What's Wild Leadership?

For nearly a decade, we’ve convened education leaders from across New Mexico and the United States for a restorative and inspirational retreat grounded in both scholarship and heart. The retreat centers around the Sofia Center’s eight principles of Wild Leadership, each informed by diverse education scholars, visionary thinkers, and practitioners — and each offering a pathway for leading with wisdom and courage.

This year’s retreat will begin Thursday afternoon, October 26 with a joyful and interactive session exploring the Wild Leadership framework and close with a beautiful dinner.

On Friday, start your day with an early-morning Yoga session, gather for delicious breakfast, engage in dynamic workshops, connect with passionate leaders like yourself, spend the evening over delicious dinner, and linger with colleagues for good conversation, music, poetry, and art.

Saturday offers a continuation of compelling workshops, guided play & movement, and time for individual and collective reflection. Imagine closing the retreat by building a cairn with your colleagues that will guide your leadership path, then heading home, not only with a robust new toolkit of practices but with restored spirit and energy.

Join us to:

Rethink your leadership practice through the principles of Wild Leadership
Connect with a vibrant constellation of education leaders
Dive into compelling ideas rooted in education scholarship
Replenish through expertly-guided play & movement
Expand your leadership toolkit
Tend your educator heart
Nourish yourself through optional Yoga & Mindfulness
Enjoy healthy and delicious food & drink

Registration & Logistics

Registration includes all retreat workshops, materials, food & drink, and optional wellness sessions.
Lodging is not included in the registration fee. Please refer to our website to access our special event rate at Hotel Albuquerque and Hotel Chaco or find other lodging recommendations.
All registrants will receive an email with pre-retreat materials and additional details by October 20.

Gratitude

This year's Wild Leadership Retreat is dedicated to John and Eleanore Radoslovich, who left a legacy of care, gratitude, and love of learning. Click Here to learn more about their story.

We are deeply grateful to our generous donors, sponsors, collaborators, community partners, and volunteers for making this event possible. Special thanks to:

The Radoslovich Family & Friends Circle
The ABQ Dept. of Arts & Culture and the Albuquerque Museum for so generously hosting our fall retreat
Albuquerque Community Foundation — Vitality Works Endowment
French Funerals
Lynn & Craig Trojahn

Wild Leadership — A Retreat for Education Leaders, FALL 2023

By Sofia Center for Professional Development

Wild Leadership — A Retreat for Education Leaders, FALL 2023

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