Reimagining Safe Spaces: What School Leaders Can Learn from Scholastic Esports
Since 2022, Inflexion has partnered with the Network of Academic and Scholastic Esports Federations (NASEF) to explore this very question. Together, w…
Tag: Student Belonging
Challenging the Deficit Model: A Summary of Community Cultural Wealth
In our classrooms, strength and brilliance often show up in ways we’re not trained to recognize. Tara Yosso’s concept of community cultural wealth…
From Fixation to Flourishing: Centering Students With Specific Needs
Learn how a holistic vision of readiness supports students with disabilities through strength-based, inclusive practices.
Use Openers and Closers to Support Authentic Connection
Meetings that start and end with purpose don’t just feel better—they produce better outcomes. Openers and closers create a foundation of trust, en…
Supporting Student Identity and Agency: Cultivating Civic Competency and Anti-Bias Awareness in Our Schools
How do we prepare students not only to succeed in college and career, but also to engage meaningfully and ethically in a diverse democracy? Civic comp…
Purposeful, Valuable Learning: Foster Learners With Autonomy and Drive
Imagine a classroom where students are no longer racing to keep up with the teacher’s lesson plan, but instead, learning at the pace that works for …
Student Life Connection: Implement Programs to Explore Interests and Aspirations
Implement programs like Roadtrip Nation to give students the opportunity to explore their interests and aspirations while also building ownership of l…
Principal’s Advisory Council: Develop Structures that Elevate Student Voice in Equitable Ways
What does it mean to give students a voice? Not just to speak, but to shape the school they’re part of? For us, it starts with the Principal Advisor…
Capstone Passion Project: Empowering Students to Contribute Their Passions to Their Community
During a Crowdsource Coffee on February 8, 2023, Chris McAdoo, Principal at Santa Fe South Pathways Middle College, shared this high school capstone p…
Student Experience Survey: Measuring Belonging, Connection, Engagement
Let’s move away from an environment where kids are sorted, packaged, and labeled based on the perceptions of adults that barely knew them. Readiness…