Clients

• Francis Parker School, San Diego, CA
  
• Idyllwild Arts Academy, Idyllwild. CA
  
• St. Matthew’s Episcopal School, Pacific Palisades, CA
• Collaborative for Educational Service, Northampton, MA

Testimonials from Workshops, Consultation, and Training

• “The conversations that developed among our staff were amazing and everyone walked away with a ‘spring in their step’".
  
• “Lots of healing I might say, too.”
• “Call out and call in really helped me understand the need to confront a problem instead of avoiding it because by using this tool we are solving problems and becoming a better team.”
• “I think practicing the different scenarios was great, because I'm a younger employee and it was good to see the approaches of experienced teachers who had been working with students for many years.”
  
• “I was able to use the tools by listening and putting myself in another's shoes and thinking in a positive manner instead of judging. This is good team building and gives us tools to work together in a respectful way and growing together as a community.”
• “It was valuable to hear different perspectives especially from people with other backgrounds and life experiences”
  
• “I am glad that there were tools, phrases, and scenarios for us to reflect on and put into our tool kit for the future.”
  
• “All of it! I love this idea of community dialogue to express triggers and using call out or call in strategies with the intention of seeking to understand or learn more.”
• “Both the Norms for Dialogue-based on Community Character Covenant & Interrupting Bias-Calling Out-vs.-Calling In diagrams are extremely helpful. They provide some context and anti-confrontational methods with which to engage and have open dialogues with the students and parents. They will help me to avoid having a knee-jerk reaction to a situation.”
• “Hearing other people's perspectives and insights helped to affirm and challenge some of my beliefs, and it was a good exercise in practicing some of the skills of courageous conversations that we were discussing.”
• “Nice to discuss with colleagues to make the resources practical and to get a sense of how everyone was feeling about the workshop. Positivity becomes contagious.”
• “I think the norms and the phrases helped shift my thinking about situations with parents and colleagues in a way where I feel empowered to know what to say next time instead of shying away.”
  
• “I'd like to see the school take practical steps in their role in diversity (diversify the BOT, administration/staff) Hire Jenn as a diversity director - we would be so lucky to have you lead us.”