Description

This Lunch and Learn session will help educators find their 'way' with leading schools through improvement. Wayfinding refers to the process and systems that help people navigate and orient themselves within physical or virtual spaces. It’s both a behavioral process (how people find their way) and a design discipline (how environments are structured to support that process). Wayfinding is about understanding where you are, where you want to go, and how to get there. Designers use it to make complex environments — such as airports, hospitals, museums, campuses, and cities — easy to navigate. The Moana movies have placed a spotlight on the ancient Pacific tradition of 'Wayfinding'. How can this tradition help guide our schools using 'Improvement Science' Both are processes of sensemaking — creating understanding within complexity so purposeful action can occur. Dr. Kathleen Budge will be our guide for this adventure in learning Kathleen M. Budge combines 26 years of experience as a teacher and administrator with over a decade of work dedicated to bridging the gap between the university and the teaching profession. She is an associate professor of Educational Leadership at Boise State University, where her research focuses on poverty, rural education, school improvement, and leadership development. Budge is coauthor of the award-winning book Turning High-Poverty Schools into High-Performing Schools. She has conducted presentations at international, national, and state conferences and webinars, podcasts, and symposiums on the topics of poverty and the whole child. Her consultancies include state departments, boards of education, state and regional service providers, and schools in 15 U.S. states and 3 nations.