Exploring our individual and collective values—what they are, what they mean to us and how they might guide our decision-making—can also help us to recognize the spectrum of values that individuals hold and why each of us believe and respond to situations as we do. Here is a simple activity to begin to identify those values that are important to you and to your community.
Toolkit Library/
Values sort
Making connections:
Principled Innovation asks us to work with others and recognize the limits of our own knowledge so that we can better understand and tackle the complex issues our communities face.
Solving the achievement gap through equity, not equality
Video
9 minutes
By: Lindsey Ott, TEDx
7 things teachers say to create a supportive classroom
Article
15 minutes
By: Edutopia, Stephen Merrill
Notice, think, feel, do
Tool
5 minutes
By: Principled Innovation® (PI)
I was a low-income college student. Classes weren’t the hard part.
Article
10 minutes
By: New York Times
How to break down communication barriers between teachers and families
Article
20 minutes
By: Amanda Morin, Understood.org