Participants in this field-led course will explore how school leaders build, communicate and nurture a shared vision for safe, caring and inclusive schools, within divisional and provincial frameworks, that reflects the needs of the community. This includes the way that leaders set direction, build relationships within the school and the wider community, and how they create collaborative teams, structures and processes that ensure that students’ educational needs remain at the heart of all decision-making.

Intended Outcomes

Throughout the course, the participants will reflect on and extend their knowledge of theory and practice in healthy and safe schools. Participants in this course will be able to:

Describe key elements of safe, caring & inclusive schools;
Review history and legislation related to safe, caring & inclusive schools in Manitoba;
Identify current issues in creating and leading safe, caring & inclusive schools;
Assess the conditions for safe, caring & inclusive schools in their current context;
Discuss the leader’s role in developing, sustaining and leading safe, caring & inclusive schools;
Articulate how new learning and skills will impact their practice; and
Participate meaningfully in a community of practice by connecting and sharing how prior experiences and new knowledge will impact their leadership knowledge and skills.

Instructors

Brahim Ould Baba is the Department Head for the Professional & French Language Services Department and the Instructor of Record for this course. Dr. Brahim Ould Baba is the Professional and French Language Services Department Head at The Manitoba Teachers’ Society. In this capacity, he oversees the professional learning programs and services. He is passionate about supporting members in the areas of equity and diversity in schools, and Francophone Education. Brahim has worked as a K-12 teacher, consultant and university instructor.

Tracy Vanstone serves as Staff Officer of Professional and French Language Services at The Manitoba Teachers’ Society. With 27 years of experience in education, her background includes leading three schools and teaching in both English and French Immersion. Her involvement extends to collective bargaining, chairing the Professional Development committee for her local Teachers’ Association and serving on the Council of School Leaders’ Leadership Team. Her professional passions include school leadership, Indigenous education, French Immersion, and mentorship.

Logistics

This course will be delivered virtually.

Cost for FLC 6: Leading Safe, Caring, and Inclusive Schools:

$650 (MTS Members)
$725 (Non-Members)

Class Dates and Times:

9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on:

Saturday, September 6, 2025
Saturday, October 4, 2025
Saturday, November 1, 2025
Saturday, January 10, 2026
Saturday, February 7, 2026
Saturday, March 14, 2026

9:00 – 12:00 pm – Synchronous (Zoom)
1:00 – 4:00 pm – Asynchronous

Registration:

Registration closes August 22, 2025, or when event reaches capacity.

Questions about registration should be directed to pdevents@mbteach.org

Accreditation

Successful completion of all scheduled classes and demonstration of assignment criteria will meet the requirement for a 3-hour credit Field-led university course. When successfully completed, Field-led courses are accepted as external credit by Manitoba universities who offer post baccalaureate and Master of Education diplomas in educational administration.

Please note: In order to have the Field-led credit transferred to your program, you must be registered in:

a post baccalaureate program in Educational Administration at either the University of Manitoba, or Université de Saint Boniface; OR
a Master of Education program at Brandon University.

You must also obtain a Letter of Permission from that university prior to the start of the Field-led course. Check with your university regarding deadlines for application.

See more information about the School Leadership Certificate here

The Manitoba Teachers’ Society also offers this Field-led course in an audited version for Professional Learning purposes – assignments are not required to be completed, no Letter of Permission is required from your university and no university credits will be applied.

Cost for FLC 6: Leading Safe, Caring, and Inclusive Schools AUDITED course:

$525 (MTS Members)
$650 (Non-Members)

Registration closes August 22, 2025, or when event reaches capacity.