The Cortes Island Academy teens are taking over the airwaves on Folk U Radio this month AND during Teen Take-over Mondays where they will play music and talk about what matters to them: Mondays at 3:30 all on CKTZ 89.5FM/CortesRadio.ca
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Learn more about sociocracy, a holistic governance system, and its uses externally and internally as Tamias joins host Manda Aufochs Gillespie and teens from the Cortes Island Academy Tools for TruthTelling podcasting course in this special Folk U Radio episode.
Sociocracy as a form of governance uses consent decision-making and a linked circle structure to distribute power through an organization while supporting efficiency and clarity.
Continue reading Internal Sociocray with Tamias (& teens) on Folk UOn Friday Nov 4 high school students from the Cortes Island Academy (CortesIslandAcademy.ca) joines Folk U host Manda Aufochs Gillespie in a teen takeover of Folk U featuring their favourite songs of the day and a bit of commentary.
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A tiny education program on Cortes has been getting a lot of media attention lately.
“We were featured on the National Observer with our local journalism initiative reporter, Rochelle Baker. She did a fabulous piece on this program that was picked up by the Vancouver Sun and then was picked up by some Vancouver radio stations and by the CBC. So as nearby as Cortes Currents and as now far away as the reach of CBC,” explained Manda Aufochs Gillespie, one of the organizers of the Cortes Island Academy.
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Canada’s National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporters
A tiny B.C. island is charting a new course for rural education to keep families from abandoning the community to ensure their kids can attend high school.
This fall, the Cortes Island community and School District 72 are piloting a half-year of public high-school programming shaped by students’ interests, community expertise and the surrounding environment, said Manda Aufochs Gillespie, one of the project’s organizers.
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