We must create a districtwide culture of belonging, from the district to the school to each individual classroom. Now scheduling summer and fall professional learning and educator coaching opportunities...let's partner to embrace the full humanity of every student & colleague.

If we are to truly move beyond surface "inclusion" to belonging, we must actively and deliberately create universally designed spaces for our students and for the adults who serve them.

📣📣ATTN Teachers📣📣: Are you looking for more ways to be inclusive in your classroom? Check out this thread for resources to build an #inclusiveclassroom.

Check out our partners in Nebraska's Journey to Inclusion using @legos to build a structure to create access to grade level learning for students with disabilities during a professional development session. #inclusiveeducationweek @NDE_SPED @NDE_DistSupport @NDE_GOV

Our partners are excited about implementing #inclusiveeducation: 🗣️🗣️"As a result of my training @sped_strategies, I learned to constantly implement IEPs , work with my teammates, and to always look for ways to put it into practice in the lesson."

Check out how Inclusive Education is changing the daily experience of student with disabilities with our partners in Nebraska! @NDE_DistSupport @NDE_SPED youtube.com/watch?v=4WAeh2m3…

REMINDER: You can always access all information regarding the upcoming Nov/Dec #CognitiveCoaching Cohort at padlet.com/kbgivens/CC_Bulle… For any inquiries, contact respectfulcoaching@gmail.com. @LeverageEd @Think_Collab @UTKCLEE #Mindset #Educators #TNEducation

UPDATE: The registration period for the Sept/Oct Cognitive Coaching cohort has been EXTENDED to this Friday, Sept 2. Register now: tiny.utk.edu/HvQd6 For any questions, email respectfulcoaching@gmail.com #CognitiveCoaching #TNEducators #KnoxvilleTN #Education #Mindset

Join us to build capacity in leadership and communication!

Right-on-time opportunity to learn to strategically coach those you lead toward increased capacity & sustainable implementation. Respectful Coaching=Retention & Collective Efficacy Register by Friday for the Sept/Oct cohort in Knoxville, TN. All info: padlet.com/kbgivens/CC_Bulle…

As leaders and educators, we are more powerful than we believe. The way we choose to see others impacts who they become. Let's choose our lens carefully.

Motivation is situational. Create the conditions for community and belonging...motivation will follow.

I'm happy to share my new beginning, fulfilling a decades-in-the-making dream, leveraging difference as the greatest of strengths in my support of more collaborative, more inclusive learning organizations. Join me at here, at LeveragingEducation.com, & on IG @Leverage.Education.

My AP told me I logged more detentions and interventions in the system than anyone else this year. But I was also one of the lowest for major incidents in my room and my students were some of the better behaved. My failure rate was about the same as the other freshman teachers.