Professional Development

At Engaged Spaces, we recognize the pivotal role professional development plays in enhancing workplace performance and fostering an inclusive, engaged environment. Our professional learning opportunities are designed to support leaders and professionals in a variety of workplace environments. Our comprehensive programs cover a range of critical topics, including education, people management, change management, diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging, and instructional practices.

Our Offering

1. Diverse Learning Modules:
We curate and facilitate diverse learning modules that address the unique needs of your organization. Each module is designed to be engaging, insightful, and practical, ensuring participants can apply their new skills effectively within their roles.

2. Interactive Workshops:
Our interactive workshops offer hands-on learning experiences that encourage active participation and collaboration. These workshops are tailored to address specific challenges and goals, providing targeted support to enhance professional competencies.

3. Strong Facilitation:
Our seasoned facilitators bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to each session. They guide participants through complex topics, ensuring a comprehensive understanding can be reached. Participants are encouraged to ask questions, make mistakes, and maximize their learning opportunities.

4. Customized Learning Plans:
Recognizing that each organization is unique, we develop customized learning plans that align with your specific objectives and needs. These plans ensure that professional development is directly relevant and immediately applicable, maximizing the impact of each session.

5. Continuous Support:
Professional development is an ongoing journey. We provide continuous support through follow-up touchpoints, resources, and check-ins to ensure that learning is sustained and integrated into daily practices.

Topics We Cover

Education: Innovative instructional practices, student engagement strategies, school culture development, and effective lesson design.
People Management: Leadership practices, team dynamics, and effective communication.
Change Management: Strategies for navigating and leading through change, fostering resilience, empathy, and adaptability.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB): Creating inclusive environments, understanding bias, and developing equity action plans that resonate with your community's DEIB goals.

Why Choose Engaged Spaces?

By partnering with Engaged Spaces for your professional development needs, you are investing in the growth and success of your team. Our approach is collaborative, evidence-based, and deeply committed to fostering environments where professionals can thrive. We aim to:

Enhance Competence: Equip your team with the skills and knowledge necessary to excel in their roles.
Promote Inclusion: Foster a deeper understanding of diversity, equity, and inclusion to build stronger, more connected communities.
Drive Performance: Support continuous improvement in workplace performance, leading to greater organizational success.

Reach out to us today to discover how our professional development services can support your organization's journey toward success. At Engaged Spaces, we are dedicated to helping you create a dynamic and inclusive environment where every professional can achieve their full potential.

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At Engaged Spaces, our Consulting Services are designed to guide and support leaders and professionals through a collaborative and strategic approach.

At Engaged Spaces, our Coaching Services are designed to support professionals in the education, non-profit, and workplace sectors, offering both Instructional Coaching and Professional / Executive Coaching tailored to meet diverse needs.

We facilitate nuanced conversations that catalyze communities’ understanding and commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.

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We support communities in every step of this collective journey.

Initial Consultation

This free consultation helps us understand you and your community’s needs, goals, and any obstacles you’re facing. We use what we learn to design pathways that align with your desired outcomes.

Customized Proposal

Based on our initial consultation, we draft a proposed scope of work that outlines our suggested services, execution strategy, engagement / project timelines, intended outcomes, and fees / payment structure.

Onboarding

After signing the proposal agreement, you’re officially a part of the Engaged Spaces community! We’ll kickoff a series touchpoints including virtual and / or in-person observations, listening sessions, calendaring meetings, and community member check-ins to deepen our understanding of your community and build our work into your system.

Engagement (Project Execution)

After setting dates the rest is history! Our team partners with you to execute the agreed upon scope of work—pausing from time-to-time to ensure continued alignment, engage in feedback cycles, and celebrate our wins together.

The Frequently Asked Questions

We get these questions a lot—we hope sharing our thinking offers clarity. Still have questions? Connect with us!

What kind of services do you offer?

At Engaged Spaces, we offer several services aimed at supporting your professional community. Our work is achieved through dialogue-based communities of practice, executive coaching / thought-partnership sessions, professional development workshops, and other pathways that we co-design with our partners.

How does your coaching service work?

Our coaching service is always tailored to you, the client. After an initial consultation, we set coaching goals and a tangible action plan to pursue each goal-centered checkpoint. Our authentic facilitation of coaching touchpoints invites professionals to show up as their authentic selves. Coaching sessions are fortified by pre and post-session practicums, assigned readings, observations, and reflections.

What frameworks and resources ground your application?

We use a wide variety of resources, tools, and content in our service deliveries—most notably Engaged Spaces’ Engaging Equitably Framework and Kindred’s Liberatory Collaboration Framework (LCF)—developed and co-authored (respectively) by Engaged Spaces’ Executive Consultant.

How do you engage with your clients?

We start with an initial consultation to understand your needs. Then, we offer a customized proposal of services. We have a collaborative co-design conservation to refine the scope of work. When we reach an agreement, we facilitate a few onboarding touchpoints and begin delivering our services. We invite and offer feedback and updates throughout the process and over the course of the partnership.

Why should I choose Engaged Spaces?

We deliver high-quality services with an equity-centered lens. Our team is chock-full of educators, leaders, and DEIB practitioners whose lived experiences and career trajectories have equipped them to create space for you and your team’s triumph over challenges. Instead of centering the work, we center the people who do the work—because seeing your humanity is an essential part in seeing your success.

What kind of investment is needed to work with Engaged Spaces?

Our services come with an investment that reflects the quality and customization we offer. Our coaching sessions generally fall within the range of $350 to $600 per hour. Engagement with our array of other services generally begins around $5,000. Ultimately, the investment will depend on the specific needs, goals, and scale of the services you desire. We can provide more precise figures after we learn more about your unique needs during the initial consultation.