Original poem can be found here: http://www.georgeellalyon.com/where.html
Recognize the integrity of people and their communities, inside your classroom and out.
Validate all people (students, parents, colleagues) and their ideas with respectful engagement.
Create a welcoming environment for all who enter our learning community.
Trust that all people are capable and strive to do and be at their best.
Listen, learn, and unlearn with empathy and compassion.
Acknowledge our limitations, failures, and lack of knowledge with curiosity and openness to learning.
Make space for ambiguity and complexity without the need to oversimplify answers to difficult questions.