Our Work
4th-Dimension Leaders (4DL), founded in 2019, sets the stage for school transformation. Through a robust offering of professional and personal development programs specifically designed for educators, aspiring and sitting school leaders, parents and families, and leaders of equity work in ed-adjacent sectors, we provide the foundation for transformation.
We seek to develop transformational leaders across our school communities who think differently, push back against the acceptance of low proficiency rates with real action, challenge the notion that poverty is justification for failure, publicly critique historical structures and systemic forces that deny some children access to a high quality education, and decenter bureaucracy in every decision they make.
Our programs fall into three categories:
- Capacity-Building Experiences designed to increase the skills and abilities of decision makers driving organizational change work
- Professional Learning Experiences designed to equip educators at all levels of the organization with the knowledge and skills necessary to improve their professional practice
- Organizational Development Experiences designed to support the improvement of organizations across internal domains
Capacity-Building Experiences
Designed to increase the skills and abilities of decision makers driving organizational change work
EPP is a 6-month program that equips teams of educators with the framework, language and confidence to successfully advance equity efforts for the benefit of all children. EPP grounds participants in equity scholarship while coaching them through a Direct Action Project at their district or school using a human-centered problem-solving approach.
FTI is a week-long program that equips participants with the knowledge, tools, and resources to captivate colleagues, peers, managers, direct reports, and external partners in ways that lead to the implementation of real-time structural change activities.
Professional Learning Experiences
Designed to equip educators at all levels of the organization with the knowledge and skills necessary to improve their professional practice
Lead for Delaware is a soft skills-focused, school leader professional development program. We offer two tracks; this certification option helps empower principals and assistant principals. This unique, equity-based program is built upon four main pillars: rigorous reflection; case-based dialogic learning; exposure to both local and international educational models; and human-centered solution design.
The Build Fellowship equips parents with the knowledge and tools to self advocate, support the academic and behavioral needs of their children, navigate the complexities of public education at the school level, and agitate for change.
Leadership Retreat is a thoughtfully-curated 3- or 5-day program designed to provide school leaders with the space to reflect on their journey as leaders of change. LR creates a community of care where participants deeply engage in equity scholarship, explore bold ideas and are supported in accelerating the pace of systemic change in ways that are personally sustainable.
The Leadership Journey is 4DL’s annual educational tour. Typically four to eight days in length, educators of all levels are encouraged to join us as we travel across and outside the US to gain exposure and insights from school systems around the globe.
Organizational Development Experiences
Designed to support the improvement of organizations across internal domains
4DL provides strategic advisory consulting services to organizations who are ready to increase impact for those they serve and to transform their stated values into lived values.
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