WLS Purpose Summit

“Amidst every crisis, lies great opportunity.” -Albert Einstein

In the future, we will remember 2020 as the year when every teacher was thrown off balance and all the cracks in school were blown open. But how will we experience 2021?

As teachers, we can decide to live 2021 with purpose, hope, and a determination to make change. Join us for the third annual K-12 Purpose Summit, a virtual journey from January to April to explore the future of learning with a small group of diverse and committed educators. In a series of interactive virtual sessions, we will create community, explore our purpose, and design big, new ideas.

During the summit, each participant will:

1) Complete a 3-month program of living purposefully
2) Implement two inspiring work products in school

The experience includes 16 hours of synchronous meeting time, including inspiring large group time, team huddles for reflection, and one-on-one sessions with a WLS coach. Between sessions, we work asynchronously to dig deep, dream, and support each other. Join a community of engaged, supportive educators from around the country committed to reimagining their classrooms and schools, renewing their work, and pushing the boundaries of learning.

Why Attend?

Design and implement bold learning ideas

Join a community of purposeful educators

Understand and
articulate your
purpose

Work with a partner to stay
on track

Explore purpose
learning around
the world

Receive 1-on-1 coaching and peer feedback

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The Process

Clarify our own purpose
We begin by clarifying our own purpose as teachers and creating a “Purpose Map” to help us navigate 2021 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.

"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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Agenda

January

Amidst like-minded educators, we explore our own purpose and map how we can live 2021 with intention. We learn from innovators and design "easy hacks" for our own schools.

January 7th
Thursday

January 9th
Saturday

January 12th
Tuesday

January 19th
Tuesday

January 26th
Tuesday

Introduction to Purpose
4:30 - 6:00pm EST

Golden Thread
10:00am - 1:00pm EST

Purpose Mapping
4:30 - 6:00pm EST

Inspiration + Easy Hacks
4:30 - 6:00pm EST

Purpose Learning Planner
4:30 - 6:00pm EST

February

We launch our easy hacks and receive feedback through one-on-one coaching and small team huddles. We use a project planner to dream big with a moonshot.

Early February
Date TBD

Mid February
Date TBD

February 26th
Tuesday

One-on-One Coaching Session
Time to be set between participant and coach

Team Huddle
Time to be set within small team

Moonshot Launch
4:30 - 6:00pm EST

March

We take our moonshot and convert it into an actionable product through huddles and one-on-one coaching. We lean in, take a risk, and grow.

Early March
Date TBD

Mid March
Date TBD

One-on-One Coaching Session
Time to be set between participant and coach

Team Huddle
Time to be set within small team

April

We touch base with our purpose partner on our 3-month personal and professional journey. In a large group, we celebrate our successes and grow from our challenges.

April 10th
Saturday

Final Celebration
10:00am - 1:00pm EST

We understand that proposed times may not be convenient for all participants, particularly those in different time zones. Once we have the final roster, participants will be surveyed to ensure everyone can make scheduled sessions. This might include an alternate session for the earlier time zones on certain days or making sessions recordings available.