The Seminars
Accounting for What Matters
A bravEd® Learning Series on Building Trust With Those Who Matter Most
Accounting for What Matters...
...is bravEd’s signature induction into Benefits-Based Accountability—a new way to think about educational leadership, trust, and impact.
Whether you’re introducing this work to your school or district for the first time, or stepping into leadership in a system already using Benefits-Based Accountability, this series is your entry point.
Over five interactive 90-minute sessions, you'll learn how to:
- Build trust through your work—both with those you serve and those you work alongside
- Strengthen the public’s confidence in your school or district
- Empower educators to focus on the right work and account for it with meaning
- Transform your perspective on accountability—and maybe even your life (yes, it’s that powerful)
Why This Matters
Educators are rarely taught that accountability can be a trust-building tool. But in most other professions, that’s exactly what it is. Accountability should be a leadership discipline—something that helps leaders advocate for good policy and demonstrate real value.
This series helps you see accountability differently: as a foundation for trust, leadership, and long-term change.
Your Next Step
The Accounting for What Matters Series is just the beginning. Our mission is to make public education the most trusted of our public institutions. We do that one educator, one school, and one district at a time—and it starts here.
Join us. Learn the work. Become a leader who accounts for what truly matters.
The Leadership Impact
Educational leaders who complete this series walk away with more than tools—they leave with a framework for leading lasting change.
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By grounding accountability in trust and leadership, you’ll be equipped to:
✔ Reframe conversations about performance, outcomes, and fairness
✔ Rally your community around what truly matters
✔ Drive systems-level improvement with clarity and confidence
✔ Be part of a growing network of leaders transforming public education from the inside out
Dash Boards That Matter
A bravEd® Learning Series on Strategic Communication for School Leaders
The Leadership Impact
Educational leaders who complete this series walk away with:
 ✔ Frameworks to design dashboards that truly matterÂ
âś” Tools to translate complex data into clear, meaningful visuals
âś” Strategies for building maximum understanding with minimal clutter
✔ The ability to shift the conversation from “What does this mean?” to “How can we help?”
âś” Increased trust and support from your board, your community, and your key stakeholders
These dashboards don’t just inform—they leadÂ
Dashboards That Matter...
...is our five-part series designed to help school and district leaders communicate clearly, meaningfully, and persuasively with their most important audiences:
- School Boards
- Community Members
- Policy Makers
Dashboards Are About More Than Data
Not all dashboards are created equal. Many are built for internal, technical use—filled with real-time data that only makes sense to those with specialized knowledge.
And while that level of detail is valuable within your organization, it often fails to build the kind of public understanding and trust that schools and districts need.
That’s where Dashboards That Matter come in.
From “What Does This Mean?” to “How Can We Help?”
At bravEd, we specialize in helping school leaders create dashboards that do more than inform—they shift the conversation.
We’ve developed proven methods for designing visual tools using simple desktop software that clarify your goals, demonstrate your impact, and invite collaboration. The result? A shift from confusion to connection, from questioning to support.
In our seminars, you’ll learn how to:
- Tailor your dashboard to specific audiences
- Present data in ways that tell a compelling story
- Build understanding without oversimplifying complexity
- Use dashboards to invite partnership—not just accountability
- Create real coherence across each of your strategies and directional efforts
Built for Practice, Not Just Theory
This isn’t a passive learning experience. The series includes:
- Practical frameworks you can apply immediately
- Conversations on how this links to your current efforts
- Real examples and templates to jump-start your own dashboard design
The more effectively you communicate your school’s purpose and progress, the closer we all move toward our shared mission: making public education the most trusted of our public institutions.
Join us and learn how to turn information into understanding—and understanding into support.
"This seminar was incredibly valuable in shifting how I think about dashboards. It helped me see them not just as compliance tools, but as storytelling tools that build trust and communicate progress to non-technical audiences. It really challenged me to think more intentionally about how we present data to our broader community."
Lisa M. Morris
Data and Assessment Instructional Specialist
27J Schools, Brighton, CO
