Understanding & Visualizing School Identity: If Your School Was an Animal
Thinking about and understanding your school's identity can be a challenging process. This activity helps you consider this complex concept in a fun a…
Component: Shared Identity
The school community knows who they are and what they collectively value and believe.
Using Shared Identity to Connect Across Schools and With the Community
Todd Miller, Superintendent of Santiam Canyon School District, will explore the central role of shared identity in connecting schools to each other an…
Reinforce Your School’s Identity to Launch the New Year With Momentum
Courtney Spelber, Former Principal at Ocean View High School in Huntington Beach Union High School District, discusses ways to use your second term to…
Above and Below the Surface Elements of a School Community: Understand & Evaluate Your School’s Identity
There's a lot of talk about school community, climate, culture, and identity and how they're all so important. But what exactly are they and how can y…
The Two Anchors that Make or Break School Change Efforts: Shared Vision for Readiness & School Identity
This activity will help your team begin to understand, reflect on, and identify practices that will support the elevation and inclusion of all student…
Use Your School’s Identity as the Foundation for Your Long-term Plan
Antonio shared how he used Abraham Lincoln High School’s (ALHS) shared identity and vision for readiness to create an innovation plan for a College …
Discover Your School’s Identity: Rate Your School’s Identity With Your School Leadership Team & Teachers
An activity designed to develop a shared understanding of a school's identity and explore specific values and beliefs that are necessary to implement …
Your School’s Identity is More Important Than You Think
Like it or not, the cultural identity of your school drives everything else you do. Who you truly are and what you believe about yourself at the core …
Mountainside High School: Building a Culture From the Ground Up
Opening a new high school in an established district is a challenge that can be daunting in many respects. Mountainside High School in the Beaverton S…
Valley High School: Redefining a School’s Culture Through an Awareness Campaign
Over the past 2014-2015 school year, the leadership, students, and community at Valley High School in Santa Ana, California, worked with us to clarify…