4 A’s Protocol: Engage Staff in Focused Meetings
This is a protocol that is used to focus meetings and professional development discussions. Leaders/teachers will have an opportunity to connect with …
Component: Step 1: Establish Foundations
Establish a shared understanding and purpose, a why, and a collective identity. Create momentum and accountability for the school’s purpose that is shared by all. This allows school leaders to look at systems and structures through the lens of what we are trying to accomplish for all students, and tap into the collective wisdom and energy of the entire school community.
A Source of Strength and Community: How Identity Keeps Santiam Canyon United Even When Everything Else is Falling Apart
Santiam Canyon Superintendent, Todd Miller, shares how their school district's identity and maxims are a source of community and strength, especially …
Understanding & Visualizing School Identity: If Your School Was an Animal:
Thinking about and understanding your school's identity can be a challenging process. This activity helps you consider this complex concept in a fun a…
Above and Below the Surface Elements of a School Community: Understand & Evaluate Your School’s Identity
There's a lot of talk about school community, climate, culture, and identity and how they're all so important. But what exactly are they and how can y…
The Two Anchors that Make or Break School Change Efforts: Shared Vision for Readiness & School Identity
This activity will help your team begin to understand, reflect on, and identify practices that will support the elevation and inclusion of all student…
Seven Ways to Help High Schoolers Find Purpose: Support Every Student to Find Their Purpose
This activity will help you ensure you have support for every student to find their purpose. Identify the three interrelated factors essential to fost…
Discover Your School’s Identity: Rate Your School’s Identity With Your School Leadership Team & Teachers
An activity designed to develop a shared understanding of a school's identity and explore specific values and beliefs that are necessary to implement …
Mobilize Your A-Team: Examine Your Leadership Team Makeup, Decision-Making Practices & Protocols, and Communication Strategies
This activity will help you examine your leadership team makeup, decision-making practices and protocols, as well as communication strategies.
In Praise of the Incomplete Leader Activity: Utilize Your Team Member’s Strengths & Grow Strong Leaders
Discuss with your leaders about how better understanding each person’s strengths can create more distributed and inclusive leadership practices. Ide…
Know Your Why: Discover Your WHY, So Your WHAT Makes an Impact
As a leadership team, it is equally important to be able to articulate the why behind what you are doing; why it is important to do it, and why it is …