CoP Intro – Funding the Mission: Sustainable Finance for Intentionally Diverse Schools
This Community of Practice is for CMO and charter school leaders who want to move beyond “chasing grants” toward building durable, values‑aligned funding models that match their growth plans. Together, we will connect organizational strategy to fundraising, strengthen equity‑centered cases for support, and build practical multi‑year revenue plans tailored to diverse‑by‑design charter networks. Participants will diagnose where their current funding model is fragile or misaligned with strategy, explore a mix of revenue streams (public funds, philanthropy, earned and partner revenue), and leave with a draft sustainability roadmap they can refine with their teams.
CoP Intro – Strategic Staffing for Sustainable Schools: Aligning People, Roles, and Resources
In a time of ongoing workforce instability and shifting school needs, this Community of Practice will support school and talent leaders in developing sustainable, mission-aligned staffing strategies. Participants will focus on how to make intentional staffing decisions that strengthen retention, clarify roles, support long-term organizational stability, and align people and resources to school priorities.
CoP Intro – Leading from Within: Developing Your Personal Leadership through the Compass Leader Framework
Leadership begins with self-awareness. This Community of Practice will guide participants through the Self Domain of our Compass Leadership Framework, focusing on six core capacities that support purposeful, equity-centered leadership:
Finds Leadership Center
Has a Flexible Identity
Leads with Purpose
Expands Worldview and Capacity
Has a Strong Sense of Inner Knowing
Embraces Discomfort to Confront Bias
Resource Guide – AI for Equity and Innovation
In this Community of Practice facilitated by Embracing Equity, participants developed 5 competencies that distill the essence of our best facilitation practices:
1) Developing a Critical Consciousness
2) Engaging in Collaborative Co-Conspiratorship
3) Cultivating Brave Learning Spaces
4) Practicing Equitable Communication
5) Embodying Compassionate Accountability
Resource Guide – Leading from Within—Exploring the Self Domain of the Compass Leadership Framework
In this Community of Practice facilitated by Embracing Equity, participants developed 5 competencies that distill the essence of our best facilitation practices:
1) Developing a Critical Consciousness
2) Engaging in Collaborative Co-Conspiratorship
3) Cultivating Brave Learning Spaces
4) Practicing Equitable Communication
5) Embodying Compassionate Accountability
Resource Guide – Developing Cultures of Belonging in Intentionally Diverse Schools
In this Community of Practice facilitated by Embracing Equity, participants developed 5 competencies that distill the essence of our best facilitation practices:
1) Developing a Critical Consciousness
2) Engaging in Collaborative Co-Conspiratorship
3) Cultivating Brave Learning Spaces
4) Practicing Equitable Communication
5) Embodying Compassionate Accountability
Resource Guide – Developing Cultures of Belonging in Intentionally Diverse Classrooms
In this Community of Practice facilitated by RootsConnectED, participants gained a shared understanding and deepened mindset around developing cultures of belonging for students; dive deep into 4 elements of culture building:
1) norm setting
2) community building approaches
3) identity work
4) inclusion
through examples, reflection, questions, and shared experiences, and; put aspects of culture into practice and record findings, barriers, and capture best practices.
Resource Guide – Facilitating for Equity
In this Community of Practice facilitated by Embracing Equity, participants developed 5 competencies that distill the essence of our best facilitation practices:
1) Developing a Critical Consciousness
2) Engaging in Collaborative Co-Conspiratorship
3) Cultivating Brave Learning Spaces
4) Practicing Equitable Communication
5) Embodying Compassionate Accountability
Resource Guide – Beyond the Basics: Transforming Literacy Instruction
Beyond the Basics: Transforming Literacy Instruction for English Language Learners and Students of Color is a groundbreaking professional development series designed to empower educators to create more inclusive and equitable learning environments for diverse student populations. By exploring strategies and best practices tailored for English Language Learners and students of color, this series aims to drive transformative change in literacy instruction in Title 1 schools.
Resource Guide – Level Up Your Facilitation Practice: Facilitating for Equity
Facilitation is the art of leading people through processes towards agreed-upon objectives in a manner that encourages participation, ownership & creativity by all those involved.”” – David Sibbet, Principles of Facilitation
Facilitating for Equity transforms teachers, leaders, & education professionals into child & human rights activists. Effective DEI facilitation requires a deep theoretical knowledge of inequity & oppression, a developed self-awareness of one’s own racial & social identities, an understanding of the myriad experiences & identities participants bring, & strong communication & conflict resolution skills.
In this Facilitating for Equity community of practice, you will develop 5 competencies that distill the essence of our best facilitation practices:
Developing a Critical Consciousness
Engaging in Collaborative Co-Conspiratorship
Cultivating Brave Learning Spaces
Practicing Equitable Communication
Embodying Compassionate Accountability
Our facilitation model addresses antiracism head on, beginning with personal healing while evolving into a collective commitment to building an antiracist ecosystem. Grounded in liberatory education for learners of all ages, we walk hand-in-hand with facilitators to establish a reflective, action-driven foundation. These skills & practices are imperative as education leaders work to create affirming, inclusive, & equitable learning environments for all students and especially marginalized students.