{"id":22186,"date":"2024-07-04T15:12:07","date_gmt":"2024-07-04T15:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/compasseducation.org\/?p=22186"},"modified":"2024-07-04T15:27:44","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T15:27:44","slug":"using-the-compass-tool-to-inform-micro-school-community-co-design-by-melissa-chapman-ait-belaid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/compasseducation.org\/es\/using-the-compass-tool-to-inform-micro-school-community-co-design-by-melissa-chapman-ait-belaid\/","title":{"rendered":"Using the Compass Tool to Inform Micro-school Community Co-Design"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"22186\" class=\"elementor elementor-22186\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8c2e81e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8c2e81e\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fbd9b62 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fbd9b62\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This Spring, I left a five-year teaching and instructional coaching career in North Texas to embark on a journey of civic leadership development and to found a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blist.my.canva.site\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bilingual micro-school<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with a mission to develop global civic leaders.\u00a0 The micro-school\u2019s mission is to develop \u200bbiliterate engaged global citizens \u200band civic leaders, by learning how \u200bto deeply connect to one\u2019s \u200bcommunity and to communicate \u200band solve shared problems across \u200blines of difference. Our vision is a fifth-grade graduating student body prepared to lead locally and \u200bglobally aligned with the United \u200bNations Sustainable Development \u200bGoals (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sdgs.un.org\/goals\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ODS<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over the last three months, I have been sharing the vision for the Bilingual International School of Texas with homeschooling families, local political leaders, and Hispanic parents in my small town, Princeton, Texas.\u00a0 Piloting the curriculum with my children, who have been raised in an English-speaking family and attended English-only preschool through ages four and five, I have identified <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sdgs.un.org\/goals\/goal6\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SDG Goal Six: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as the focus of the micro-school. My daughters and I like to take walks along our neighborhood pond and the oldest was just completely put out by the amount of trash at the pond enough times that she wanted us to clean some up. We went to the pond one day with plastic grocery bags to clean up what we could one day, then she asked if we could ask other families to join. We then started a side chat in our neighborhood Facebook group and in one day, thirty families voted 27 to 3 to start a monthly clean up. With water rights, water pollution, and water conservation a pressing issue in our community, and the entire world, I decided to then run a Zoom call using the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pBByS6uHBzk&amp;t=171s\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sustainability Compass Tool<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> around water pollution, implementing the PATH process to sustainable decision-making and sustainability.<\/span><\/p><p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22189\" src=\"https:\/\/compasseducation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Water-Pollution-Action-Brainstorming-session-2024-06-25-06_30-PM_area-1719360396852.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2919\" height=\"1128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/compasseducation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Water-Pollution-Action-Brainstorming-session-2024-06-25-06_30-PM_area-1719360396852.png 2919w, https:\/\/compasseducation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Water-Pollution-Action-Brainstorming-session-2024-06-25-06_30-PM_area-1719360396852-300x116.png 300w, https:\/\/compasseducation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Water-Pollution-Action-Brainstorming-session-2024-06-25-06_30-PM_area-1719360396852-1024x396.png 1024w, https:\/\/compasseducation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Water-Pollution-Action-Brainstorming-session-2024-06-25-06_30-PM_area-1719360396852-768x297.png 768w, https:\/\/compasseducation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Water-Pollution-Action-Brainstorming-session-2024-06-25-06_30-PM_area-1719360396852-1536x594.png 1536w, https:\/\/compasseducation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Water-Pollution-Action-Brainstorming-session-2024-06-25-06_30-PM_area-1719360396852-2048x791.png 2048w, https:\/\/compasseducation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Water-Pollution-Action-Brainstorming-session-2024-06-25-06_30-PM_area-1719360396852-18x7.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2919px) 100vw, 2919px\" \/><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our Facebook chat and Zoom call conversations resulted in a takeaway that North Americans take clean water for granted and feel entitled to the availability and sustainable management of water and its sanitation. We trust our governments to provide this good, yet our society is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrdc.org\/stories\/flint-water-crisis-everything-you-need-know#summary\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">extremely vulnerable<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the effects of water mismanagement.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here is a summary of the Compass Tool concepts, questions, comments, and phrases based on the community dialogue:<\/span><\/p><p><b>Water Pollution Education<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94957ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"94957ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Naturaleza<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bbb8a8 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1bbb8a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pollution threatens wildlife who may mistake debris for food.