The journey matters as much as the destination.
Driving toward equitable outcomes for each and every student is the uncompromising destination for educators in the 21st century. How we get there matters. Community that offers a sense of belonging and inclusiveness is the roadmap to the destination. Fostering practices that empower widespread leadership is the journey we all must be on to reach the destination of equitable outcomes.
Unfortunately, in education and the world around us, differences among us are often ranked, valued, and judged. Yet, these differences are crucial to transforming systems, empowering us to reach the destination of equitable outcomes for students rather than propagating existing outcomes. To CLEE, leading people on the journey toward this destination means using Facilitative Leadership to leverage our differences as strengths, powering change and creating a sense of belonging and inclusivity. The power is in our differences.
In order to create schools that embrace differences as assets and foster a sense of belonging for students, adults must create inclusive learning spaces for themselves. Learning from seeing what is possible is transformative. When you experience a new way of working together as colleagues that invites and celebrates our differences, you want to build that with all of your colleagues and for each and every student in your school.
Donna Braun, CLEE Executive Director
We will model inclusive learning spaces at the Fall Meeting this November 7-8 in Rhode Island. Participants will spend time in spaces that are designed to engage everyone in transformational learning by giving and receiving feedback on the work that is most important to each person. Join us to spark changes in yourself and your work to bring back to your colleagues and students.