On November 13–14, CLEE brought together educators, leaders, and students for our annual Fall Meeting in Warwick, Rhode Island. participants explored leadership, collaboration, and student-centered practice through homegroup reflective feedback sessions, a keynote address, and topic-based workshops.
Keynote Inspiration
Dr. Barbara Mullen challenged participants with her keynote on healing-centered leadership in schools, inspiring reflection on the choices and consequences inherent in leadership.
Home Groups: Learning From Giving and Receiving Feedback
Home Groups offered facilitated spaces for discussion, practice giving and receiving feedback, and reflective learning. Participants valued the space for growth:
- “I loved hearing from students from a school so different from my own.”
- “The small group protocols were risky, but the trusting environment allowed me to take risks and grow.
- “Practicing listening and asking probing questions in a supportive space was invaluable.”
- “Presenting my dilemma required vulnerability with a group I didn’t know well, but I realized my experiences were valuable to the learning of the whole group.”
- “I strengthened my ability to express myself and my ideas and dilemmas.”
Workshops to Deepen Learning
Workshops presented by CLEE community members provided space to go deeper on chosen topics. Participants highlighted the value of stepping into new roles, facilitating protocols, and sharing dilemmas from their own practice:
Across sessions, attendees noted the power of vulnerability, listening, and collaboration, and the ways in which these experiences would influence their work: “The Fall Meeting pushed me to take in new ideas and approaches to complex challenges.”
Even if you could not join us at Fall Meeting, there is an upcoming virtual experience like Fall Meeting Home Groups:
CLEE Community of Practice: Virtual Learning Community
Join CLEE’s virtual Community of Practice to collaborate with peers across the country. Build relationships, exchange feedback on real challenges, and practice giving and receiving feedback in a supportive environment that fosters growth and impact.
Or you can build deeper facilitation skills:
Facilitator Training (Virtual): In-Depth Skill-Building
Grow your capacity to lead with purpose and strengthen collaboration among colleagues. In this training you will practice facilitation skills, use collaborative tools to expand perspectives and guide teams to improvements that center student impact.