We design supports so empathy practices live across your school, from orientation to graduation. Grounded in the Five Phases of Empathy™, and measured so your board sees the result.
Orientation and community-building in the fall. Belonging and identity work in the winter. Transitions, leadership and send-offs in the spring. We map the Five Phases to the moments your calendar already has: assemblies, faculty in-service days, family evenings, student leadership cohorts. Every engagement includes a pre and post measurement pack, and we transfer the practice to your faculty and student leaders so it lives without us.
One assembly, faculty workshop or family evening, with a first working tool your school uses the same week.
Multi-moment engagement across the year: student cohorts, faculty PD sequences, train-the-facilitator work.
Co-created, year-round partnership with pre and post belonging measurement, reported for your board.
The work looks different in a Lower School classroom than it does in an admissions office, and different again in a faculty in-service. Three engagements, at three scales, give a sense of the range. We have also delivered at Westminster, Lycée Français de San Francisco, Beachwood Schools, Johns Hopkins Nursing, Stanford Law, and School Leader Lab in Washington, D.C.
A schoolwide Visiting Innovator day: keynotes for Middle and Upper School, design-thinking sessions with students and faculty, and a family evening.
The Five Phases adopted by Admissions and Financial Aid to support first-generation candidates, alongside values workshops on campus.
A talk during DEI week, plus 20+ student and faculty facilitators trained to carry the practice forward.
Every engagement closes with a survey, so a moment on the calendar turns into something your leadership team can act on.
Post-engagement surveys across recent partnerships, n ≈ 100. Custom measurement plans available at every tier.
Prioritizing Wholeness: Centering Real in Cultures of Nice, co-facilitated by Michael Tennant and Taaj Davis for educators of diverse backgrounds and abilities. Somatic noticing, values anchoring and Actually Curious conversation pods: the Five Phases, lived in 75 minutes. The session opened the door to a larger 2027 role.
“One of the most highly rated sessions in our post-conference feedback.”
MAECC 2026 conference organizers
Michael pairs a mainstage keynote with hands-on breakout practice, the big-room talk plus small-room skill-building. Delivered for MAECC, SAIS, the Virginia Diversity Network, ISABC and NAIS communities.
That’s the whole agenda. A complimentary 60-minute working session with Michael Tennant, for you or your leadership team.
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