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9:45am CST

Deeper Dive into the Big Questions LIMITED

Saturday May 10, 2025 9:45am - 11:00am CST

Building on the themes introduced in the keynote, this interactive workshop invites participants to engage more deeply with the 12 Big Questions Schools Must Answer to Create Irresistible Futures. Together, we will unpack the power and purpose of these questions—such as What is Learning? Who is Unheard? What is Success?—and explore how they serve as catalysts for meaningful reflection, courageous dialogue, and transformative change across educational settings.
Participants will examine how these foundational questions intersect with their own roles—whether in the classroom, in leadership, or as members of the broader school community. Through guided inquiry, collaborative protocols, and reflective practice, attendees will assess their current beliefs, identify areas of alignment or tension, and begin envisioning practical shifts that support student flourishing, foster a stronger sense of belonging, and promote more equitable systems.

Speakers

Homa Tavangar

Cofounder, Big Questions Institute

Homa Tavanger is the co-founder of the Big Questions Institute and the Oneness Lab.She brings 30+ years’ experience helping diverse organizations and individuals to build cultural, racial and global competence, strategic governance, and visionary, generative leadership in diverse schools and organizations. She coaches leaders on accountability for equity... Read More →

Saturday May 10, 2025 9:45am - 11:00am CST
MPR

Whole Community (Anyone)

11:15am CST

Leading in Transition:  What Are the New Skills, Literacies, and Dispositions for Liminal Times? LIMITED

Saturday May 10, 2025 11:15am - 12:30pm CST

MPR

This session offers a guided exploration the just-released ebook on 12 Big Questions (free download here), following the popular  9 BIG Questions Schools Must Answer to Avoid Going "Back to Normal" (*Because "Normal" Wasn't That Great to Begin With) by Tavangar and Richardson.

The big questions are being used as a provocation to drive meaningful and fearless inquiry around school change and efficacy in the midst of volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous (VUCA) conditions in the world and in education.

Through probing, interactive activities we will audit and explore questions such as What is Learning? Why Do We ______? Who is Unheard? and Are We OK? as well as the three new questions: What is Your Story? What is Success? and What is Your Legacy? Embarking on a systematic interrogation of key questions, our “why” becomes clearer, to unlock new “how’s” for steering schools through crisis and uncertainty.

This session encourages educators and leaders to interrogate deeply held assumptions, clarify their shared purpose, and uncover pathways for designing learning environments that are inclusive, innovative, and responsive to both present challenges and future possibilities.

Key Takeaways:

Develop a shared language and framework for school transformation using the 12 Big Questions
Engage in reflective and collaborative inquiry to surface core values, assumptions, and beliefs about learning
Explore how questions of identity, equity, and purpose shape student experiences and school culture
Clarify your individual and collective “why” to inspire innovative “how’s” for navigating change
Leave with a set of tools and protocols for facilitating continued dialogue and strategic reflection within your own teams and communities

Speakers

Homa Tavangar

Cofounder, Big Questions Institute

Saturday May 10, 2025 11:15am - 12:30pm CST
MPR

Teachers/Staff/Administrators Session

1:30pm CST

12 Big Questions School Must Answer to Imagine Irresistible Futures (REPEAT) LIMITED

Saturday May 10, 2025 1:30pm - 2:45pm CST

MPR

Develop a shared language and framework for school transformation using the 12 Big Questions
Engage in reflective and collaborative inquiry to surface core values, assumptions, and beliefs about learning
Explore how questions of identity, equity, and purpose shape student experiences and school culture
Clarify your individual and collective “why” to inspire innovative “how’s” for navigating change
Leave with a set of tools and protocols for facilitating continued dialogue and strategic reflection within your own teams and communities

Speakers

Homa Tavangar

Cofounder, Big Questions Institute

Saturday May 10, 2025 1:30pm - 2:45pm CST
MPR

Teachers/Staff/Administrators Session