Join us for the kickoff of a monthly salon series creating space for K-12 practitioners in participatory learning communities—democratic schools, self-directed learning centers, and schools centering student voice and agency—to think together about what our work is asking of us now.
As we navigate 2026, many of us find ourselves holding familiar tensions alongside new questions: What forms of power and leadership serve our communities? How do we create collaborative spaces honoring both individual agency and collective wisdom? How do we support educator well-being while building vibrant learning communities? How do we bridge vision with daily classroom realities?
These aren’t presentation sessions—they’re facilitated conversations where we share what we’re noticing, explore emerging themes around power, leadership, collaboration, and sustainability, and harvest collective wisdom through storytelling and reflection. The format is evolutionary; themes shift as we discover what wants attention.
Many of us do this work in relative isolation, developing wisdom through lived experience but lacking regular vessels for making meaning together. This inaugural session launches an experiment in creating that space—building peer support networks, celebrating learning, and supporting each other through complexity.
