Design for Belonging: Examples from Other Organizations by Kim Hogg

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An Affinity Space at Children's Day School

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Senior Outdoor Education [return to school] (Chadwick International)

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The first two parts of this ritual aren't shown in the reel. They are 1) Plan for a two-week expedition led by students through the Korean mountains and countryside. 2) Leave the school after DP exams and go on the planned expedition, where students take turns leading their peers through two weeks outdoors. We see the third step in this ritual: the return to campus just days ahead of their graduation ceremony.

Tie Ceremony (Foster Traditional Academy)

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Flag Ceremony (Chadwick International)

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National Flags in School Atrium (Chadwick International)

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Flags from every nation for the students and staff at Chadwick International are displayed in the central atrium of the secondary building.

Prefects (Somersfield Academy)

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Somersfield Academy News

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What kinds of news gets shared? Who is featured? What does it say about our community to the global community?

Green Bay Packers (NFL) - Why they have the best fans

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Called the Cheeseheads, Green Bay's NFL team has the best fans in the sport. And it's not even close. This article explains a little bit about how it got to be this way.

Wedding Invitation

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Wedding invitations traditionally are very formal, and even when the vibe of the wedding is going to be casual, the invitation process is still a formalized one with receiving mail by post, response cards, and details about how many additional guests each invitee may bring with them.

They often include customized stationery, use of formal fonts and language, and their senders - intentionally or unintentionally - create a sense of belonging (or othering) through the process of determining who is invited to join.

School Day

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How does the schedule of classes and other events at the school define groups of people as members of particular communities? The members of a class is the most obvious, but go beyond just the class schedule to find how other groupings are defined by schedules and rhythms.

Annual Calendar & Celebrations

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How do we mark the passing of time? Which cultural traditions that mark the seasons are included in our calendar? Which are left out? How do traditions that follow the rhythms of the year create belonging and othering?

New School Welcome Kit

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How one school system prepares to welcome new staff to the school

School Assemblies

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House Competitions

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School Uniforms

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Somersfield Spring Fair

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Student Leadership

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International Day at Somersfield

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Day of Peace Assembly

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Honouring Diets

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Some schools offer several options for hot lunches, ensuring that students with different dietary needs all have options. This can include vegetarian diets, meals that don't include pork, beef, etc depending on the local population.

Photo via https://www.nyc.gov/content/getstuffdone/pages/school-cafeterias

What does food have to do with belonging in schools? (Psychology Today)

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Bermuda Is Love: Working to End Hunger

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How does feeding people contribute to a sense of belonging?

Curriculum

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It's not possible to teach everything about all cultures, time, and places in school, so decisions must be made about what students need to learn. The curriculum often have a focus on local needs, histories, and literature. That said, not even in a local situation do all members of that community see their histories, stories, and values reflected in what is taught. Usually curriculum celebrates people who hold power and status in a society, and either ignores - or even worse maligns - those who don't, portraying them as insignificant at best or as villains, enemies or "savages" at worst.

Design for Belonging Toolkit

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A guide from Susie Wise on creating a greater sense of belonging in a community. This is a similar process to our design cycle. You're welcome to make use of this during your design process.

Design for Belonging (Wise) Additional Excerpts

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Looking for more details about the moments? Exercises to help you better understand different moments? Ideas of how you can use the levers? Look no further!

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Honour Cords

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Tie Ceremony (Foster Traditional Academy)

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Round Square Schools

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Some schools are Round Square members. This organization also has clubs within schools that endeavour to meet the Round Square goals locally and globally.

School Study Groups

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Advisory Programs in Middle Schools

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Friend Groups vs Cliques in School

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Adolescence and the power of social cliques

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BBC: School Essentials - Friendship

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House Captains

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Student Ambassadors

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Roles for Intergenerational Connection

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What happens when seniors and other generations are given roles to support each other, even if they're strangers?

Reading Buddies

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