From Tension to Teamwork: Creating Supportive Partnerships with Colleagues and Families

Location: Jefferson Elora Community Centre, 29 David St W, Elora, ON N0B 1S0

This workshop invites Child Care and Early Learning Educators to explore how systemic hierarchies and inherited behaviors shape their programs and relationships. Participants will gain awareness of the paradigms that may unintentionally create disconnection amongst colleagues and families, while learning strategies to shift toward collaborative, and connected relationships. Through reflection, discussion, and practice, educators will leave with tools to foster connection, inclusion, and collaborative leadership in their daily work.

Key Features:

  • Interactive Learning: Engaging activities to explore systemic hierarchies and workplace dynamics
  • Reflective Discussions: Small group and partner reflections to deepen self-awareness
  • Role-Play Exercises: Practice shifting from "power over" to collaborative power in real-life scenarios
  • Practical Application: Hands-on exercises to develop language, beliefs, and behaviors that strengthen connection

To register for this session, please click here. 

About the facilitators:

Jill McPherson is a Communication Consultant, educator, and facilitator with over 29 years of experience in education. With a background in child psychology and a Bachelor of Education, Jill brings both professional expertise and lived insight to her work.
Drawing on her training in Nonviolent Communication, Jill supports educators, leaders, and teams in building awareness of the patterns that shape their relationships—especially in moments of stress or disconnection. Her work focuses on helping people move away from habits of fixing, correcting, or controlling, and toward more collaborative, connected ways of communicating.
Jill is known for creating warm, reflective spaces where participants feel seen, heard, and supported as they explore new ways of being in relationship with colleagues, families, and themselves.

 

 

Personal information is collected under the authority of the Child Care and Early Years Act, 2014. The information will be used to administer and manage this event, including registration, and communication. The County will share your name and email address with the external event facilitator solely for the purpose of delivering and coordinating this event. If you have questions about this collection, contact Cheryl Anderson, Manager of Children’s Early Years Community Services with the County of Wellington at 519.837.3620 x3972.

Do you have questions? Contact us at eyprc@wellington.ca.

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