Seek Knowledge & Inspire Learning
We actively look for opportunities to both gain understanding
We actively look for opportunities to both gain understanding
for ourselves and to teach others what we have learned.
for ourselves and to teach others what we have learned.
Practices and behaviors that we strive toward:
Practices and behaviors that we strive toward:
- Create opportunities for staff to share their expertise with each other.
- Create opportunities for staff to share their expertise with each other.
- Ensure that learning opportunities are accessible to all.
- Ensure that learning opportunities are accessible to all.
- Incite awe and wonder.
- Incite awe and wonder.
- Offer learning in different formats: outside, inside, in-person, virtual, with the aid of apps, online, social media, through signage and through our publications.
- Offer learning in different formats: outside, inside, in-person, virtual, with the aid of apps, online, social media, through signage and through our publications.
- Seek external professional development opportunities that are specific to departments and continue to learn from organizations doing similar work.
- Seek external professional development opportunities that are specific to departments and continue to learn from organizations doing similar work.
- Encourage curiosity by wondering, asking questions and looking for the answers. It’s ok to not know.
- Encourage curiosity by wondering, asking questions and looking for the answers. It’s ok to not know.
- Review scientific and internal data to inform our decisions. (e.g. feedback from members, staff, board members, community members, partners and consultants)
- Review scientific and internal data to inform our decisions. (e.g. feedback from members, staff, board members, community members, partners and consultants)