Join us for a 4 session book study to consider what it means, in practice, to grow (up) – to develop our skills and capacities as lead learners in our schools.

• Participation in a school cohort with all attendees reading the text

• Zoom Meetings - 90 minutes each for a total of 4 sessions spread out over 8 weeks.

• Four Saturday mornings, 9:00 AM -10:30 AM Hong Kong Time (HKT)

August 14, 2021

August 28, 2021

September 11, 2021

September 25, 2021

• Session 1 - Preface-Chapter 1

• Session 2 - Chapter 2-3

• Session 3 - Chapter 4-5

• Session 4 - Chapter 6 & start and share team or personal plan for school year

At this moment in time when things are so uncertain and so ever-shifting, it is critically important that we strive to develop ourselves, not just as educators, but as human beings. What can we do to be bigger and better versions of ourselves as collaborative team members and as leaders? These 4 sessions of virtual book study and workshop, based on Jennifer’s new book, Stretching Your Learning Edges: Growing (Up) at Work, will introduce us to adult developmental theory and to five focused ways we can develop ourselves at work.

We will build our skills to:

• know ourselves and our identities

• better suspend our certainty and think with greater complexity and openness

• take increased responsibility for our language and communications

• engage with reciprocity and live ‘out loud’ our belief of mutual respect for all

• build our resiliency and work on our emotional health

Through experiences together and in self-reflection, we will:

• Introduce you to adult learning theory

• Dig into the 5 facets where you can consider your learning edges

• Interact with guiding questions, continuums, self-assessments and exercises

• Engage with a community of learners to want to grow (up)

• Consider next steps for yourself and your school moving this learning into practice