The Four Corner Press: balancing personally and professionally inviting behavior with one's self and others¶

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Description¶

The authors call the plan for Invitational Education the 'Four Corner Press,' with four corners: '1) being personally inviting with one's self, 2) being personally inviting with others, 3) being professionally inviting with one's self, and 4) being professionally inviting with others.' The goal is to balance the demands of the four corners and orchestrate ways to blend them together. Implementation begins with quality self-talk and a full life, extends to nurturing and learning others' names, and builds to lifelong professional learning, clear communication, and fair evaluation.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• The invitational model cannot be a hat put on at school and taken off at home; it begins with being personally inviting with one's self, and the first three corners serve as a foundation for the fourth

Constraints¶

• The authors agree that Invitational Education is easier to talk about than to do, and the corners are simple to describe but not easy to implement

Target Learners¶

• educators, administrators, and school staff

Target Learning Goals¶

• sustaining personal and professional inviting behavior over the long term

Affordances¶

• Invitational Education Model
• Trio Trust Respect Intentionality Optimism

Related Strategies¶

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Purkey, William W.; Novak, John M. (1988). Education: By Invitation Only. Fastback No. 268. Phi Delta Kappa Educational Foundation. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED296471