CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) AND SCSBC’S RESPONSE: Find the lastest updates here for students, faculty and staff.
CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) AND SCSBC’S RESPONSE: Find the lastest updates here for students, faculty and staff.
26 October 2024
DeVries Centre
Trinity Western University
22500 University Drive
Langley BC
A new format for administrators and board members! All-day conference with keynote speaker Andy Wolfe.
Nine workshops are available, tailored to board members and school leaders. Make your plans to attend today!
26 October 2024, at the SCSBC location, DeVries Centre, 22500 University Drive, Langley, BC
8:30 Coffee
9:00 Opening | worship | devotions
9:45 Keynote address: Andy Wolfe
10:45 Break
11:15 Workshops i
12:15 Lunch
1:10 Workshops ii
2:15 Andy Wolfe & Dave Loewen in conversation
3:00 Closing
Andy Wolfe
Andy Wolfe
Wendy Leong
In this workshop, awareness will be drawn to implementing an effective Respectful Workplace policy and training employees to understand the legal and ethical requirements to support a work environment where staff feel safe, accepted and valued.
School leaders will be given an overview of the Respectful Workplace policy and training session designed to support employees’ understanding of the behaviours that constitute unlawful discrimination, harassment and bullying and how to address issues effectively. Participants will also discuss the logistics of rolling out an important new policy and how to enable all staff to attend a Respectful Workplace training session.
Ken Volkenant
In this session, we will examine and discuss the legal rights, obligations, and risks associated with membership in a school society. We will consider different membership models in school societies and some options to help manage the risks.
Monica Loewen
An integral part of school leadership is ensuring the school’s financial sustainability. Embark on a journey in transformational philanthropy as we explore the benefits of establishing a giving program that prioritises the cultivation of genuine, meaningful relationships with donors. We will discuss an approach to fundraising aligned with the school’s mission, vision and strategic priorities, that faithfully cares for donors and will grow giving significantly over time. Cultivating a culture of giving takes time; it ultimately enhances donor commitment to the school, ensuring a flourishing and sustainable future. Join us in this conversation as we share both our knowledge and lived experience.
Doug Jensen & Adam Woelders
School budgets are typically driven by vague goals and short-term urgencies that threaten your school’s capacity to execute its mission and purpose. The budget isn’t simply your fiscal accounting document. Instead, it is your leadership’s most important strategic tool in driving your organization forward and operationalizing your community’s values. We will share the LCS story of how, collectively, since 2019, we implemented processes and systems that transformed our school from a school with underpaid teachers, underfunded programs, underserviced facilities, crippling special education spending, and a culture of “no” to where we are today – a school with the fiscal capacity to live more fully into God’s calling on our school, today and tomorrow. Schools don’t rise to the level of their goals and strategic plans – they sink or rise to the capacity and fidelity of their systems.
Shawn Chisholm
Who is FISA? What does FISA do? What are the key initiatives for FISA this school year? What did FISA accomplish in the past school year (2023/24)?
Heather Smith
Tracey Yan
This workshop is designed to help new board members understand their basic responsibilities for the school’s financial management, including some best practices for non-profit organizations and key questions board members should ask about the balance sheet and income statement. We will also touch on the key financial government filings for BC independent schools.
Cathy Kits & Monica Loewen
An integral part of school leadership is ensuring the school’s financial sustainability. Embark on a journey in transformational philanthropy as we explore the benefits of establishing a giving program that prioritizes cultivating genuine, meaningful relationships with donors. We will discuss an approach to fundraising that is aligned with the school’s mission, vision and strategic priorities, that faithfully cares for donors and will grow giving significantly over time. Cultivating a culture of giving takes time; it ultimately enhances donor commitment to the school, ensuring a flourishing and sustainable future. Come join us in this conversation as we share our knowledge and lived experience.
