Complete a student survey for any or all of the three versions:

• Lower School

• Middle School

• Upper School

“Because We Care” promotes conversations based on data and observations from our interactions with schools. We encourage a broad range of followers to participate, and suggest questions, hypotheses and solutions.

The blog begins with 5 themes:

1.     7 – 12th Grade Survey

2.     4 – 8th Grade Survey

3.     K - 4th Grade Survey    

4.     K - 12th School Observations Across Surveys

5.     Identity Dynamics of Students

with posts reflecting on data or discussions developed during the 2017 to 2023 timeframe. Each will use Inclusivity Index data to set the context and objectively communicate observations. Each narrative will attempt to be descriptive and not take a position. The post will end with a series of questions and an invitation for all to contribute in any constructive form. A link to the Inclusivity Index “Help Us Understand” Forum site will allow us to collect, manage and archive the discussions.

The “Help Us Understand” Forum brings together two perspectives, the objectivity of the data and the subjective knowledge of those who spend their days interacting with students in their schools.  The intention is to give space and a means to connect these with the hope of achieving collective and thoughtful progress. 

In a larger sense, we want the forum to provide a robust model of effective dialogue.  For this reason, we explicitly welcome all to participate and ask that each contribute through example by practicing four principles fundamental to true dialogue:

1.     Listening and hearing others, spending time to think about their unique context and not only what they are saying, but why they may be saying it.

2.     Suspending beliefs, a lesson we continually experience with the Inclusivity Index work, whether as shown in the contractions between faculty perceptions and student realities or the constant observations of administrators prefaced by, “I would have never expected that.”

3.     Respecting the conversation means everyone has a right to be heard; for effective communication and collaboration, there must be balance across the community.

4.     Authentic contribution, reducing your guard and sharing the wealth of your experiences and thoughts.

The forum will be organized around:

·       Blog themes, the three surveys, identity dynamics and insights applying to the entire K-12 school experience.

·       Open comments which, depending on engagement may be catalysts for new themes.

·       Opportunities for questions and suggestions relating to the forum, blog, or the Inclusivity Index survey as whole or specific versions.

The link on the right connects you to the “Help Us Understand” Forum.