Our classrooms face unrelenting expectations.  We are called upon to differentiate, provide highly individualized and personalized educational programs in an environment that demands flexibility.  It is not like the schools we attended.  The expectations are not the same as the ones we grew up with.  We are buffeted by needs from outside our classrooms.  Everyone has an opinion and many want to affect what happens in our classrooms, but we can’t rely on every student having the same support structures beyond our walls.  We come into this vocation with intent to educate and find that we are called upon to do so much more with so much less than we planned.  Teachers struggle to find balance between the art of teaching and the science of meeting educational data benchmarks.

It is no wonder that developing a new program or event is often the last thing any classroom teacher wants to consider.  Introducing a new initiative, curriculum or standards expectation gets a practiced response.  Some will jump on early.  Some will dig in with opposition.  Some will begrudgingly do the minimum or kill you with malicious compliance.  Often those with the most power on your staff will not be the early adopters willing to go the extra mile.  So how do you embrace a trend or introduce the current administrative initiative with your staff and colleagues?

Introduce new initiatives, strategy or learning programs through school community events that are planned to be intentionally fun and easy to access for everyone.  This is the playbook for creating your school-wide community learning events.

Make Learning FUN with School Community Events Playbook.pdf