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"What do you want the learning experiences at your school to be?" 

Learning spaces can impact school climate and student empowerment profoundly.

School climate was described as a tone or feel of the environment, while school culture is made up of norms, beliefs, and values.

As an example, every Heads of Department meeting I lead now has two student attendees who do the same pre-reading as the HoDs and contribute to the learning conversation as equals.

Compliant, Engaged, and Empowered (CEE). Although I see the three as separate, with empowerment being the most crucial part of this process, they are not necessarily exclusive from one another.

Motivation is key to learning, and this table could be used easily in terms of leadership (I am planning to write about that in the near future), but in school, compliance should not be the standard that we are looking to achieve, and engagement is not enough.  A student that is empowered will know that they are valued and are more likely to be successful in so many areas.  That is the ultimate success.

Not college ready. Not career ready. COMMUNITY ready.

The network is where the information has been found, but the ability to remix it for your own context is where innovation happens.

is essential that we not only share what is happening in our schools, but engage in true, two-way conversations with our communities.

Empowering our teachers to share their voice and open the doors to what they do in the classroom, also gives our community a new perspective on what it is to be an educator, and how we are willing to go above and beyond for our kids.