Leadership, Change, and Redesign in Rural Colorado Districts

Nine Colorado school districts are actively participating in the Homegrown Talent Initiative (HTI), a cohort-based model that opens pathways for community collaboration and resource sharing while developing new plans for student engagement and economic prosperity. When these districts began their HTI journey, they had no way of knowing that the COVID-19 pandemic would change every aspect of their work in the year to come. In the HTI Lessons Learned video, CEI’s Vice President of Community Partnership Landon Mascareñaz speaks with three superintendents about what is giving them hope, student voice, and the power of collaboration.