1) Introduction and Context Setting - Power of Stories | 12 minutes
Frame storytelling as a powerful lens to understand school culture, student experience, and institutional identity.
2) Storytelling in the Changing World and AI Era | 10 minutes
Discuss the shift from information scarcity to information abundance. Explain why AI makes authentic human stories even more valuable for meaning, belonging, and identity.
3) Building a School Storytelling Ecosystem | 15 minutes
Introduce the connection between vision, values, pedagogy, reflection, and collective story.
Explain how stories emerge when purpose, learning experiences, and expression align.
4) Case Studies: Values, Agency, and Impact | 15 minutes
Use case studies from Shiv Nadar School, such as podcasts, student-led projects, and magazines. Show how student agency and community impact transform activities into meaningful stories.
5) Reflection, Framework, and Closing | 8 minutes
Summarise the hidden architecture behind every strong school story.
Reinforce purpose, agency, reflection, community impact, and continuity as key storytelling principles.
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
1. Understand why storytelling is central to building culture, trust, belonging, and institutional identity.
2. Recognise how meaningful school experiences can become stories that students, parents, educators, and communities remember and share.
3. Connect institutional vision and values to lived experiences that make the school’s culture visible.
4. Identify the key elements behind powerful school stories: purpose, student agency, reflection, community impact, and continuity.
5. Reflect on how leaders can design experiences that help students discover their voice, shape meaning, and carry lasting stories about who they became.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1162&context=grp
https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/student-engagement-at-school_9789264018938-en.html
https://blog.adobe.com/en/publish/2025/07/29/new-research-adobe-express-for-education-sparks-student-engagement-creativity
https://www.harvardbusiness.org/insight/what-makes-storytelling-so-effective-for-learning/
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