ONCORE Learning and Support provides learning opportunities for school districts that are challenging, informative and skills-enhancing.
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2023-2024 schedule
Webinar: Disability Management: An Introduction (on-demand)
This interactive webinar outlines the important features of disability management within a workplace health promotion program.
| When: | On-demand |
| Where: | Password will be provided upon registration |
| Cost: | $50 + GST (per person) |
| Registration: | Register now |
Webinar: Effective Health and Safety Committees (on-demand)
This interactive webinar details what is needed for effective joint health and safety committees.
| When: | On-demand |
| Where: | Password will be provided upon registration |
| Cost: | $50 + GST (per person) |
| Registration: | Register now |
Webinar: Productive workplace interactions (on-demand)
This interactive webinar will highlight productive ways to address conflicts you may encounter in the workplace.
| When: | On-demand |
| Where: | Password will be provided upon registration |
| Cost: | $50+ GST (per person) |
| Registration: | Register now |
Webinar: Understanding the duty to accommodate (on-demand)
Accommodation means doing our best to remove barriers so that all employees can fully participate in the workplace. This interactive webinar will explain some basic human rights concepts, with a particular focus on the duty to accommodate process.
| When: | On-demand |
| Where: | Password will be provided upon registration |
| Cost: | $50 + GST (per person) |
| Registration: | Register now |
Webinar: Understanding the grievance process (on-demand)
This interactive webinar will detail how to manage the grievance process, including how to prepare to hear and respond to grievances.
| When: | On-demand |
| Where: | Password will be provided upon registration |
| Cost: | $50 + GST (per person) |
| Registration: | Register now |
Public Education Collective Bargaining Academy
The Collective Bargaining Academy is an intensive and highly interactive learning opportunity that occurs inside of a unique three-day format. The Academy covers all aspects of collective bargaining including a collective bargaining simulation. Registrants should be aware that the timing of some activities will take place outside of the normal workday. Please plan for accommodation with the hotel even if you live locally as some work into the late evenings will be required.
| Richmond | May 29-31, 2024 Sheraton Vancouver Airport Hotel 7551 Westminster Highway, Richmond Register now |
| Vancouver | October 2-4, 2024 Coast Coal Harbour Hotel 1180 W Hastings Street, Vancouver Register now |
| Kelowna | October 16-18, 2024 Coast Capri Hotel 1171 Harvey Avenue, Kelowna Register now |
Facilitating difficult conversations
This course will provide you with the concepts, skills and approaches needed to assist others to resolve and work more productively together.
| When: | May 3, 2024 – 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. (online) |
| Where: | By Zoom – link to provided prior to workshop |
| Cost: | $250.00 + GST (per person) |
| Registration: | Register now – May 3, 2024 |
Grievances, Disputes and the Collective Agreement:
This 1.5-day course offers a comprehensive and hands-on skills development approach to effective grievance handling. Focus is placed on learning how to interpret collective agreement language and prepare for and respond to grievances.
| When: | May 16-17, 2024 (in-person) |
| Where: | BC Public School Employers’ Association 300 – 2889 E. 12 Avenue Vancouver, BC V5M 4T5 |
| Cost: | $454.25 + GST (per person) |
| Registration: | Register now – May 16 – 17, 2024 |
Professional Boundaries in K-12:
Navigating appropriate boundaries in K-12 can be complex and challenging. During this 4-hour workshop, we will assist managers to understand why reinforcing and maintaining boundaries are imperative to fostering a professional, healthy, and safe environment for all.
| When: | May 27, 2024 – 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. (online) |
| Where: | By Zoom – link to be provided prior to the session |
| Cost: | $175 + GST (per person) |
| Registration: | Register now – May 27, 2024 |
Making the right hire:
This interactive session will take you through the process of how to establish selection criteria to inform your interview and reference questions.
| When: | June 7, 2024 – 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (online) |
| Where: | By Zoom – link to be provided prior to the workshop |
| Cost: | $325.00 + GST (per person) |
| Registration: | Register now – June 7, 2024 |
Investigating employee misconduct
This 1.5-day training session provides participants with an opportunity to work through a case study of moving through an investigation into allegations of wrongdoing.
| When: | TBD (in-person) |
| Where: | 300 – 2889 E. 12 Avenue Vancouver, BC V5M 4T5 |
| Cost: | $454.25 + GST (per person) |
| Registration: | Coming soon |
Foundations of diversity, equity and inclusion
This half-day course is designed as a foundational DEI course for leaders to understand concepts of power, privilege and intersectionality, and how they impact the workplace.
| When: | TBD (in-person) |
| Where: | 300 – 2889 E. 12 Avenue Vancouver, BC V5M 4T5 |
| Cost: | $175 + GST (per person) |
| Registration: | Coming soon |
Investigating allegations of harassment:
This 2-day session approaches the investigation of harassment complaints from a number of perspectives – the employer’s responsibilities under the collective agreement, WorkSafeBC, and the BC Human Rights Code.
| When: | TBD (online) |
| Where: | Via Zoom – link to be provided |
| Cost: | $575.00 + GST (per person) |
| Registration: | Coming soon |
Questions
If you have any questions, please contact Donna Verones, Events and Professional Learning Assistant at donnav@bcpsea.bc.ca.