What does civic engagement look like in educational spaces? How do the choices we make in leadership roles help students and teachers know that they are valued for who they are? In this collection of Scent of Character stories, people describe how they have internalized the civic assets to grow alongside students and in collaboration with others. Explore civic character through the experiences of others, as well as your own.
What contributes to your sense of belonging? This is something that Jamal Brooks-Hawkings has thought about a lot, both for himself and in terms of how he can help others feel as though they belong in all kinds of spaces.
Storyteller: Jamal Brooks-Hawkings
PhD candidate
School of Social Transformation
When have you found yourself at the limits of your knowledge, wishing you could do more for your students or colleagues? Alexandria Estrella Bridges has experienced this in the classroom, and has developed throughout her career a sense of accountability and the strategies needed to be able to support students, especially those that are undervalued by harmful social structures that persist in educational spaces.
Storyteller: Alexandria Estrella Bridges
Clinical associate professor
Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching and Learning Innovation
Have you ever tried to help someone in good faith, only to discover that what you were offering wasn't what they needed? Luke Shahbander shares his experiences during an aide project in Al-Mafraq, Jordan around the beginning of the civil war in Syria, and the lessons he learned about what was necessary to help people on their own terms.
Storyteller: Luke Shahbander
Instructional designer
Arizona State University
What strategies do you use when you are triggered by students or circumstances in the classroom? Kyle Martinez describes how he develops structures to help himself grow alongside students through those challenging moments.
Storyteller: Kyle Martinez
Principal
White Tanks Learning Center
What questions, ideas, or memories did these stories evoke in you? There are many ways you can engage with what comes up for you, and it can be helpful to work with your responses while they’re still present. Bring your experiences together with some creative practices that will engage your mind, body, and imagination to discover the unexpected.
As people shared stories about their own moments of character development, several themes and even more questions emerged. In this collection of Wonders and Inquiries, students, educators and leaders in the community provide perspectives and insights based on their experiences. Use these videos to spark your own conversations and work around six broad educational themes.
Assessment provides all kinds of opportunities and challenges in education. Explore this collection to hear how educators using PI are thinking about assessment both inside and out of the classroom.
6 videos in the collection
14 minutes to complete
Character development often evolves with a willingness to be honest with one’s self and with others. Creating conditions that foster trust between students, teachers, and administrators is an important part of the process.
6 videos in the collection
23 minutes to complete
We know that learning and leadership doesn’t end when you leave the classroom. Explore this collection of insights about personal growth while making an impact on the communities that matter to you most.
6 videos in the collection
18 minutes to complete
Now more than ever, our work as educators around equity, justice, and inclusion needs to be central and visible. These perspectives offer pathways for dialogue and action among students, factually, and staff.
8 videos in the collection
20 minutes to complete
We can learn a lot of practical knowledge from others’ experiences. This broad collection includes methods and strategies for putting Principled Innovation into practice.
16 videos in the collection
23 minutes to complete
Sometimes in education we get stuck in our heads and forget how much our bodies can teach us. Explore these perspectives about integrating your body and mind, and ways of inviting your whole self into teaching and learning.
10 videos in the collection
27 minutes to complete