\u00a0 Plastics required for buying potable drinking water lead to more environmental pollution. Suburban landscape upkeep requires unnecessary volumes of water, whereas the planting of native grasses and plants would be water efficient and sustain native wildlife, resulting in a thriving ecosystem. We have a nearby Wildlife Center that offers Water Source education, which should be incorporated into schools.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3efa3a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d3efa3a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Econom\u00eda<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ea6f18 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4ea6f18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pollution in our water sources (man-made reservoirs) results in unclean rainfall, limiting the use of rainwater collection efforts by some property owners. The fact that our water must be purchased leads to additional pollution, such as plastics. Water treatment and distribution is mystified to the public and water privatization costs communities more. Why should water, which is a necessity for the public, be treated as a commodity, instead of recognized for its vital utility to society?<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5181710 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5181710\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sociedad<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-533d871 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"533d871\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our society does not know its water sources. It&#8217;s important to educate children from a young age about water safety. We can save water with water-friendly landscaping, such as restoring our habitat with native species or other methods, such as Xeriscape. Communities often add to the problem of water pollution through pet waste and overstuffing of trash bins. Community members are apt to place the blame on outward sources, like the construction companies or charge responsibility for limiting and cleaning pollution to community leadership entities, like municipal governments or Homeowner Associations.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-847fb95 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"847fb95\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Bienestar<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7cd451a elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7cd451a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We often find ourselves under boil notice \u2013 for hours or days \u2013 in rural suburbs of Dallas.\u00a0 The privatization of water lends to water scarcity, which seems outrageous in the developed world. When paying a monthly water bill, families are faced with the specter of losing access to drinking water.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Upon <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">having another look<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (the H in the PATH process) at our community Sustainability Compass on Water Pollution Education, there is a clear urgency to invite the community to dig deeper into the implications of the commodification of water and how we can prepare the next generation to ensure a more sustainable future, in which water rights, pollution, and conservation are at the center of community efforts towards a more equitable society. The Sustainability Compass is an incredibly empowering tool for educating towards a sustainable future. I recommend educators get started with a free, short course in using this <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelearning.compasseducation.org\/course\/discover-the-sustainability-compass\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">systems thinking tool<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for education or dig deeper into using the Sustainability Compass in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/compasseducation.org\/es\/compass-sdgs\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">alignment with the Global Goals<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c0a1b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"7c0a1b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74835c7 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"74835c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58f610a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"58f610a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Author<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-0146925 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0146925\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-98982f8\" data-id=\"98982f8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41feb9b elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-author-box\" data-id=\"41feb9b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"author-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/melissadianchapman\/\" class=\"elementor-author-box__avatar\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/compasseducation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Melissa-Chapman-Ait-Belaid-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"Imagen de Melissa Chapman-Ait Belaid\" loading=\"lazy\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/melissadianchapman\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-author-box__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMelissa Chapman-Ait Belaid\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Melissa Chapman-Ait Belaid is a dynamic systems change leader, driven by data-driven visual storytelling and educational equity. With a rich background in commerce and public institutions, Melissa brings a unique blend of creativity, strategic thinking, and deep understanding of community needs to her work. Through her innovative approaches to values-based leadership, curriculum development, and professional learning design, Melissa is dedicated to empowering civic leaders and students from diverse backgrounds to achieve their potential for community change. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a876c0e elementor-widget elementor-widget-elementskit-social-media\" data-id=\"a876c0e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"elementskit-social-media.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ekit-wid-con\" >\t\t\t <ul class=\"ekit_social_media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-repeater-item-6807902\">\n\t\t\t\t\t    <a\n\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/melissadianchapman\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"LinkedIn\" class=\"in\" 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