The Educator Empowerment Model
Rejuvenates the educator
Engages the student
Informs practice
Transforms the community
The 7 Essential Elements of the Educator Empowerment Model
The 7 Essential Elements of the Educator Empowerment Model
- Choice, voice, shared power - the power of being heard, starting with the condition and circumstances in which we find ourselves
- Expressed Appreciation for Effort - “he had a hat”
- Windows In - Music- History, Reality, Practice
- Why of the Why of the Why - to ground and inform impactful practice
- Reflection journal and Padlet - to support the integrative mind
- Intentional cultivation and harvesting of insights & intention through:
- Building of working and experiential definitions to expand conceptual understanding
- Small focus groups for the cultivation of constructive conversations and dynamic dialogues
- Productive PLCs that encourage sharing of resources and best practices
- Impact Project that summarizes and synthesizes applied knowledge for immediate integration