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Collective Support

Collective Support is an 11-month affinity-based cohort experience tailored to the leadership and wellness needs of school and after school site leaders of color. We assist leaders in unpacking challenging problems of practice that impact their ability to create generative learning spaces for youth, investigate their thought process & decision making, and design new ways of thinking and being.

Participant Reflections on Collective Support Experience


100% of the cohort strongly agreed they left the experience with actionable steps they can take to solve critical problems of practice.
"Collective Support has allowed me an opportunity to examine the educational concerns I have, in a safe place, while urging me to codify those concerns and possible actions because of them."
Program Overview

Mindset Intensive
Collective Support kicks off with an 8-session Mindset Intensive. Participants engage in a two-day Virtual Onboarding Retreat. The remaining sessions take place 1x/week virtually for two hours.
Week 1:
Crafting your question
Week 2 - 5:
Mindset Awareness
Week 6:
Mindset in Practice
Week 7 - 8:
Social-Emotional Support Tool Development
Craft focus question about persistent dilemma preventing the cultivation of bold, generative learning environments for youth
Collect evidence articulating beliefs about focus question, youth and current practice
Synthesize evidence to develop strategies answering focus question
Co-develop Mindset playbook
Mindset Fuel - Experience support of wellness and leadership

Community of Practice 
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Collective Support participants implement their Mindset Playbook strategies as a Community of Practice. Key features include:
Fall Community of Practice
  • Mindset Studio
  • ​Monthly group coaching
  • Wellness Checks
  • Site visits where regional mini-cohorts visit one another’s sites and share observational insights
Spring Community of Practice
  • Monthly group coaching
  • Wellness Checks
  • One staff-facing professional development connected to participants’ focus questions
  • Two-day Closing Retreat
  • What We Do
  • Who We Are
  • Collective Support
  • Mindset Studio
  • Youth-Led Learning
    • Youth Learning Lab
    • Young People Lead
  • Research
  • Contact Us