“The conference was incredibly helpful for me on both a personal and professional level. I left feeling rejuvenated, able to articulate my purpose, and with a new perspective on my own school.”
​— Ethan Burns, Watershed School, Boulder Colorado

A Journey to Renewal and Growth for Educators

The K-12 Purpose Summit, now in its sixth year, is an annual journey for educators seeking to dig down into their own purpose, form a community with like-minded educators, and dream big. This year’s summit will be a hybrid experience that combines virtual sessions before and after a 3.5-day in-person conference from Wednesday Jan. 31 - Saturday Feb. 3, 2024 in Boulder, Colorado. Our experience includes inspiring large group time, team huddles for reflection, and one-on-one sessions with a WLS coach.
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The best part of the K-12 Purpose Summit is the intimate community: we limit the gathering to 65 educators, and we have always filled up. Powerful connections are forged. Big ideas are hatched. We recruit a diverse crew of inspiring, purpose-driven educators. Join us in 2024!

Why Attend?

Join a community of purposeful educators
Explore and deepen our own
​ purpose
Reflect and share in a small huddle and work 1:1 with a WLS coach
Explore purpose
​ learning around
​ the world
Team with colleagues to design and implement new ideas

The Process
Clarify our own purpose 
We begin by clarifying our own purpose as teachers and creating a “Purpose Map” to help us navigate work and life with intention. Before we can coach students to discover purpose, we have to do the hard work ourselves. 
Explore the science of purpose
We explore the theory and science of purpose, and understand why purpose helps both adults and students learn deeper, manage stress better, and feel more alive.
Learn from education changemakers
We engage with changemakers pushing the frontiers of purpose-driven learning. Learning in the past was about thinking. Learning of the future combines thinking, feeling, and doing, where students can explore their unique purpose. 
Design and implement your ideas
Working in teams, we create “easy hacks” and “moonshot” ideas. We convert these ideas into tangible work products through participant feedback, and one-on-one sessions with a WLS coach.
If you are in a time zone outside North America, or unable to attend a session for any reason, we will record the virtual sessions and your WLS coach will work with you to help you stay on track.
“A few words to describe my experience at the K-12 Purpose Summit: excited, overwhelmed, enthusiastic, rejuvenated, connected, enthralled, passionate.”
​— Kristen Goggin, Math Department Chair, Cathedral School for Boys
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Facilitators

Ross Wehner
Founder
World Leadership School
Marti Champion
Head of Middle School
Graland Country Day School
Jessica Catoggio
Dir. of Professional Learning
World Leadership School

Registration

Now Registering for 2024, the 6th Annual K-12 Purpose Summit
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