Welcome to Beyond Differences Learning Community

Let's reimagine professional development. 

Beyond Differences Learning Community (LC) is a growing community of educators coming together to navigate challenges, share resources & ideas, celebrate wins, embrace mistakes/ failures, and take our teaching practices to the next level to transform our classrooms.

Our goal is that educators will come together to learn, share, and build confidence in their  Social and Emotional Learning (SEL), Mental Health, and Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging (DEIB) knowledge and practices to increase student-to-student connection, promote a healthy sense of identity,  foster student belonging, and position students as leaders in SEL and Equity Work.

What You'll Find in Beyond Differences Learning Community

Here's a look at what you will find inside: 

• RESOURCE HUB practices, lessons, and ideas from Beyond Differences, educators, and our national partners to support you with SEL, DEIB, and addressing students mental health and wellness.

• MONTHLY LIVE SESSIONS with our Beyond Differences staff & SEL, Mental Health & DEIB consultants.

• WEEKLY PRACTICES  from our members, national partners, & Beyond Differences staff to support you with building connections and creating cultures of belonging in your classroom. We will share our favorite lessons, tips, practices and strategies.

• ACCESS to video replays from live sessions.

• STUDENT-CREATED CURRICULUM which includes videos, lessons, and activities created by Beyond Differences and National Teen Board to bring to your students curricula to promote equity and inclusive rights and stop hate for immigrants and refugees, Disability and LGBTQ +, and Asian American Pacific Islanders (AAPI) communities.