Inquiry

Begin Your Inquiry

Thank you for your interest in joining the Leadership & Learning Collective.

This inquiry is not an application in the traditional sense. It is a moment for reflection—an opportunity to share who you are, what you carry, and how you hope to contribute.

We review each submission with care and intention to ensure alignment in values, readiness, and responsibility.

Purpose: Alignment, not audition.

Section 1

Your Roots

About you & your context

Your name *

Email *

Role and organization

Type of organization (if applicable)

Who do you primarily serve?

Be specific—students, educators, families, communities, etc.

Where is your work located?

Geographic region and community context

Section 2

Your Why

Intention & calling

What brings you to this collective at this moment?

What challenge, tension, or opportunity are you navigating?

How does your work connect to your commitment to educators, students, and families—especially communities of color?

Section 3

Readiness & Responsibility

What have you already tried related to this work?

What has helped? What hasn't?

What support exists within your organization or context for this work?

Leadership, time, resources, willingness to change

Section 4

Values Alignment

How do you currently approach equity, culture, or belonging in your work?

What are you willing to examine or change within your own practices or systems?

When harm occurs in your context, what does accountability look like?

Section 5

Tending the Garden

In your own words, what does "lifting as we climb" mean in your practice?

What does it look like for you to contribute to a community, not just benefit from it?

Tell us about a time you supported someone else's growth or leadership. What did you learn from that experience?

What kind of community helps you thrive—and how do you help sustain it?

Section 6

Partnership Logistics

What type of support or collaboration are you seeking?

How did you hear about us?

Closing

Anything else?

Is there anything else you want us to know about your context, your community, or your hopes for this work?

I understand that joining this collective means contributing to a shared community rooted in responsibility, care, and growth—not just receiving support.

Thank you for the care you put into this inquiry.

We review submissions thoughtfully and will follow up if we sense alignment. If we are not the right fit at this time, we will honor that with clarity.