We Are Oak Trees in a Storm – Resource Toolkit
“We Are Oak Trees in a Storm” explores the concept of generative conflict and the impact of grief and trauma in the escalation of conflict in our school crisis renewal leadership.
Crisis is rupture, creates rupture, and thrives off of rupture. Leading school communities requires us to sit knowing how to navigate and move with harm, apology, and conflict, a core principle of renewal work.
Our “We Are Oak Trees in a Storm” generative conflict toolkit is composed of three distinct resources to support critical reflection for facilitators and teams to make meaning of their current culture and the shifts they might want to make to better navigate conflict. These resources were developed by The Radicle Roots Collective for and with us (and for and with you!) back in 2022 and have been used in our programming thereafter. We’ve put together a toolkit that coaches the resources’ implementation and provides you with a comprehensive one-stop-shop for your crisis conflict navigation leadership work.
Access the We Are Oak Trees toolkit here.
Access the resources the toolkit explores here:
Cultivating Conflict Culture After a Crisis – 8 Individual and Collective Practices for Moving Conflict into a Generative Pathway – A framework for school leaders to build a “generative conflict culture” in the aftermath of a crisis, these practices emphasize the importance of both individual and collective healing practices to transform conflict into an opportunity for growth.
Citation: Radicle Roots Collective. (2022). Cultivating Conflict Culture After a Crisis – 8 Individual and Collective Practices for Moving Conflict into a Generative Pathway. School Crisis Recovery and Renewal Project.
Conflict Culture for School Teams: Facilitator Questions and Considerations for the Reflection Tool – This resource aims to help anyone facilitating conflict work on their teams with preparation pointers (how to build trust, evaluate past conflict responses, and co-create more inclusive and effective conflict-handling strategies).
Citation: Radicle Roots Collective. (2022). Conflict Culture for School Teams: Facilitator Questions and Considerations for the Reflection Tool. Resourcefor the School Crisis Recovery & Renewal project, NCTSN, SAMHSA, Washington, D.C.
Conflict Culture for School Teams: Reflection Tool – This tool distills individual and collective practices for navigating conflict in a healthy, constructive way, inviting us to ask questions, such as Where are we in our conflict culture, and where do we want to go? How might we get there?It breaks down key actions like acknowledging tension, shifting pace, holding strong emotions, and addressing power dynamics.
Citation: Radicle Roots Collective. (2022). Conflict Culture for School Teams: The Reflection Tool. Resourcefor the School Crisis Recovery & Renewal project, NCTSN, SAMHSA, Washington, D.C.
