Global Gatherings are regional conversations, driven by teachers and hosted by schools, on world-connected learning. The question behind this year’s Global Gathering is: "How can K-12 schools help students explore, discover and articulate a sense of purpose at an earlier age?”
Each conference features a blend of educator development experiences. Participants experience a process for helping educators clarify their own sense of purpose, led by World Leadership School Founder Ross Wehner. We start from the premise that educators have to do the hard work of clarifying purpose before they can coach students to do the same. Along the way, participants explore the theory and science of youth purpose and understand why it’s a game changer not only for our students, but for our schools. We use Stanford University’s definition of purpose as a “stable intention that is both meaningful to self and beneficial to the world.”
Educators from different schools showcase their work around Purpose Learning, which range from advisory and college counseling programs focused on helping students develop inner knowledge, to innovation and place-based learning programs which help students take action in the world. Deep drive tracks allow participants to go deep in one particular area of purpose learning, in order to leave the conference with curricular tools and takeaways for their school. We allot lots of time for reflection, networking and professional sharing.
Each conference features a blend of educator development experiences. Participants experience a process for helping educators clarify their own sense of purpose, led by World Leadership School Founder Ross Wehner. We start from the premise that educators have to do the hard work of clarifying purpose before they can coach students to do the same. Along the way, participants explore the theory and science of youth purpose and understand why it’s a game changer not only for our students, but for our schools. We use Stanford University’s definition of purpose as a “stable intention that is both meaningful to self and beneficial to the world.”
Educators from different schools showcase their work around Purpose Learning, which range from advisory and college counseling programs focused on helping students develop inner knowledge, to innovation and place-based learning programs which help students take action in the world. Deep drive tracks allow participants to go deep in one particular area of purpose learning, in order to leave the conference with curricular tools and takeaways for their school. We allot lots of time for reflection, networking and professional sharing.
This was the most impactful conference I have been to in my 16 years in education. I want to live in the world we dreamed together."
— Global Gathering: Schools of Purpose participant