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School Culture & Inclusion
A Call to Courage: Standing Up to Intolerance in K-12 Schools
with Dr. Luvelle Brown
Build an engaging and effective school culture where every student is seen, heard, and loved.
Explore this expert-led learning experience with Dr. Luvelle Brown and tell RocketPD you would like to hear when a future offering is announced.
About this cohort
A cohort with Drs. Luvelle Brown and Shelley Berman on leading with courage against rising attacks on public education.
This learning experience is being considered for a future RocketPD offering. The core content, practical outcomes, and expert guidance are available to explore now.
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Superintendents
Lead with courage in the face of rising attacks on public education.
Assistant Superintendents
Support district-wide culture and equity efforts.
Central-Office Teams
Align your team around courageous, equity-centered leadership.
Building Administrators
Reclaim the narrative and build culture at the school level.
School Board Members
Strengthen your role in advancing public education.
What you can learn
Practical outcomes to explore.
Foster productive conversations
Engage students and staff in programs that promote safer, more inclusive learning environments.
Build effective support structures
Establish relationships and systems that power equity and inclusion work.
Establish metrics and communicate success
Define a repeatable system for measuring and communicating progress to stakeholders.
Lead challenging conversations
Invite and lead difficult conversations with productive outcomes for students, families, boards, and community members.
Planned Learning Experience
Explore the learning progression.
Topics and sequence may be refined before a future offering is announced.-
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A Call to Courage: Why, What, and How?
Explore how current political divisiveness is compromising school operations and student achievement, and why the courage of education leaders is so critical. Analyze assaults on education, learn to articulate your motivations as an educator, and explore key terms including Culture, Equity, Diversity, and Anti-Racism.
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Define Your Journey
Discuss what motivates courageous action and how those sources of courage can serve as resources for current challenges. Identify real-life examples of courageous leadership and apply that motivation to your own context.
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What's Happening? And What Do You Do About It?
Review current sources of divisiveness participants are experiencing and how to mitigate and manage resistance through leadership actions that keep the focus on what is right for students.
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How to Reclaim the Narrative
Share messages and strategies to reframe issues, reduce divisiveness, and reclaim the narrative for students. Learn to identify metrics and communicate with stakeholders about equity, inclusion, and student achievement.
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What Will You Do Tomorrow, Next Year, Over the Next Five Years?
Master strategies that defuse divisiveness and promote common understanding. Learn how education leaders can respond directly to extreme attacks on public education while moving the organization forward.
Your Instructor
Dr. Luvelle Brown
As school leaders work to narrow worsening achievement gaps, the pressure is on to level the playing field for all students. Former Superintendent of the Year and AASA Effie A. Jones Humanitarian Award Winner Dr. Luvelle Brown has emerged as one of the nation's leading voices on school culture and student engagement.
School Culture
School Culture & Inclusion
Student Engagement
Instructional Leadership
What to expect
A practical, expert-led learning experience
Expert-led exploration of the cohort topic
Practical strategies connected to the published curriculum
Opportunities to learn alongside education peers
Updates if a future offering is announced
Future Offering
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Bring This PD to Your DistrictTestimonials
What educators say about learning with Dr. Luvelle Brown.
The Call to Courage responds to the urgent need for educative leadership in times of political divisiveness. Its pragmatic ideas for reducing polarization while advancing justice will serve the field for years to come.
Linda Darling-Hammond Professor Emeritus, Stanford University; President, Learning Policy InstituteThe Call to Courage will inspire and sustain leaders who want to do the right thing, even when it is difficult.
Joshua P. Starr Managing Partner, Center for Model Schools; Former SuperintendentThe Call to Courage is a must-read for those fighting to ensure public schools continue to be students' and families' pathway to success.
Gustavo Balderas Superintendent, Beaverton School District, Oregon; President-elect, AASAFAQ
Common questions, clear answers.
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