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A quick description of a professional development experience focused on risk taking, which led to great discussions about organization and feedback.

There is no doubt empowerment is a buzzword in the education arena and beyond. It gets thrown around in leadership classes, interview tables, and administrative meetings. But where does empowerment come from? How do we empower the people in our organization?

Identifying problems is important. It is certainly the first step toward a solution. However, as important as the first step is, it is worthless if it never goes any further. From my observation, there seem to be three main barriers to educators taking action: assumptions, roles, and time. These barriers affect our reactions to small issues, as well as, large problems. Unaddressed, these concerns become gigantic elephants within our organization, and as you can imagine, we get little done when we spend our days bumping into elephants. I do not present this blog post as an innovative solution to all of our education woes, rather it serves as a reminder.…