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Superintendent outlines ‘courageous conversations’ protocol to guide board discussions
Summary
Asheville City Schools Superintendent Maggie presented the district'wide "courageous conversations" protocol at a work session and urged the board to begin using its Compass, Four Agreements and six conditions to center discussion and improve policy writing.
Superintendent Maggie described the district'wide "courageous conversations" protocol and urged the Asheville City Schools Board of Education to adopt parts of it to guide board meetings and policy discussions.
Maggie said the protocol is a "strong tool to help have a productive conversation where all voices can be heard and honored and perspectives can be brought to the table." She asked the board to start by using the Compass and the Four Agreements and to later unpack the protocol's six conditions.
The superintendent told the board the Compass is a four'quadrant self'check — thinking, feeling, believing and acting — that participants can use at the start of a meeting to notice how they are "showing up" and…
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