“It was just an incredible experience to carve out three Wednesdays out of each month to meet with colleagues in the way that we did. And just carving out that space, it created a new structure for me to be able to learn and grow. Meeting on a weekly basis kept the work in focus. I didn't have the opportunity to close a binder, put it away, and then six months later go back to it. It was just current and ongoing.”
— Sharon Hill, Principal, Green Acres Elementary School, Scarsdale, New York
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Awaken your inner potential as a leader to operate beyond the intellectual realm, to include ways of knowing that are heart-centered and spiritually grounded in your daily work.
Consistently practice self-love, self-care, and self-compassion; to inspire others to engage in these practices as you create learning communities that prioritize them.
Make ethical leadership decisions based on what you truly stand for and on universal values that reflect an interbeing consciousness and appreciation of the interconnection of all life.
Engage in your own deep healing and cultivate the personal spiritual development you need to cultivate well-being in yourself and your educational community.
Spiritually connect with yourself and others by intentionally creating the conditions for Beloved Community; experience a liberatory, healing-centered educational environment where taking risks and being vulnerable through a variety of ways of being, knowing and doing are welcomed.
Consistently show up with embodied presence and an awakened state to co-create awareness-based systems change (Otto Scharmer) and conscious, full-spectrum responses that generate radical systemic and cultural transformation (Monica Sharma) in your educational community.
Activate the inner skill and wisdom necessary to be bridge-builders, practice the principles of nonviolence, and lead for belonging.
Answer the call to move in the world from a place of sacred activism, experiencing inner balance and evolving how you engage as a leader with greater purpose and meaning.
Use your DISCIPLINE and circle of influence as a leader to engage in racial justice and climate action in your educational community.