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October 29, 2019 iNACOL Annual Symposium | Palm Springs, CA Today’s resources: greatschoolspartnership.org/iNACOL How Collective Ownership Can Seed and Sustain Innovation Engaging for Equity:

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October 29, 2019iNACOL Annual Symposium | Palm Springs, CA

Today’s resources: greatschoolspartnership.org/iNACOL

How Collective Ownership Can Seed and Sustain Innovation

Engaging for Equity:

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What is an innovation you are working on, or experiencing in your school, district, or community?

Entrance Ticket

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Glennys Sanchez, Senior Associate

Steve Sell, Senior Associate

Kate Theriault, Senior Associate

From the Great Schools Partnership

TODAY’S PRESENTERS

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1. Participants will develop a deeper understanding of the role of equity and engagement in educational innovation.

2. Participants will explore tools and strategies for equitable community engagement.

3. Participants will consider implications of equitable community engagement within their own school or district.

Outcomes

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Welcome, Introductions, Overview of Agenda

Foundations of Equitable Community Engagement

Sustaining Equitable Community Engagement

Examples of Voice, Shared Power, and Collective Ownership

Reflections + Feedback

Agenda

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• Be Present• Monitor ‘airtime’• Speak your truth • Embrace a culture of possibility• Freely attend to personal needs

Community Agreements

What else do you need today?

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www.greatschoolspartnership.org/iNACOL

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is a nonprofit school-support organization working to redesign public education and improve learning for all students.

@GreatSchoolsP#iNACOL19

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We believe in equitable, personalized, rigorous learning for all students leading to readiness for college, careers, and citizenship.

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We believe educational equity means ensuring just outcomes for each student, raising marginalized voices, and challenging the imbalance of power and privilege.

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Foundations of Equitable Community

Engagement

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Foundations of Equitable Community Engagement Review the principles and code them according to what:

• makes sense to you and squares with your thinking

• is circling around in your head because you’re still wondering about it

• might be a challenge to implement and might encounter roadblocks

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Sustaining Equitable Community Engagement

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We believe educational equity means ensuring just outcomes for each student, raising marginalized voices, and challenging the imbalance of power and privilege.

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Do More Do Less“How can we involve more [care-givers,

students, teachers, community members] in developing activities?”

“Why don’t they ever come to things?”

Face-to-face conversations Emailing

Asking why Explaining why

Connecting with the outliers Relying on the same folks

Building others’ capacity to lead Designing and facilitating all the meetings

Identifying your own blind spots Making assumptions

Inviting personal stories Marketing and PR

Sit in the discomfort Looking for a quick fix or clear resolution

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Do More Do Less“How can we involve more [care-givers,

students, teachers, community members] in developing activities?”

“Why don’t they ever come to things?”

Face-to-face conversations Emailing

Asking why Explaining why

Connecting with the outliers Relying on the same folks

Building others’ capacity to lead Designing and facilitating all the meetings

Identifying your own blind spots Making assumptions

Inviting personal stories Marketing and PR

Sit in the discomfort Looking for a quick fix or clear resolution

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• Equitable Outcomes

• Lasting Impact

• Innovative Solutions

• Community Support

Why Invest?

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of Equitable Community EngagementIndicators

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Mindsets, practices, patterns, and systems that signal the

long-term viability of engagement efforts

of Equitable Community EngagementIndicators

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Everyone has the agency, will, and channels to make an impact on their

school system.

Capacity-Building

Build individual and collective know-how Support both systemic and organic

applications

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Equitable engagement is a way of doing business, no matter who is in charge.

Codify and fund engagement commitments Measure and communicate progress

Infrastructure & Systems Accountability

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Voice & Shared Power

Remove barriers to access + influence Create inclusive leadership pathways

Everyone contributes meaningfully to the decisions that directly affect them.

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Shift to “yes, we can” and “all our kids” Frame engagement as everyone’s

responsibility

Equitable engagement becomes a defining feature of the community.

Collective Ownership

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Collective Ownership

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Shift to “yes, we can” and “all our kids” Frame engagement as everyone’s

responsibility

Equitable engagement becomes a defining feature of the community.

Collective Ownership

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What evidence of collective ownership did you see in the video?

• What did you notice about the process? • What did you notice about the

outcomes?

Reflection

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What are some ways that collective ownership could move ________ innovation forward?

Your Turn

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Share your reflection with a partner.

TURN + TALK

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Voice & Shared Power

Remove barriers to access + influence Create inclusive leadership pathways

Everyone contributes meaningfully to the decisions that directly affect them.

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www.greatschoolspartnership.org/iNACOL

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Reflection & Commitments

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QUESTIONS

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THANK YOU

482 Congress Street, Suite 500Portland, ME 04101207.773.0505greatschoolspartnership.org

Glennys SanchezSenior Associate

[email protected]

Steve Sell Senior Associate

[email protected]

Kate TheriaultSenior Associate

[email protected]