Purpose, Vision, & Culture
Guidance on examining purpose and identity through understanding of education equity and systems change, strategies for developing locally rooted visions of student success, tools for relationships and culture virtually or remotely, and tools for supporting student leadership
Collectively Defining Purpose for Strategic Clarity
The current global crisis is heightening the inequities that have always existed. In this time of constant change and uncertainty, we need a shared commitment to vision and purpose. These resources may help you revisit and reflect on your vision for the future.
Different Views of Equity and Their Implications
Is education equity about inputs, outcomes, or challenging systemic injustices that perpetuate inequitable inputs and outcomes? This exercise gives you an opportunity to reflect on several different ideas of equity, as well as the evolution of your own thinking about the purpose of education.
Defining Your Vision: Developing a Theory of Problem and Theory of Change
This exercise is also intended to help you develop initial thinking around your theory of problem and theory of change within your country’s context. While most partners have already done this initial thinking, now might be a good time to revisit these ideas and realign as a team. [Requires login to Portal]
Videos about Inequity to Provoke Virtual Collective Learning
Visions of Students Success
Every decision we make about supporting students and educators—from what student outcomes we pursue to how we teach them to how we redesign schools—should be informed by a collectively developed vision of student success. These resources will help you explore your collective vision for students.
How To Guide: Visions of Student Success
This resource aims to support any program designer, coach, teacher or school leader with concrete ways of being, doing, and collaborating that generate collective, locally rooted, and globally informed visions of student success.
Reflections for Coaches
The vision for student success that informs this work has dramatic implications for what is valued, measured, and grown. This activity shares key concepts and questions for reflection, especially for coaches.
Self-Assessment on Vision
This tool is aimed at helping you to reflect on your vision for student success. There are no right or wrong answers – it is purely designed for your own reflection and growth.
Questions for Research & Investigation
This resource provides a series of questions to investigate and research in order to develop a collective, locally rooted, globally informed vision of students as leaders of a better future for themselves and all of us. [Requires login to Portal]
Videos about Vision to Provoke Virtual Collective Learning
Building Inclusive Relationships and Culture in Remote or Virtual Contexts
Inclusivity and authentic relationships are at the heart of our work—whether we are operating in face-to-face or virtual contexts. These resources highlight examples and strategies of how to build trust and culture. We will continue to evolve this section with additional examples specific to virtual settings.
DEI at Enseña por México's Summer Institute: The Privilege Walk
This case study outlines one of the structures that Enseña has used with participants to reflect on their own experiences in the systems of power and privilege. [Requires login to Portal]
Institute Staff DEI Training at Enseña por México
This case study outlines Enseña's approach to training institute staff on diversity, equity, and inclusion by building a shared understanding of certain terminology and engaging in conversations and activities. [Requires login to Portal]
The Hunger Banquet at Teach For Nepal's Summer Institute
This case study shares how Nepal used a "hunger banquet" exercise at Institute to support their Fellows' critical consciousness about the roots and consequences of inequity. [Requires login to Portal]
Teach For India's Building Trusting Relationships with Participants
This resource shares an example training session for Program Managers at Teach For India on how to build trusting relationships. [Requires login to Portal]
Anseye Pou Ayiti on Building Authentic Relationships with Community Members
In this video, CEO and Founder of Anseye Pou Ayiti, Nedgine Delroy, talks about how the team built relationships in rural communities in Haiti. [Requires login to Portal
Anseye Pou Ayiti on Inclusive Cohort Experiences
In this video, CEO and Founder of Anseye Pou Ayiti, Nedgine Delroy, discusses strategies she and her team used to create an inclusive culture for a diverse cohort of teacher leaders. [Requires login to Portal
Workshop Insights: Building Connections, Culture, and Identity Virtually
In this workshop video, learn how Teach for India designed and implemented a series of virtual alumni-induction experiences, centered on building a sense of purpose and collective culture.
Develop DEI Mindsets & Behaviors
This framework outlines a way to think about developing our DEI mindsets and behaviors.
Videos about Culture and Connection to Provoke Virtual Collective Learning
We would love to learn from you! If you have a related resource or example of how you are thinking about virtual learning in your context, please consider sharing with us.
Global Learning Lab Resources
Find more resources (including more videos and practical tools that may be useful for virtual learning with fellows) on our website.
Teach For All Partner Learning Portal COVID-19 Resources
A resource hub to share examples of how our global network has responded to the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Note: Only open to Staff of Teach For All network partner organizations.