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Know Your Why: Discover Your WHY, So Your WHAT Makes an Impact

Inflexion January 13, 2021
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What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.

– Dr. Jane Goodall

INTRO

As a leadership team, it is equally important to be able to articulate the why behind what you are doing; why it is important to do it, and why it is critical in the moment.

OBJECTIVES

  • Use this activity with your team to build a common understanding of your motivation for supporting your students and community.

RESOURCE LINKS

STEP 1

Ask your leadership team to watch the provided 3-minute video. It’s a great one to watch all together if you’re able to. It’s eye-opening, moving, and compelling; we promise you will love it!

STEP 2

Have each person on your team reflect and write down their “why me?”

STEP 3

Work as a group to articulate a shared response to: Why this? Why here? Why now? in relation to your work as educators.

TIPS

Engage different stakeholders to perform this exercise.

Faculty / Staff

  • Consider displaying your responses in a prominent location where you regularly meet throughout the year. This can be a shared Google Doc if you are meeting virtually.

Students

  • Consider displaying your responses in a prominent location where you regularly meet throughout the year. This can be a shared Google Doc if you are meeting virtually.

Community

  • Consider displaying your responses in a prominent location where you regularly meet throughout the year. This can be a shared Google Doc if you are meeting virtually.
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