FROM THE ADDRESSOpportunities
New experiences can open new possibilities
A connection drawn from Project BUILD themes
WHAT PEOPLE DESCRIBED
The findings behind this statement
Access to a specific opportunity is frequently the turning point in these accounts — a programme, a trip, an invitation, a role someone was offered.
The effect described is often about what became imaginable rather than what was achieved. People wrote about seeing a possibility they had not previously considered.
Adults described this as often as students. Professional learning, mentoring and being asked to take something on appear throughout.
THE DISTRICT’S READING
What this means for this part of the address
The district reads this as a reason to widen who gets offered an opportunity, and to pay attention to the invitation itself — several accounts turn on someone being asked rather than someone applying.
This paragraph is the district’s application of the findings above. It is not something the people who contributed asked for.
The themes this draws on
Each theme page shows what was heard, what was missing, and what the finding does not tell us.