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Executive Director of Education, Church of England
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Executive Director, FISA BC
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Director of Finance, Langley Christian School
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Chartered Professional in Human Resources (CPHR)
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Executive Director, Society for Christian Education in Southern Alberta
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Partner, De Jager Volkenant
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Head of Schools, Langley Christian School
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SCSBC Director of Finance
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A new format for administrators and board members! All-day conference with keynote speaker Andy Wolfe.
With nine workshops to choose from, tailored to board members and school leaders. Make your plans to attend now!
26 October 2024, at the SCSBC location, DeVries Centre, 22500 University Drive, Langley, BC
Return here for more information as it becomes available.
26 October 2024
DeVries Centre
Trinity Western University
22500 University Drive
Langley BC
Andy Wolfe is the Executive Director of Education for the Church of England and oversees the programmes, networks, and research of the Church of England Foundation for Educational Leadership – working with thousands of school leaders across the UK. He is committed to combining rich theological reflection with evidence-informed approaches to improving teaching, learning, and school leadership. He has authored many of the Church of England’s educational leadership resources, including pioneering the “Called, Connected, Committed” leadership framework (co-written with Professor David Ford), which has led to similar international frameworks in Australia (with CSA) and Canada (with Christian Schools Canada). He has also co-written Flourishing Together: A Christian Vision for Students, Educators and Schools with Dr Lynn Swaner from ACSI. Andy also oversees the Church of England’s “Growing Faith” national work in relation to faith development in schools, churches, and households, the Archbishops’ Young Leaders Award, a range of national policy briefs and the SIAMS national inspection framework for the 4674 Church of England schools.
In August 2018, Shawn took on the position of Executive Director of the Federation of Independent School Associations in BC, which presently represents over 310 FISA-member independent schools to the government and other provincial stakeholders. Shawn’s primary role and passion is to advocate for choice, fair and equitable funding and recognition for the integral role independent schools play in the BC education system – while safeguarding the independence of schools within government regulations.
Passionate about supporting organisations to achieve success, Wendy Leong is a Chartered Professional in Human Resources (CPHR) with more than 20 years of experience working in senior management roles within both private and non-private organisations in a variety of industries and across all facets of HR.
Now an independent consultant, in her spare time, Wendy enjoys serving on the Board of Vancouver Christian School and playing the role of Uber driver for her two daughters.
Monica Loewen is the Executive Director at the Society for Christian Education in Southern Alberta, supporting Immanuel Christian Schools in Lethbridge. She has worked in a variety of non-profit and ministry positions, including the founding Executive Director of the Lethbridge Pregnancy Care Centre and Minister of Community Engagement at the E-Free Church of Lethbridge. She began her fund development career on the first day of grade 3 when she came home with a box of chocolate bars. Since then, her methods have become a bit more sophisticated, but the passion to raise funds to support causes she believes in has remained the same. Monica and her husband Terry have six grown children between them, as well as two adorable grandchildren.
Ken has been a practicing lawyer in British Columbia for over 35 years. He specializes in the area of charity law serving and assisting charities, foundations and non-profit organizations with governance matters, restructuring, mergers, amalgamations, cooperative ventures, and property development, financing and commercial transactions. Ken also advises charities regarding legal risk management, asset protection, planned giving and fundraising programs.
Ken is a frequent presenter on topics related to charities and also enjoys serving on boards and advisory committees of charitable organizations. Ken resides in Surrey British Columbia with his wife Sandee. Together they enjoy travel, golfing, and spending time with their children and grandchildren.
Tracey graduated from the University of BC with a Bachelor of Commerce. She began her career in a large public accounting firm, specializing in audits of not-for-profit organizations, local government, and public utilities. She obtained her Chartered Professional Accountant designation in 1993. While taking some time off to raise children, she served on the boards of various not-for-profit organizations, including John Knox Christian School in Burnaby. That involvement led to a 4-year role as the business manager at the school. She joined SCSBC in 2017, where she enjoys connecting with and supporting finance staff in schools around the province while proving to her co-workers that accountants are not boring.
