Leading Through Uncertainty: A Collective Care Series

Agate Social Works & INDIGO Education have partnered to offer a four-part virtual series for school and organizational leaders navigating today's shifting expectations and demands.

Each session pairs peer connection and shared problem-solving with focused, practical content, a shared space for honest discussion of challenges, and tools to move forward.

BOSA & General CEUs will be provided

Session 1 - Naming the Mess: Leading Without All the Answers
Grounding session — normalizing the uncertainty leaders are facing, building trust as a group, and introducing a shared framework (e.g., what's in vs. out of our control) for the series.

Session 2 - The Weight We Carry: Vicarious Stress & Sustainable Leadership
Focus on leader burnout, secondary trauma, and capacity. Content piece on nervous-system/stress basics; discussion time on what's actually depleting people right now.

Session 3 - Hard Conversations, Held Well
Practical skill-building on navigating conflict — with staff, families, boards — while under pressure. Peer troubleshooting of real current situations.

Session 4 - Leading Forward: Collective Care as Strategy, Not Add-On
Closing session — how to build sustainable systems of support into leadership practice going forward (not just personal coping). Space to reflect on what's shifted across the series and commit to next steps.

Four sessions | Virtual | 11:30-1:00pm

Wednesday, November 11th, 2026
Wednesday, December 16th, 2026
Wednesday, February 17th, 2027
Wednesday, March 10th, 2027

Leading Through Uncertainty: A Collective Care Series - Session 2: The Weight We Carry: Vicarious Stress & Sustainable Leadership