OUR SERVICES
Helping schools grow through connection, care, and cultural understanding.
Sea Change began with a simple but powerful realization: when young people cross cultures, they carry both incredible strengths and invisible losses.
Today, we partner with international schools to strengthen the relationships and systems that make learning possible—through social-emotional learning, wellbeing, mentoring, and leadership development. When people feel supported, schools thrive.
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Online Courses
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Consulting
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SEL Roadmap
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Mentorship for Leaders
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Crisis Response
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Retreats & Workshops
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Transformative Wellbeing Leadership Certificate
Training for leaders who want to create lasting change.
This three-course certificate series designed by wellbeing specialist, Kirsten Pontius, helps school leaders and educators strengthen wellbeing across their communities from the inside out. Participants learn to integrate care, connection, and emotional intelligence into daily school life—building the confidence and systems needed for sustainable, whole-school wellbeing.
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The Leadership Edge Personal Wellbeing for Sustainable Success
A learning journey for leaders to understand how personal wellbeing fuels effective leadership. Through strategies for stress, lifestyle, and sustainable habits, participants build resilience and practices that support thriving—personally and professionally.
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From Strain to Strength: Practical Approaches to Collective Wellbeing
A practical course for leaders to shift wellbeing from an individual burden to a shared, community responsibility. Explore collective care, research on resilient leadership, and strategies that help teams stay connected, supported, and strong during challenging times.
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Wellbeing By Design: Building Systems for Thriving Communities
A course for leaders to examine wellbeing as a systemic, institutional responsibility. Using 12 drivers of wellbeing, participants assess their school ecosystem, uncover root causes, and design realistic, sustainable actions that help their whole community thrive.
Online Courses
Flexible, accessible learning for schools of every size.
Our online courses bring Sea Change’s approach to life in a format that schools can access anywhere, anytime. Each one helps educators and leaders grow their capacity for wellbeing, connection, and social-emotional learning—without adding overwhelm.
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Advisory On Demand 1 & 2
A self-paced course that helps educators strengthen Advisory by clarifying its purpose, deepening advisor skills and mindsets, and creating the conditions where students feel seen, known, and cared for. Practical, reflective, and grounded in real school contexts.
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Adult SEL
A flexible course supporting educators in developing core Adult SEL skills—reflection, wellbeing, resilient listening, and cultural humility—to better model SEL, strengthen relationships, and positively impact students.
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SEL Roadmap Training Online Course
Coming soon! A budget-friendly online course that guides schools step-by-step through the SEL Roadmap Process and tools, helping teams design developmentally aligned, culturally responsive SEL without relying on scripted programs or in-person consulting.
Consulting
Strategic partnership for lasting impact.
We work alongside your leadership team to align wellbeing, SEL, and school culture across divisions. Our consulting partnerships are collaborative and adaptable—helping schools bring coherence, clarity, and care to the systems that shape daily life.
We can help you:
Audit and strengthen your SEL, wellbeing, or school climate initiatives
Build internal systems and structures that make this work sustainable
Develop and deliver customized professional development plans
The SEL Roadmap
Your guide to whole-school SEL that actually fits.
The SEL Roadmap helps schools co-create authentic, culturally responsive SEL frameworks rooted in their own values and community. It provides the structure and tools to make SEL feel natural, not added on—connecting learning, relationships, and wellbeing across your school.
We can help you:
Design a flexible, developmentally aligned SEL framework across grade levels
Embed SEL practices into academics, advisory, and co-curricular programs
Build staff confidence and consistency through shared language and strategy
Crisis Response
Steady support when your community needs it most.
When schools face war, natural disasters, or sudden upheaval, Sea Change provides grounded, culturally responsive support. We help stabilize communities through care, structure, and guidance—so healing and learning can continue.
We can help you:
Facilitate trauma-informed support groups for faculty and staff
Deliver just-in-time training on child development and emotional regulation
Create tailored action plans to rebuild safety, connection, and community trust
Retreats & Workshops
Connection, collaboration, and care—in person.
Our retreats and workshops offer educators and leaders space to reflect, recharge, and reconnect. Each gathering blends professional learning with relational restoration, leaving participants grounded and ready to return to their work with new energy.
We can help you:
Facilitate retreats focused on wellbeing, SEL, and leadership alignment
Customize on-site workshops for your school or regional network
Foster community and reflection through guided, human-centered experiences
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“The Academy for International Heads (AISH) asked you to lead a three-day summer seminar for international school heads. Your knowledge, positive energy, and caring leadership style contributed to the seminar being one of AISH's most successful experiences in the organization's history. As you know, the life of an international school head has become increasingly complex. Leaders came to the retreat looking to reflect, energize and learn together about self-care, well-being, and being an instructional leader. You accomplished this and more. Each participant left with smiles and superlatives about the experience saying the seminar was exactly what they needed to process and prepare for the upcoming school year and rekindle the fire and excitement of preparing for a new school year. Thank you, Ellen. I am honored to give you my highest recommendation. Regardless of the audience, your work positively impacts students, faculty, staff, and leadership, and leaves school's in a better place.”
– Jeff Paulson, CEO of The Academy for International Heads (AISH)
“Ellen provided a space for leaders to connect, share and reflect. She led with both passion and compassion, and I appreciated her ability to tailor the sessions to meet the needs of our diverse group.”
– Carrie Dietz, Head of School, Australian International School, Singapore
Mentorship for Leaders
Guidance for the people guiding everyone else.
School leaders carry enormous emotional weight. Our mentorship programs offer a steady, confidential space to navigate change, rebuild trust, and strengthen culture from the inside out—so leaders can lead with clarity and calm.
We can help you:
Reflect on leadership challenges and decision-making in a supportive setting
Strengthen communication, trust, and alignment across leadership teams
Build personal resilience while sustaining care for your community
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“Working with Ellen was invaluable. Through thoughtful one-on-one consultations, she helped me design a leadership retreat that was deeply aligned with our context. Her insight, clarity, and grounding in emotional intelligence shaped a powerful experience that I was proud to facilitate. A true thought partner in every sense.”
– Ryan Persaud, Head of School, VERSO School, Bangkok
Let’s find the right next step for your school.
Whether you’re strengthening your advisory program or responding to a community crisis, Sea Change helps your school move forward with clarity and care.
Let’s meet in person.
Ellen frequently travels to schools and conferences around the world—and she loves connecting with educators wherever she goes. If you see that she’ll be in your region, reach out! We’d love to meet in person, share ideas, and learn about your community.