Accountability

[Tom Dietvorst]

This came from a Greater Good article for educators. A lot of it hit home.

Love,

Tom

❤️

As a skillset, accountability includes:
• Honest self-awareness: Recognizing my actions and their impacts without defining myself by my mistakes.
• Accepting harm: Acknowledging what happened and how it affected others, moving toward empathy and responsibility.
• Identifying patterns and root causes: Understanding personal and systemic factors to make meaningful change.
• Unlearning old behaviors: Noticing harmful triggers and building healthier responses.
• Learning new behaviors: Practicing and reinforcing positive actions, supported by relationships and community.

https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_to_move_from_harm_to_healing_in_schools#thank-influence